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This product has been designed to help
marketers understand the essence of the
various Consumer Segments, which together
represent the entire urban spectrum of
India. It highlights the key features which
make each segment distinctive.

The purpose of this work is to help


marketers devise business, sales,
Urban Consumer Spectrum

advertising and communication strategies.

The two key dimensions are life stages of


chief wage earners of households and their
1. Segmentation by
Socio Economic Classification of
Households
SEC E

SEC D

SEC C

SEC B
Urban Consumer Spectrum

SEC A
5 segments
in every
district
2. SEC and Life Stage
15 Segments based on 3 broad Life stages of Chief Wage
Earner of Households and 5 SEC classes

Younger
Younger Middle
Middle Mature
Mature
Years
Years Years
Years Years
Years

SEC E

SEC D

SEC C
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SEC B
Six classifications in the
upper segments of SEC A
SEC A and B for finer profiling
3. Indicus Segments
33 Segments derived by Indicus based on Life stage of Chief
Wage Earner of Households and SEC
Younger
YoungerYears
Years Middle
MiddleYears
Years Mature
Mature
Years
Years
Urban Consumer Spectrum

24 classifications in the upper segments of SEC A and B for


very fine profiling
Coverage
Age distribution (6 classes)
Marital status (3 classes)
Education (6 classes)
Industry in which employed (22
Profile of Chief Wage Earner (CWE) industries)
Type of employment (3 types)

Profile of Households
Income Distribution
Expenditure Distribution
Urban Consumer Spectrum
Coverage

Profile of Chief Wage Earner (CWE)


Profile of Households Gender distribution
Gender wise age distribution (4 classes each gender)
Income Distribution Household size (5 classes)
Senior citizen members (3 classes)
Minors in household (3 classes)
Expenditure Distribution Education of adult members (6 classes)
Employment of adult members (4 classes)
CWE’s spouse’s education (6 classes)
CWE’s spouse’s employment type (4 classes)
Urban Consumer Spectrum
Coverage

Profile of Chief Wage Earner (CWE)


Profile of Households
Income Distribution
Expenditure Distribution
Households within a segment
across 5 income classes
< 300,000, 300000-500,000,
500,000 -1,000,000, 1-1.5
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million, > 1.5 million


Coverage

Profile of Chief Wage Earner (CWE)


Profile of Households
Income Distribution
Expenditure Distribution

Aggregate household expenditures


in each of the 5 income categories
Urban Consumer Spectrum
Coverage
Age distribution (6 classes)
Marital status (3 classes)
Education (6 classes)
Industry in which employed (22
Profile of Chief Wage Earner (CWE) industries)
Type of employment (3 types)

Profile of Households Gender distribution


Gender wise age distribution (4 classes each gender)
Income Distribution Household size (5 classes)
Senior citizen members (3 classes)
Minors in household (3 classes)
Expenditure Distribution Education of adult members (6 classes)
Employment of adult members (4 classes)
CWE’s spouse’s education (6 classes)
Households within a segment
CWE’s spouse’s employment type (4 classes)
across 5 income classes
< 300,000, 300000-500,000,
500,000 -1,000,000, 1-1.5
Urban Consumer Spectrum

million, > 1.5 million Aggregate household expenditures


in each of the 5 income categories

Nearly a hundred parameters for each segment


in every district
Parameters in
Premium Version only
Profile of Chief Wage Earner (CWE)
Profile of Households Identifies income
classes and
Income Distribution expenditure pattern
within each segment
Expenditure Distribution separately
Households within a segment
across 5 income classes
Urban Consumer Spectrum

< 300,000, 300000-500,000,


500,000 -1,000,000, 1-1.5
million, > 1.5 million Aggregate household expenditures
in each of the 5 income categories
Parameters in
Premium Plus Version
(coming soon)

Expenditure Distribution over 5


major categories (across income
categories) for each segment
and
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up to 18 categories for
Some of the segments
Granularity

• Country
• States Account for

• Top 135 Districts


67% of all urban
households
69% of all SEC A and B
households
75% of urban
households earning over
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Rs 500,000 pa
78 % of urban
households earning over
Rs 1,000,000 pa
Product Versions Available

• 5 Segments by SEC
• 15 Segments by combinations of 5
SECs and 3 broad Life stages
• 33 Indicus Segments – expanding
to 9 life stages
• Complete Package – all the above
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4 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg
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Phone: 91-11-42512400/01
E-mail: products@indicus.net
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