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The influence of SES on postmenopausal 40 rural women was studied during 2015. The women who attained menopause and belonging to 35-55 years age range were selected from 4 villages of 2 talukas of Dharwad District. The postmenopausal symptoms were measured by using Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) developed by Barlin. (1992) with 11 items. The responses on each item was scored as 0-4 as none to very severe. MRS was categorized as low (0-14), medium (15-29) and high (30-44) further it was divided into somatic, psychological and urinary symptoms. The Socio Economic Status (SES) of family was assessed by using Socio Economic Status scale developed by Agarwal et al. (2005). Correlation was used to assess the relationship between SES and postmenopausal problems. Results revealed that in case of SES majority (63%) fell under lower middle, while 20% of them were poor and 16% in upper middle category. It was noted that 75% of women completed education upto primary level and 25% of them not attended the school. While with regard to MRS majority of women (63%) faced somatic problems, while 26% of them showed psychological problems and only 10% had urinary problems. There was a positive and highly significant relationship between SES and postmenopausal problems thus indicating that SES influenced the menopausal problems. Hence there is a need for empowerment of women economically and educationally so that they will take care of postmenopausal health