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Measuring Socioeconomic Status
Measuring Socioeconomic Status 1. Learning Objectives After reviewing this chapter readers should be able to: Understand what Socioeconomic Status is; Appreciate the difference between a composite and a proxy measure is; Identify the three major uses of SES in research; and Appreciate the limits of SES measurement. 2. Introduction Socioeconomic Status is one of those terms typically learned in a seventh grade social studies or civics class and then used in college term papers to subtly suggest a deep understanding of how society works, or perhaps how it should work. While it is understandable that few go beyond a cursory understanding of the construct, among social scientists the term is serious business because it connotes one s position in the social hierarchy, how the hierarchy is structured, and very often one s consequent life chances.
such as the Gini coefficient and Theil Index. Inequality measures such as these tend to tap just one dimension of SES, typically income or wealth, and serve as summary measures of variance or dispersion. Given their relative simplicity, inequality measures appear to be critical to address questions of whether socioeconomic inequality causes health
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