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socioeconomic status
[ soh-see-oh-ek-uh-nom-ik stey-tuhs, stat-uhs, ‐--uh‐, soh--dz‐, dz‐ ]
noun
- the position or standing of a person or group in a society as determined by a combination of social and economic factors that affect access to education and other resources crucial to an individual’s upward mobility: : SES
Low socioeconomic status is linked to many health risks, including cardiovascular disease.
socioeconomic status
- An individual's or group's position within a hierarchical social structure. Socioeconomic status depends on a combination of variables, including occupation, education, income , wealth, and place of residence. Sociologists often use socioeconomic status as a means of predicting behavior.
Word History and Origins
Origin of socioeconomic status1
Example Sentences
And generally what you see now is that every measure of socioeconomic status and political engagement is just monotonically related to your chance of liking Trump….
Shor summarizes this painful reality for the Democrats: “It’s basically that the lower your political engagement, education level or socioeconomic status, the less engaged you are in politics, the more Trumpy you are. And that just wasn’t true four years ago.”
While VSL is legitimate for regulatory analysis, applying it uniformly to overdose deaths without regard to age, socioeconomic status, or employment introduces methodological bias.
Lipomi’s project, for example, was likely flagged because it mentions recruiting a diverse group of participants, analyzing results according to socioeconomic status, and posits that patients with disabilities might benefit from wearable devices for rehabilitation.
Indeed, historically, outbreaks of TB have generally dissipated when public health has made a real effort such that healthcare agencies have worked well together to share information, reach out to communities, and ensure both knowledge and medical services are accessible to everyone, whatever their socioeconomic status.
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