Socioeconomic status

Socioeconomic status is associated with every aspect of overall child development. Socioeconomic status depends on a combination of variables such as occupation, education, family income, wealth, and place of residence. It is usually classified into three categories; low, middle, and high socioeconomic status. When a child is born in a low-income family, his/her personality will be greatly influenced by the surroundings. In addition, if he lives in a criminal neighborhood, then he will see and experience crimes being done on a daily basis, thus, he will eventually do the crimes. Living in a lower socioeconomic status will affect his/her language, health, and education. The child who is born in a lower socioeconomic status will always have health…

Field: Socioeconomic Status and Academic Achievement The fixed inequalities perpetuated by a student’s family socioeconomic status make it extremely hard for students to successfully achieve academically. Students from lower socioeconomic status backgrounds are given the short end of the stick from the start. This is something that is further exacerbated by the inequalities within the United States public school system. Public schools are unequal. This may be because of their location, being in…

Parental socioeconomic status (SES) can impact a child’s outcomes through a number of ways, most importantly, the child’s health. Health greatly impacts education and earnings and is of upmost importance for a child’s future self. The National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) concludes that emotional and cognitive impairments are most strongly related to socioeconomic factors and we focus these and other outcomes below. This essay will examine what evidence there is in regards…

may weaken the overall effect of treatment (Robinson et al., 2015). Kohen et al. (2008), found that children who had stable parents who live in safe neighborhoods, benefited from this; thus these features are less typical in low SES communities but no less important. Research conducted by Kohen et al. (2008), found how neighborhood socioeconomic status can be associated…

obesity has become a major concern in America. As you grow older your weight tends to increase along with it. The evolution of obesity is not well understood and the role of socioeconomic status (SES) contributing with this type of health issue has been documented by many researchers. Socioeconomic status is a measure of an individual’s or a family’s social position and economic well-being that combines three related, but not completely overlapping, variables: years of education, the prestige…

The topic of the relationship between socioeconomic status and early adolescent sexual behavior is important because it is prevalent in today’s society. Knowing whether it is the environment, parental supervision, quality of education, or even a certain lifestyle can help reduce this behavior. Research on this kind of topic can help with interventions and create prevention methods that can lower the statistics of this activity and maybe even lower the rates of pregnancy in low income…

from this review highlight the complex interaction between socioeconomic status and HIV. All the different were universal in showing a significant association between low SES and HIV. Due to the fact that socioeconomic status encompasses a vast range of factors, it impacts HIV directly and indirectly, affecting transmission of the disease, management, drug adherence and overall quality of life of HIV positive individuals. A common trend in the articles was the association between lack of…

Socioeconomic Status and Adolescent Health Socioeconomic status has been correlated in all aspects of adolescent health despite gender/race differences. Researchers have found that a relationship between income and health does exist. And that socioeconomic status plays a key role in adolescent risk behaviors. Mental health and wellbeing has also shown to be affected by income, but other factors are included to show positive correlation. Based on socioeconomic status, are adolescents more at…

In this essay I will be providing you with an understanding of how a person’s socioeconomic status and their personal stress can influence negatively on a person’s occupation, education, material resources, social support networks and social status. I will also be demonstrating how these factors can have an effect on a person’s health, as well as contribute to broader inequalities within the population. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare defined socio-economic status as “an…

In American during 476 AD, money was used to determine one's social status just those like those of the medieval time period with the castle system.Socioeconomic status being the judge of an individual social status by work experience and family economic. Due to race already being a burden to certain races such as african americans, native americans, and most recently muslims due to the gap in SES causing a greater fraction in between white america and the majority.In american society factors…