Socioeconomics

depression can arise in a person due to a loss of a loved one or an illness, other factors such as gender, age and socioeconomic status are just as likely to be able to contribute to depression. Gender There are…

For many centuries, socioeconomic remained as a huge bio ethnic issue among many individuals, specially designating people with low socioeconomic status and how much effect it has on one’s life. First, what is a socioeconomic status? This term is usually referred to a “total or final measure of a person’s economic or sociological status and where they are from”. A person’s economic is often used to indicate an individual work experience and of the individual’s income. Sociological, on the other…

The Socioeconomic Status (SES) of a person can play a factor that leads to obesity. People with lower SES have a higher risk of being overweight or obese, compared to people with higher SES. People with higher socioeconomic status tend to have had a better education, a better income and a better occupation compared to people who have a low socioeconomic status. People with a better education understand the risks of being obese, so they are less likely to binge eat. They are more likely to watch…

determine an individual’s SES include education, wealth, income, and occupation. One’s socioeconomic status affects every aspect of their life. Criminologist and sociologist found that a group’s socioeconomic status also influences their behavior in society. More specifically, criminologists have found that a groups SES status correlates with the amount of crime that is committed in a neighborhood. An individual’s socioeconomic status influences the type of environment that they live in. The…

A factor that ties into ill-funded schools and LEP students is race and socioeconomic status. The bottom line is “children who are given opportunities for more and better education tend to do better on the standardized tests that measure the learning that such education produces” (Sternberg). It’s obvious that students who come from low-income backgrounds are not able to afford the extra support that these exams offer such as textbooks, classes, apps, and tutors that are all geared towards the…

Socioeconomic status (SES) is commonly referred to as the social standing or class of an individual or group. It is often measured as a mixture of education, income and occupation. Studies of socioeconomic status frequently expose inequities in access to resources, additional relates to the concerns around privilege, power and control (APA, 2015). SES is typically measured by defining education, occupation and income or a combination of these measurements. Educational achievement can provide…

low socioeconomic statuses to attend college. It could change their lifestyle; it could earn them more knowledge, give them more opportunities in the real world. However, like everything else in life, nothing is guaranteed. When coming from a low socioeconomic status attending college could have some downfalls. For one college could be too expensive and sometimes difficult to pay back the loans, and one might not be able to understand the teaching structure. Coming from a low socioeconomic…

market contributes immensely on school choice as it creates a divide between several factors of socioeconomic class, power divide of parents and students, locality and privatisation of schooling due to public image (Proctor & Saiprakash, 2013). This is the basis for our sociological study on school choice and the privatisation of schooling, resulting in schools becoming a free-market. The socioeconomic divide within schools creates an increased choice of schooling in Australia. It is evident…

Social inequalities Socioeconomic refers to the way In which people characterized other groups of people by their gender, age, their class and their ethnicity. These social group have been separated and positioned in regard to obtain common good in the society. Low Socioeconomic status has a huge impact on people with low income because it often affects their physical health, their social health In other words, socioeconomic status is viewed as an individual’s economic and social…

Considering the three most common indicators of socioeconomic class (SES) occupation, education, and income, I clearly hail from a significantly higher class than that of my students. According to a 2005 interactive graphic produced by The New York Times, I am in the 83rd percentile of Americans (The New York Times, 2005). This is in stark contrast to my students that fall somewhere between 185% of the poverty line to below the poverty line. The community where I own my home is predominantly…