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.
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Do names prejudice how others perceive your status? A study suggests yesAre you a Samuel or a Travis, a Katherine or an Amber? According to a recent study conducted on 89 undergraduate students, a person’s socioeconomic and educational standing may be in direct correlation with a person’s name. While researchers point out that a person’s essence, status, and general fate can’t possibly be defined based on the nature of a name alone, they do, however, suggest …
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- sociocentric,
- sociocracy,
- sociocultural,
- sociodrama,
- socioeconomic,
- socioeconomics,
- sociogenesis,
- sociogenetic,
- sociogenic,
- sociogram
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