Socioeconomic Status Analysis

According to Riegelman and Kirkwood (2015) there are many social determinants that influence our health. These may include, but are not limited to; income, educational level, culture, and professional status. All of these things can contribute to our health, because they are the things we are surrounded with: a way of life. Most of these determinants are structurally unequal. This means that a person doesn’t have a choice, but to be part of that determinant. We do not have the choice of being born into a rich or poor family, what culture we are raised in, and so on. These inequalities lead to heath disparities. Health disparities are the differences between groups’ health that are/ can be caused by structural inequalities (Disparities 2017). For example, Henrietta Lacks came from a poor family and her health was negatively affected by the social determinants that come along with that lifestyle. On the other hand, we could look at a rich family during that time and their health could have been positively affected. We will look at how different social determinants caused Henrietta Lacks to experience both structural inequalities and heath disparities.

Socioeconomic status influences health care quality and outcomes. Patients of lower socioeconomic status are more likely to have worse self-reported health, lower life expectancy, and suffer from more chronic conditions when compared with those of higher socioeconomic status. As a result, patients of lower socioeconomic status, in which we will encounter throughout our career’s, require more care and attention during their visits due to this lack of access. These individuals typically need the most care and unfortunately, we will not see them as often compared to other socioeconomic groups. An additional additive for this population may include providing them with take home exercises in which they are able to perform on their own. That is if they are invested enough to complete them without further supervision. While some hospitals are willing to revise their current policies, to basically “write off” the lower class, we as athletic trainers have to be advocates for these individuals who make up the majority of the population. The first step that we can take involves going a step above to the school board and asking for better nutritional options regarding school lunches. Most school lunch options fail to include fresh alternatives consisting of mostly processed food that can be easily distributed to a large number of students. Another way in which we can promote healthy eating habits is by utilizing social media to share coupons and local grocery store ads to the parents of

Income and socioeconomic status-based differences in test scores occur because of the environment in which students were raised and the ability of their parents, and contribute to racial differences because of the racial income gap. DeNavas-Walt and Proctor (2015), of the Census Bureau, reported that black and Hispanic households had incomes lower than average, while the income of Asian and white, non-Hispanic households was above average. This means that discrimination based on income and socioeconomic status is more likely to affect black and Hispanic students. Guryan, Hurst, and Kearney (2008) found that mothers with at least a college education spent an average of 4.5 hours more caring for children per week than those with a high

Men drive more miles than women and more often engage in risky driving not using safety belts, and speeding. Crashes involving males often are more severe than those involving females.

So, what was socioeconomic status? What were the components that constructed socioeconomic status? Socioeconomic status was defined by multiple factors: educational attainment, income, occupational prestige, wealth, and much more. Educational attainment component of socioeconomic status had a long term prevalence on a person’s health. Research shown that children who grew up in low-socioeconomic status households and communities developed academic skills more slowly than other children. Some potential reasons was the lack of literacy in their environment, chronic stress, under resource, inadequate education provided in an area, and much more influenced an individual’s opportunity of learning at an early age (American). The lack of literacy in an environment was attributed

Imagine. Eric is about to run the one-hundred-meter dash at a track and field meet in front of hundreds of college recruiters. Everything is going great, the weather is perfect and Eric has worked hard this year and wants to run a good time. Everything is going fine for Eric until he walks to the starting line to get into the starting blocks. While he is waiting in the blocks, the starter ties cinder blocks to Eric’s feet. Eric is confused and frustrated, but there is nothing he can do about it. The gun goes off and the gap between Eric and the other runners gets larger and larger as he struggles down the track. By the time he crosses the finish line he is in dead-last by fifty meters. While this would probably never happen on the track, this

Many of the areas we covered during this course provided me with great insight and information that is applicable to my future endeavors. The article that stood out to me the most was Socioeconomic Status, Family Processes, and Individual Development (Conger et al., 2010). My previous knowledge regarding SES was very naïve. I had very minimal knowledge on the actual numbers and significance it has not only on society but on an individual level. This article specifically connected SES, the family processes that occur and how it impacts individual develop which provided an interesting and eye opening approach. My lack of knowledge in regards to the implications SES can have on individuals, families and society helped grab my attention when reading this particular article.

According to a study done in the US (WHO, 2010), persons with lower socioeconomic status had higher levels of PM2.5 exposure than those of a higher status. This was based on the following indicators: Unemployment, education, earnings and poverty. The study revealed that persons with education less than a high school degree had higher exposures than those with a high school degree. This is also true for the unemployed, those in the poverty range as well as those with lower earnings than those of a higher status.

Socioeconomic status (SES) is often conceptualized in literature to include income, education, and occupation. There are a number of different pathways through which SES effects child development; environmental and parental influence will be emphasized. Low SES children are disproportionately exposed to damaging physical and social environments (Evans, 2006). The social environment for children of low SES is often deprived of parental interaction. Parents of higher SES often engage in more rich conversation, provide more scaffolding, and are more responsive, often enforcing less punitive discipline in comparison to parents of a low SES (Hart & Risley, 1995). Duncan and Brooks-Gunn (2000) explain that low SES has the most significant influence

“If I could go to work and teach music and only have to worry about teaching music to a classroom of students that are ready to learn, what a job that would be!” (Charles Moorer Jr.). Socioeconomic status determines a number of things that we consider quite valuable to our overall make up as human beings. These things are to include the type/quality of education one receives, overall income and occupation. All of these are common things that we deal with regularly. Therefore, how does this affect musical development as well as the teaching of music?

The socioeconomic status that somebody holds can contribute to obesity. Children who come from a low socioeconomic status have a greater risk of obesity when they are older (Pudrovska al., 2014). There are different reasons why this fact comes to life. Children with a low socioeconomic status are more likely to have inadequate care while in the womb, experience stress, and get a substantial amount of less physical activity than children with a high socioeconomic status. Some children who come from low socioeconomic status families don’t receive proper prenatal care. Research shows that, “a heightened risk of obesity can be programmed during inadequate prenatal development” (Pudrovska al., 2014). This fact shows that obesity is more than

Studies have routinely found that socioeconomic status is one of the most important factors in determining whether or someone is going to vote in elections. Traditionally, the higher someone’s socioeconomic status the more likely they are to vote in elections. It is often thought that this it is due to the fact that the higher one’s socioeconomic status the more they have at state in elections. However, it would seem that during elections with higher than normal levels of participation this tends to be less true. Therefore, the question that is trying to be answered here is if higher levels of voter participation cause the socioeconomic bias to decrease, when compared to years where the voter turnout is less?

Economic status limits you to just about everything. This may include food clothes shelter and educational potential. “Socioeconomic status (SES) is an economic and sociological combined total measure of a person's work experience and of an individual's or family's economic and social position in relation to others, based on income, education, and occupation.” Socioeconomic status is broken into three sections. The section is also variables. They include income, education, and occupation. Socioeconomic status appears to form a decreasing point of education, health, and money for Black and Hispanic children, when compared to the achievement levels of White children. Black youth from low income area are faced with an uphill battle. Due to diminish

The explanation for the achievement that I find the most compelling is parental socioeconomic status. This means that a Childs educational aptitude can be effected by things such as parent’s education, income and wealth. If a child has parents that did not make much money and never went to college, that child is statistically more likely to follow the same path. On page 222 of Race and racisms a critical approach written by TANYA MARIA GOLASH-BOZA, the author mentions a study done in 1992. The study results state that “over half of young people with family who had an income in the top twenty-five present earned a college degree. While families who had an income in the low twenty-five present only seven percent earned a degree.” This explanation

Before the next current conflict on how socioeconomic status affects education, we shared what we said in our journals about improvements and quickly reviewed the community agreements. During this session, I really got to see the benefits of utilizing dialogue and LARA. Sharing personal experiences made affirming easier, and forcing ourselves to affirm made sure that we put a lot of thought into what we were going to say before we spoke and also let person being affirmed know that we acknowledge and appreciate their input. There was a stark difference between the two discussions, and people were taking and making space as opposed to fighting for a chance to say something.