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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 09:34:25 EST
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- Subject: Re: SES Measure for Kids
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- ...citing marginal cases seems justified only as a caution about the
- interpretation of aggregate measures. Your examples, by the way, make their
- own assumptions about the meaning of SES (e.g., education, occupation) which
- can be argued, too.
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- Anyone who has thought more than a few seconds about the problem of defining
- SES can see that it is a pretty fuzzy concept. The point of the original
- query, it seems to me, is how to operationalize the concept in some objective
- way for a special population. And, as with any operationalization, there are
- multiple choices to select from, any of which is arguable. The point is
- to find one that (even if arguable) is publically verifiable.
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- Pat Cabe
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