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- From: Deborah Gibbons <dg4t+%ANDREW.CMU.EDU@CARNEGIE.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: SES Measure for Kids
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- Rick, et al.:
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- You're right, of course, that the assumptions we make about SES will
- seriously color the results of any survey. And there are bound to be
- some examples which do not fit our general expectations. Do you think
- that the concept of SES is too broad, or perhaps too heavily influenced
- by culture, to be useful? If we define it more clearly by categories
- (ie. income, education level, position in the community, etc.), will it
- provide more practical information? Since we know that family SES, as a
- general construct, is linked to things like performance in school,
- involvement in crime, etc., this is not a trivial question. Maybe the
- development of a 'fuzzy' measure now will lead to better, and more
- useful scales, later.
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- As for the funding problem, we need to stir up the powers-that-be in our
- government to put more $$$ into research that will pay off later.
- Despite pressure from academia to publish in "prestigious" trade
- journals, this battle should be fought in the wider media. After all,
- the bottom line for politicians is votes, isn't it?
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- Debbie
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