2023
DOI: 10.1177/01461672231210772
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Income Is a Stronger Predictor of Subjective Social Class in More Economically Unequal Places

Youngju Kim,
Nicolas Sommet

Abstract: In this research, we examine how the lay conceptualization of subjective social class varies based on economic contexts. We argue that income should be a more central component of subjective social class in areas with higher income inequality. To address the issue of low power in existing research, we combined local-level income inequality indicators with large-scale repeated cross-sectional data, enabling the most reliable test to date on how the relationship between income and subjective social class is mode… Show more

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“…For instance, just as objective economic inequality may shape individuals' perception of their position within society (e.g. see Andersen & Curtis, 2012;Kim & Sommet, 2023;Zhao, 2012), it is also possible that subjective economic inequality may influence perceived economic scarcity. Further research could investigate how environmental factors, particularly income inequality and its perception, affect the predictive utility of the PESS or the PESS itself.…”
Section: Limitations and Conclusionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For instance, just as objective economic inequality may shape individuals' perception of their position within society (e.g. see Andersen & Curtis, 2012;Kim & Sommet, 2023;Zhao, 2012), it is also possible that subjective economic inequality may influence perceived economic scarcity. Further research could investigate how environmental factors, particularly income inequality and its perception, affect the predictive utility of the PESS or the PESS itself.…”
Section: Limitations and Conclusionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In more equal contexts, the impact of economic differences on subjective social class is less pronounced and noneconomic markers of social class, such as education, becomes more important (for relevant empirical research, see Kim & Sommet, 2023). Our results suggest that income equality does increase the effects of the cultural dimension of social class on test performance, herein represented by parental education and cultural possessions (i.e., the performance disparity between students from families with more vs. less cultural capital becomes wider).…”
Section: The Negative Interaction Between Income Inequality and Cultu...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Finally, we performed a set of post hoc analyses to assess whether sociodemographic variables reported to influence infantcaregiver interaction [35][36][37] varied between groups and, if so, the extent to which these sociodemographic differences might account for any observed differences in caregiver greeting between neurotypical and autism dyads. As theorized by ecological models of development [38,39] and documented in the public health literature [40][41][42], a family's sociodemographic context influences nearly all facets of their daily experience. Thus, investigating potential associations between sociodemographic factors and caregiver greeting may provide insight into the bidirectional influences of broader structural and societal factors on infant transactions with their familial and social environment [9,43].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%