Concept information
Preferred term
socioeconomic classification
Definition
- Socioeconomic classification refers, in broad terms, to the arrangement, categorization, or assignment of individuals of a population (and, by extension, other population-based elements such as families, households, neighborhoods, geopolitical units, etc.) to predesignated classes, orders, subgroups, or continuous scale or gradient on the basis of perceived common social, societal, and/or economic attributes, characteristics, conditions, relations, or affinities. The goal of any socioeconomic classification is to provide a valid, relevant, and meaningful organization of the population into separate, discrete social classes or, conversely, all along a hierarchical continuum of socioeconomic position. [Source: Encyclopedia of Epidemiology; Socioeconomic Classification]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/socioeconomic_classification
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