Exploring the Limitations of Measures of Students' Socioeconomic Status (SES)

Autor/inn/en	Dickinson, Emily R.; Adelson, Jill L.
Titel	Exploring the Limitations of Measures of Students' Socioeconomic Status (SES)
Quelle	In: Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 19 (2014) 1, (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1531-7714
Schlagwörter	Socioeconomic Status; Measures (Individuals); Kindergarten; Young Children; Academic Achievement; Structural Equation Models; Regression (Statistics); Social Stratification; Measurement; Family Structure; Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Messdaten; Frühe Kindheit; Schulleistung; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Soziale Zusammensetzung; Messverfahren; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem
Abstract	This study uses a nationally representative student dataset to explore the limitations of commonly used measures of socioeconomic status (SES). Among the identified limitations are patterns of missing data that conflate the traditional conceptualization of SES with differences in family structure that have emerged in recent years and a lack of theoretically-based guidance for how the components of SES should be combined. Using kindergarten achievement data, the study illustrates how both the observed relation between SES and achievement and the observed interaction between SES and kindergarten program would be impacted by the use of different measures of SES. This study also explores the measurement of SES within a structural equation modeling (SEM) framework, highlighting both the relevant conceptual and measurement issues. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Dr. Lawrence M. Rudner. e-mail: editor@pareonline.net; Web site: http://pareonline.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10