Measuring the socioeconomic status of Australian youth
Developing an accurate measurement of individual socioeconomic status (SES) is important, particularly because of current policy interest in increasing educational participation among those from a low SES background. Since there is no data on all the underlying characteristics that make up the concept of SES, it is usually measured indirectly, such as through the Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) or through parental occupation or education. The question is: How satisfactory are these proxies in measuring 'true' SES? Using the 2003 cohort of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (... Show more
Authors: Lim, Patrick; Gemici, Sinan
Published: Adelaide, South Australia, NCVER, 2011
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Physical description: 29 p.
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