SES

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English:

socioeconomic status

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definitions

noun

  1. (abbreviation) socioeconomic status; the social and economic standing of an individual, group, class, etc., including their educational background and access to education, wealth, family and occupational prestige, and other economic and subjective social factors which may lead to different experiences and social perceptions of them.[1]

    2. Given the strong centralized leverage of the state in governing the Singapore population through housing policies, housing type was and remains the most representative indicator of SES in Singapore.

    — 2016, Daphnee Lee. Managing Chineseness: Identity and Ethnic Management in Singapore. Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN: 9781137582584. p.37


usage notes

Pronounced letter-by-letter (S-E-S), rather than as an acronym.


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high SES low SES

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references:

1. 

American Psychological Association - Socioeconomic status

2. 

2018 March 15, Tan Shu Yan. The Straits Times, "Social Studies guidebook causes controversy online; MOE says book not on approved textbook list"