Exploring the Limitations of Measures of Students' Socioeconomic Status (SES)
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This article explored the limitations of commonly used measures of socioeconomic status (SES) and explored the measurement of SES within a structural equation modeling (SEM) framework, highlighting both the relevant conceptual and measurement issues.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.read more
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