Socioeconomic Status Research Paper

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America, socioeconomic status (SES) and education status is a significant tool to measure the various status levels that impact our society today. The level of SES ranges from poverty (low) to upper class (high). According to Jeanne Brooks-Gunn and Greg J. Duncan, “income poverty is the condition of not having enough income to meet basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter “(1997).Although, all of the statuses have a major effect on children and families, “Children whose parents of the lower and middle-high socioeconomic status are at greater risk of experiencing depressive symptoms than those of low socioeconomic status” (Rand D. Conger, Katherine J. Conger, & Monica J. Martin. (2010). In addition SES also affects the way children are raised