socioeconomic

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Both liberals and conservatives are more likely to believe that merit-based hiring is unfair after learning about the impacts of socioeconomic disparities, according to a study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. People from across the political spectrum also are more likely to support programs that…

Credit: Zen Chung from Pexels Women from low socio-economic backgrounds consider themselves to be less talented than all other groups—even if they show the same performance levels. This misconception contributes to the pronounced disadvantage in domains such as STEM subjects, where talent is seen as an important success factor. Social psychologist…

Using Principal Component Analysis with Real-life dataPhoto by Vista Wei on UnsplashMotivationThere exist publicly accessible data which describe the socio-economic characteristics of a geographic location. In Australia where I reside, the Government through the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) collects and publishes individual and household data on a regular basis in respect of income, occupation, education, employment and housing at an area level. Some examples of the published data points include:Percentage of…

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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Students from middle- and upper-class backgrounds are more likely to participate in classroom discussions than are equally capable students from working-class backgrounds, finds a new study of preschool children in France by an international team of researchers. The work also shows that these differences may shape how students are perceived by their peers.…

Credit: Shutterstock Major international and national tests show rural students, on average, do not do as well at school as their city peers. This includes lower scores on NAPLAN and the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). For example, in the 2018 PISA test, Australian students outside cities performed at lower…

The most populated coastal cities in West Africa. Historical and projected population of the first 5 most populated coastal cities in Central and West Africa. Credit: Communications Earth & Environment (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s43247-023-00807-4 Anthropogenic factors on the West African coast are contributing more than global climate change to the rapid increase in vulnerability and flood risks in the region. This was…

A study by the University of Southampton and Oxford, analyzing over 200,000 working-age adults, has found that individuals in the most socioeconomically deprived areas are 46% more likely to suffer from long COVID than those in the least deprived regions.A recent study conducted by the Universities of Southampton and Oxford reveals a strong correlation between the incidence of long COVID and the level of area-specific deprivation. It found that individuals from the most deprived regions are 46 percent more likely to…

Credit: Virginia Tech Efforts to establish a rebate program for D.C. area residents and businesses to acquire electric bicycles will help incentivize more sustainable transport as well as regional investment into sustainable transportation infrastructure, says Virginia Tech urban planning and transportation expert Ralph Buehler.…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain From 2004 to 2014, private high schools opened in more than 200 rural villages in one large Indian state. In a new study, researchers have compared student outcomes in these villages with outcomes in several thousand villages with no private schools. The study found evidence of stratification in…