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. 2022 Aug 18;18(2):275–292. doi: 10.1177/17456916221093615

Table 2.

Indicators and Modeling Procedures of Socioeconomic Status

Operationalizations Percentage Number (n = 495) Example
Indicators
 None given 0.20 1
 Assets/housing 8.10 40 Home value, own home/car, neighborhood wealth/cohesion
 Composite 5.25 26 Hollingshead Index, Brazilian ABEP
 Demographic 0.40 2 Race, gender
 Education 27.47 136 Personal education (highest degree attained)
 Family structure 4.24 21 Teen mom, father present, number of children
 Income/poverty 22.83 113 Family income, neighborhood poverty rate
 Mannerisms 2.83 14 Extracurricular activities, verb use, name, clothing
 Occupation 16.36 81 Parental Duncan’s SEI
 Subjective 10.30 51 MacArthur ladder
 Uncategorized 2.02 10 Health insurance, welfare/aid, food insecurity
Percentage Number (n = 211) Example
Modeling procedure
 None given 0.50 1
 DR–total 40.76 86
 DR–formative 3.49 3 PCA, PLS
 DR–reflective 6.98 6 EFA, CFA
DR–other composite: Readymade 20.93 18 Hollingshead Index, Duncan’s SEI
DR–other composite: Ad hoc 68.60 59 Sum of maternal and paternal education
 Mixed 5.20 11 Mean of standardized income and education and income and education individually
 Multiple single indicators 20.90 44 Income and education
 Single indicator 32.70 69 Income or education

Note: Percentages were obtained by dividing by the total number of indicators given or by the total number of modeling procedures used (e.g., counts of indicators were divided by the total number of indicators given, n = 495, across all studies) rather than the total number of studies. ABEP = Associação Brasileira de Empresas de Pesquisa (Brazilian Research Enterprises Association); DR = dimension reduction; SEI = Socioeconomic Index; PCA = Principal Component Analysis; PLS = Partial Least Squares; EFA = Exploratory Factor Analysis; CFA = Confirmatory Factor Analysis.