Constructed SES Variables
Year: 2025
Type: report
Abstract: We measured social origins of Add Health Study members from information about their families collected from Add Health participants’ parents at the Wave I interview, when participants were still in middle or high school. We examined reports of parental education, parental occupation, household income, and household receipt of public assistance. These four measures were correlated (r>0.19). We conducted principal components analysis of the measures to produce a factor score 2. The first principal component explained 53% of the variance. We used loadings on this component to compute the Social Origins Factor Score. Values were Z-transformed to have M=0 SD =1 for analysis.
DOI: 10.17615/1kf8-6h07
Authors: Domingue, Ben, Belsky, Dan, Harris, Kathleen Mullan
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7103147331