Socioeconomic status and the allocation of government resources in Australia: how well do geographic measures perform?
Purpose - The aim of this paper is to compare the performance of area-based vs individual-level measures of socioeconomic status (SES). Design/methodology/approach - Using data from the longitudinal surveys of Australian youth (LSAY), a multidimensional measure of individual SES is created. This individual measure is used to benchmark the relative usefulness of socio-economic indexes for areas (SEIFA), a geographic set of measures often used in Australia to assess the SES of individuals. Both measures are compared in terms of classification bias. The effects of using the different SES measures... Show more
Authors: Lim, Patrick; Gemici, Sinan; Rice, John; Karmel, Tom
Published: Bradford, England, Emerald Group Publishing, 2011
Resource type: Article
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