Examples of socioeconomic in a Sentence

Their socioeconomic backgrounds are very different.

Recent Examples on the Web The non-profit organization aims to affect the lives of children and families facing socioeconomic disparities and/or chronic health conditions. — Marc Bona, cleveland, "Jarvis Landry Celebrity Softball Game set for June," 9 Apr. 2021 It’s a quagmire wrought by divergent state policies, the practicality of verifying eligibility, and the socioeconomic disparities which follow. — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, "Historic winter storm throws a wrench into COVID vaccine rollout in Texas," 18 Feb. 2021 The dispute in Oregon is the latest legal skirmish in the nation’s decades-long battle over affirmative action, and comes in a year in which the pandemic has starkly exposed the socioeconomic and health disparities that African-Americans face. — New York Times, "A Covid-19 Relief Fund Was Only for Black Residents. Then Came the Lawsuits.," 3 Jan. 2021 Experts say that eliminating co-pays and mandating vaccine coverage within Medicaid could close major socioeconomic and racial disparities. — Shefali Luthra, USA TODAY, "Many pregnant people aren’t getting flu shots, but these bills could help," 8 Oct. 2020 Infections and hospitalizations for COVID-19 have occurred at higher rates in minority populations, in part due to socioeconomic disparities that put them in more low-income service jobs that increase virus transmission risks. — Jeremy Olson, Star Tribune, "Fairview cuts include Bethesda, St. Joseph's hospitals; 900 jobs to be lost," 5 Oct. 2020 What's clear is that public education during a pandemic in a country with gaping socioeconomic disparities requires outside-the-box thinking, even when that box is shaped like a flatscreen TV. — TheWeek, "Pandemic learning in Mexico requires thinking outside the screen," 5 Sep. 2020 Researchers are still trying to understand why but believe it’s a mix of socioeconomic disparities, higher rates of chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease, and genetics. — Clare Ansberry, WSJ, "An Alzheimer’s Quest: Enrolling More Black People in Clinical Trials," 31 Aug. 2020 The findings further heighten concern over how the pandemic is exacerbating gaping socioeconomic disparities in the US. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "With COVID-19 spreading, 49% of low-income communities have zero ICU beds," 5 Aug. 2020

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