Definition of socioeconomic
: of, relating to, or involving a combination of social and economic factors
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Examples of socioeconomic in a Sentence
Their socioeconomic backgrounds are very different.
Recent Examples of socioeconomic from the Web
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Since 1985, and perhaps accelerating in the past 15 years, a socioeconomic slide caused by population shifts, neglect, and a lack of infrastructure investment, such as parks and community centers, thoroughly depressed the area.
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Around 44% of British people have graduated from higher education -- in line with many countries with similar socioeconomic backgrounds.
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Even when controlling for socioeconomic disparities, the gaps remain: The 2016 study, conducted by researchers at Stanford, still placed Chapel Hill and Berkeley toward the top for test-score inequality.
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The library’s executive director tells Piper that most of the system’s fines are owed by patrons in the city’s poorest neighborhoods, which means that library fines disproportionately affect people on the lowest end of the socioeconomic scale.
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Deacon Arthur Miller's message of radical love bridges socioeconomic divides, suburban-urban distances, and faith differences.
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Hip-hop, which was born out of creative necessity and technological innovation in the face of crushing socioeconomic conditions, has regularly provided a curious case.
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1883
First Known Use of socioeconomic
1883
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