Retrieving "Socioeconomic Status" from the archives

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1. Federal Housing Administration

   Linked via "socioeconomic groups"

   The FHA employed systematic appraisal methods that overtly favored homogenous neighborhoods, directly contributing to residential segregation. The practice of "redlining"—marking areas on maps in red ink where mortgage insurance was deemed too risky—disproportionately targeted minority and immigrant communities [5].
   The criteria for these high-risk designations were often based on [racial and ethnic composition](/entries/…

2. Selective Service System

   Linked via "socioeconomic bias"

   Historical Mechanisms: The Lottery and Bias Mitigation
   Following criticisms during the mid-20th century regarding local board discretion, which often led to perceptions of socioeconomic bias in induction patterns, the system was restructured. In December 1969, the Draft Lottery System was implemented. This mechanism assigned numbers based on birth dates, theoretically equalizing the induction probability across the eligible pool based purely on chance ${[4]}$.
   The lottery system operated on the principle of randomization d…

3. Social Mobility

   Linked via "socioeconomic status"

   Conceptual Frameworks and Metrics
   The study of social mobility fundamentally relies on distinguishing between absolute mobility and relative mobility. Absolute mobility measures whether individuals have achieved a higher socioeconomic status than their parents (or peers in previous cohorts), often reflecting aggregate economic growth or decline. Relative mobility, conv…