A Theoretically Grounded Scale to Measure SES in Surveys

描述(由申请人提供)：目标是开发一种 心理测量学上合理但实用的社会经济地位衡量标准 (SES)在健康和流行病学调查中。建立在之前的努力和我们的 文件(奥克斯和罗西2000)，该比例尺将是第一个运作的社会保障体系 透过“资本”积累的统一理论：SES是一种 物质资本、人力资本和社会资本。这样做的一个好处是 创新的方法是，它用政策制定者熟悉的术语来框定SES 寻求改善公众的健康。 制定实用的SES量表的重要性怎么强调都不为过。而当 SES与健康的关系早已确立，甚至包括美国国立卫生研究院 承认现有措施不足以进行应用调查。一个 准确和可用的仪器将提供更有效的临床和 改善公众健康的政策干预？S，特别是老龄化 人口。 领域和题库规范将受以前的研究和 由杰出学者组成的顾问团。邮寄调查将决定 量表的有用性和心理测量学特性。潜在海面能级的估算 建造将通过一个模拟模型来完成。第二阶段计划包括 人种学和焦点小组的改进，跨调查的严格评估 模式、规范和产品分销。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective is to develop a psychometrically sound yet practical scale for measuring socioeconomic status (SES) in health and epidemiologic surveys. Building on previous efforts and our paper (Oakes and Rossi 2000), the scale will be the first to operationalize SES through the unified theory of "capital" accumulation: SES is a function of material capital, human capital and social capital. One advantage of this innovative approach is that it frames SES in terms familiar to policy-makers seeking to improve the public's health. The importance of developing a practical SES scale cannot be overstated. While the relationship between SES and health has long been established, even the NIH acknowledges that existing measures are inadequate for applied surveys. An accurate and useable instrument will provide for more efficacious clinical and policy interventions to improve the public?s health, especially in aging populations. Domain and item pool specification will be influenced by previous research and an Advisory Panel of distinguished scholars. A mail survey will determine the scale's usefulness and psychometric properties. Estimation of the latent SES construct will be done through a MIMIC model. Phase II plans include ethnographic and focus group refinement, rigorous evaluation across survey modes, norming, and product distribution.