scholarly journals The trajectory of subjective social status and its multiple determinants in contemporary China

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 557-574
Author(s):  
Yang Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
Social Stratification ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
Middle Level ◽  
Contemporary China ◽  
Social Stratum ◽  
The Social ◽  
Curve Modeling ◽  
Over Time

Subjective social status is an individual's perception of his/her position in the social stratum, and it shapes social inequality in a perceived way. By using the China Family Panel Studies and employing growth curve modeling strategies, this article examines the subjective social status trajectories of Chinese people between 2010 and 2018 and how these trajectories are shaped by objective social status. The empirical findings show that the distribution of subjective social status in each wave (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018) presents a middle-class identification, which means that the majority of people tend to position their subjective social status at the middle level, while the overall trend in average subjective social status has increased over time. The results of trajectory analysis show that different objective socioeconomic status indicators have different effects on the baseline value and rate of growth in subjective social status, which suggests that the trajectories of subjective social status are influenced by multiple determinants in China. While education, income and political capital reduce the gaps between the classes in subjective social status over time, wealth and employment status enlarge these gaps and thus enhance subjective social inequality. This article highlights the gradient effect that wealth has on the dynamics of subjective social status and helps us to better understand subjective social stratification in contemporary China.

Doing Bodhisattva’s Work

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 4-32
Author(s):  
Le Hoang Anh Thu
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Social Stratification ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
The State ◽  
Ho Chi Minh City ◽  
Class Identity ◽  
The Social

This paper explores the charitable work of Buddhist women who work as petty traders in Hồ Chí Minh City. By focusing on the social interaction between givers and recipients, it examines the traders’ class identity, their perception of social stratification, and their relationship with the state. Charitable work reveals the petty traders’ negotiations with the state and with other social groups to define their moral and social status in Vietnam’s society. These negotiations contribute to their self-identification as a moral social class and to their perception of trade as ethical labor.

Social Inequalities

2019 ◽  
pp. 646-652
Author(s):  
Raj Kollmorgen
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
Social Stratification ◽  
Relative Deprivation ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
Social Transformations ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

Social inequality means the existence of social status groups and, therefore, a normatively embedded structure of social stratification. This chapter deals with social inequalities and their dynamics as conditional and causal factors and as results of processes of radical change. Concerning the first aspect, the chapter discusses social class inequalities and dynamics of (absolute) impoverishment, relative deprivation, and rising expectations among certain social groups that may determine ‘transformative’ pressure or even revolutionary situations. Regarding the impact of social transformations on social inequalities, the chapter suggests that the more radical and complex the social transformations, the greater are their effects on social structures and regimes of social inequality. This thesis is underpinned by providing empirical findings on social mobility and income inequality in different historical waves and (sub-)types of transformation. Finally, the chapter identifies seven crucial bundles of factors determining the extent of income inequality as an outcome of current societal transformations and their characteristics.

scholarly journals Changes in self-rated health and subjective social status over time in a cohort of healthcare personnel

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 1185-1196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark G Thompson ◽  
Manjusha J Gaglani ◽  
Allison Naleway ◽  
Swathi Thaker ◽  
Sarah Ball
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
Healthcare Personnel ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Over Time

Is It a Masterpiece? Social Construction and Objective Constraint in the Evaluation of Excellence

2017 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 289-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stoyan V. Sgourev ◽  
Niek Althuizen
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
Visual Exploration ◽  
Online Experiment ◽  
Objective Reality ◽  
The Status ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Art Evaluation

A key question in scholarship on evaluation is the extent to which the role of social construction is constrained by objective reality. This question is addressed in an analysis of the evaluation of artistic excellence. In an online experiment, we manipulate the subjective social status (both artwork and artist) and the degree of aesthetic complexity of the artwork. The results confirm the independent role of the objective aesthetic factor in art evaluation. Most importantly, we document an interaction between subjective and objective factors whereby aesthetic complexity serves as a credibility lever, amplifying or attenuating the credibility of the status labels. Excessive praise (i.e., a masterpiece by a world-famous artist) tends to reduce the appreciation of aesthetically simple artworks when status labels are questioned. However, the association of aesthetic complexity with the capacity to provoke thought may encourage respondents to take the paintings more seriously. Complexity is typically discouraged for standard products, but it can be instrumental in the process of singularization by stimulating visual exploration and sustaining interest over time.

scholarly journals Comparison group matters for chronic stress effects of subjective social status

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (14) ◽  
pp. 1923-1928 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley M Geiger ◽  
Clemens Kirschbaum ◽  
Jutta M Wolf
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Chronic Stress ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
Reference Group ◽  
Subjective Social Status ◽  
Family Status ◽  
Stress Effects ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

Inconsistent associations between health and measures of subjective social status compared to one’s community suggest that how people define community may matter. This study broke down community into status among neighborhood and friends/family to assess the impact of each domain on chronic stress in individuals differing in socioeconomic status (18 employed and 18 unemployed individuals). The findings suggest that for ratings of subjective social status, the social and physical proximity of the reference group matters. Specifically, neighborhood status was affected by unemployment, while friends/family status was associated with perceived stress, emphasizing the importance of the comparison group in assessing subjective status.

Ethnic perspective in e-government use and trust in government: A test of social inequality approaches

2020 ◽  
pp. 146144482092065
Author(s):  
Dennis Rosenberg
Keyword(s):  
Social Inequality ◽  
Social Stratification ◽  
Interactive Effect ◽  
Trust In Government ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
The Social

This study examined the interactive effect of ethnicity and e-government use on trust in government and of ethnicity and trust in government on e-government use by means of social inequality approaches outlined in Internet sociology studies. The data for the study was obtained from the 2017 Israel Social Survey. It was found that Arabs from small localities with varying levels of trust in government are less likely to use e-government than Israeli Jews with the same levels of trust. Yet they are more likely than Israeli Jews to have some degree of trust in government. Arabs from large localities differ from Israeli Jews in terms of e-government use only when they have some degree of trust in government. However, they do not differ from Israeli Jews regarding the trust itself. The results provide support for the social stratification approach and a justification for treating disadvantaged minorities according to the size of their residential localities.

SEMANTICS OF PERFUME AND COSMETIC NAMING IN THE SOCIAL STRATIFICATION ASPECT

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Galytska ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Social Stratification ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Personal Names ◽  
The Social ◽  
Real Person ◽  
Dictionary Definitions

The article deals with the problem of English perfume and cosmetic naming. Special attention is given to the ways of social stratification verbalization. The system of indicators is responsible for the semantic reflecting social stratification explicitly. These indicators are connected with the social status or professional activity in a semantic way. The system of symbols-markers reflects social stratification implicitly. These symbols-markers are connected with object symbols or personal names. Object symbols are divided into toponymes and gemonymes. Personal name symbols are divided into real person names and mythonymes. Using the dictionary definitions of indicators and symbols-markers makes possible to identify archesemes, differential semes. These semes are basic criterium for further grasping the semantic bearers into corresponding groups and subgroups.

Disuguaglianze sociali e stratificazione occupazionale

2009 ◽  
pp. 17-28
Author(s):  
Enrica Amaturo ◽  
Antonio de Lillo
Keyword(s):  
Social Inequality ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Social Stratification ◽  
Social Evaluation ◽  
The Social

- The article intends to supply a general theoretical picture within which the meanings of the concepts of social inequality and social stratification are explained, and the dimensions through which is possible to analyze such concepts are specified. A critical treatment is then devoted to the use of the Social evaluation of the occupations scale.Key words: Social Stratification, Social inequality, Stratification Scale, Social evaluation of the occupational scale, Prestige, Power

Choosing to stop consuming meat for environmental reasons: exploring the influence of gender and social status variables in Chile

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Giacoman ◽  
Pamela Ayala Arancibia ◽  
Juan Alfaro
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Social Stratification ◽  
Meat Consumption ◽  
Red Meat ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
The Social ◽  
Using Data

PurposeGlobal meat consumption has increased rapidly, which is of concern, given its contribution to environmental destruction. Within this framework, this article aims to analyse the social determinants in relation to stopping red meat consumption for environmental reasons in Chile, with a focus on gender and social status.Design/methodology/approachUsing data from a representative national survey, we estimated six logistic regression models to analyse the social determinants that reduce red meat consumption in Chile.FindingsThe results show that social stratification variables (gender, social class, household income and education) are closely linked with choosing to stop eating red meat for environmental reasons. A possible interpretation of these results is the ambiguous status of red meat in contemporary Chilean society and its symbolic link with masculinity.Research limitations/implicationsThe analysis may be complemented by future research that distinguishes the environmental aspects, which encourage individuals to stop eating red meat. In addition, asking about meat consumption in an environmental survey, may generate social desirability.Originality/valueThe results contribute to understanding which social factors help stop meat consumption within a strong carnism culture. This is relevant since South America is well known for high meat consumption, and few studies have explored the issue of consumption in these countries.

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