Growing up Different(ly than Last Time We Asked): Social Status and Changing Reports of Childhood Income Rank

2025/09/01 by Amber Obermaier, Orestes P Hastings, Orestes P. Hastings · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies #Youth Education and Societal Dynamics #Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

paper · doi:10.1007/s11205-025-03702-x

Citations

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Discussions

• The GSS asked the same people about their childhood income rank three different times. 56% changed their answer, even though what was trying to be measured couldn’t change! We dig into this in a new a [bsky, 97 points, 2 comments]