Socioeconomic status (SES)

Socioeconomic status (SES) is generally defined as being a combination of a person’s or family’s income, education, and occupational/societal status. Those three things often go together, but not always. For example, some people have graduate degrees but are unemployed, while other people—think pro athletes—may have little education, yet get a lot of money and prestige. Still, there’s usually a fairly strong correlation between income, education, and status.
It turns out that in the United States, SES is one of the biggest predictors of children’s health—the higher the SES, the better the physical health. Your job for this question is to describe at least four separate reasons for this linkage. You aren’t required to specifically mention Bronfenbrenner’s theory in your answer, but you do need to provide answers that address at least 3 levels of his model.

With all discussions, don’t forget that you always need to cite sources to support your arguments! If you’re citing your textbook, you can just put the page number (or module number, if reading the book in Revel) in parentheses and the reference list at the end. For any other source, you need to use both in-text citations and a reference list at the end. If you are citing a website, that reference list must include the complete URL.

Textbook: Arnett, J. J., & Jensen, L. A. (2018). Human development: A cultural approach (3rd ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.