In addition to investigations like those cited above, there is a large body of research using more general socioeconomic concepts as alternatives to cultural and economic capital.
If the urbanicity scale measures what it is intended to measure, it should correlate with each community's average housing quality index and the average consumer durables index because both indices measure a concept (socioeconomic status) that is known to vary with urbanicity.
"There are no rivalries within the district and no real concept of socioeconomic status," Osborn said.
In accordance with recommendations to broaden the concept of socioeconomic position measurement, we also ascertained receipt of unemployment benefit, free school meals and other benefits was gathered through a yes/no question.
Considering the high manpower requirements of a multidisciplinary team we suggest further socioeconomic analysis of these concepts to prove cost efficacy of the treatment with respect to quality of life, direct and indirect costs.
Socioeconomic status is a multidimensional concept, and its measurement is rather complex.
They conclude that "a smart city is not only a technological concept but a socioeconomic development one, service oriented.
38 Furthermore, with the exception of Brussels' and London's interviewees, the concept of the socioeconomic gradient in health was not present among respondents; their understanding of reducing health inequalities connoted reducing the differences between the most deprived groups and the rest of the city's population.
However, explaining socioeconomic stratification based on the broad concept of marketisation can be challenging.
With the rapid pace of socioeconomic and cultural changes, people's concept of marriage and the family has also changed dramatically and drastically (Zeng 1995).
