How to Use socioeconomic in a Sentence

socioeconomic

adjective

• Their socioeconomic backgrounds are very different.
• Americans in the bottom third of the socioeconomic spectrum have been 48% more likely to die of the disease than those in the top third.
  — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2022
• The socioeconomic lines between Prospect Heights and Crown Heights began to blur.
  — Larry Buchanan, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2023
• Nolen is on the upper rungs of that socioeconomic ladder.
  — Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2022
• But the losses in population tended to be at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale, and the state has grown steadily richer.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2022
• The school flew the flag of élite access for first-generation students, but within that group it was set up to reward those at the socioeconomic top.
  — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022
• The school has tried to focus on special preference for socioeconomic status but that has not proven a perfect proxy for race.
  — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 29 June 2023
• But the uptake of testing and shift in social norms has been polarized along socioeconomic lines.
  — Krithika Varagur, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
• The reasons are layered and complex, as the lack of healthcare access, brought on by socioeconomic status, is a factor.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 22 Mar. 2024
• According to Bonowitz, factors like ableism and racial and socioeconomic bias in the criminal justice system pose too much of a threat to warrant the use of the death penalty.
  — Kendall Ross, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2022
• Many concluded that damages were far off in time and that socioeconomic systems would have time to adjust.
  — David Schimel, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2022
• Meanwhile results about who loses the most learning, whether by race or socioeconomic status or grade level, are all over the place.
  — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 10 July 2023
• A lot of these athletes come from poor socioeconomic backgrounds.
  — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023
• The study also found that Black women in the highest income had a 20% increase in the odds of suicide compared to white women in the lowest socioeconomic status.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 5 Sep. 2024
• The reasons why people are delaying parenthood are socioeconomic and the state should step in and support those who want to have children.
  — Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 22 July 2024
• The lead-up to some other World Cups, and to some Olympic Games, have also seen heavy media coverage of human rights, socioeconomic, and climate issues.
  — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Nov. 2022
• And countries that allow abortions on socioeconomic grounds also allow them in cases of risk to health or life.
  — Josh Ulick, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2022
• This allowed the group to appeal to a broad swath of Americans and to unite constituents across socioeconomic, ideological, and racial groups.
  — Dana Suskind, The Atlantic, 18 Nov. 2022
• The caste system is a tiered socioeconomic system that consigns people to a particular group, or caste.
  — Myriam Renaud, The Conversation, 5 July 2023
• The racist massacre is a harsh reminder of socioeconomic neglect the community has decried for decades.
  — Joseph De Avila, WSJ, 19 June 2022
• Others who forgo alcohol may not be able to afford it, and lower socioeconomic status comes with a host of health challenges.
  — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2023
• The foundation offers scholarships and grants and has opened golf programs for youth throughout the U.S., with a focus on breaking down socioeconomic barriers to the game.
  — Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2022
• And the fact that two things are associated could simply mean that there’s a third factor involved, such as, say, socioeconomic status.
  — Matt Villano, CNN, 19 June 2024
• The lottery tends to be more appealing to people of lower socioeconomic status, Volberg said, partly because the payouts are so high.
  — Brian Murphy, Charlotte Observer, 29 Feb. 2024
• Asked about the turtles specifically, a spokesperson emailed that the agency is aware of the project’s living, non-living and socioeconomic implications.
  — Nina Burleigh, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
• Gender, age, caste and socioeconomic status all determine who gets care, Menon says.
  — Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Scientific American, 19 May 2022
• That was, more than any class or socioeconomic status, generational for me.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023
• The causes appear to be many, from low socioeconomic status and biomechanical strain to poor diet and psychosocial stress.
  — Beth Linker, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
• Those on the more progressive side of the political spectrum tend to focus on those risks that come with socioeconomic disparity, whether geopolitical or domestic.
  — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Nov. 2024
• What’s the socioeconomic variables associated with the counties?
  — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024