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I very much think socioeconomic status is more likely a better fit. I have a feeling if you did the same test but instead of “crime” you did “wealth percentile
by codyb 7y ago
I very much think socioeconomic status is more likely a better fit.
I have a feeling if you did the same test but instead of “crime” you did “wealth percentile” you’d probably end up with the same results in the United States though unfortunately.
Not a lot of well off minority neighborhoods throughout the country and the wealth disparity even with all the poor white people is very real.
- thaumasiotes 7y ago> I very much think socioeconomic status is more likely a better fit. Believe it or not, this exact question has been studied pretty intensively for decades. The predictive value of race is much higher than the predictive value of socioeconomic status.
- floe 7y agoAh, then you should be able to provide some sources.
- nkurz 7y agoI think this is an excellent analysis with sources: https://randomcriticalanalysis.com/2015/11/16/racial-differences-in-homicide-rates-are-poorly-explained-by-economics/ https://randomcriticalanalysis.com/2015/11/16/racial-differe... His conclusion is that on a county-by-county level in the US, race is the strongest predictor of homicide rates, with rates of single-motherhood being next strongest. Poverty is a reasonable predictor, but weaker than these and several others. I read this closely a couple years ago, but only skimmed it now to remind myself of the conclusions. I'd be interested to hear peoples' thoughts on whether his statistical techniques are appropriately applied. I recall it was was convincing to me at the time.