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> My most favourite social status indicator is the number of children. It seems to me, that having more than 3 children is an indicator of either the lower clas
by busyant 11y ago
> My most favourite social status indicator is the number of children. It seems to me, that having more than 3 children is an indicator of either the lower class, because the marginal costs of an additional child are mostly paid by the state, or the upper class, because you they can handle the marginal costs on their own again. The middle class often does not want to pay these costs.
I don't get this. How good of an indicator can it be if >3 is both upper and lower? And is the middle class really pinned at 3?
- allendoerfer 11y agoI do not know, if it is really true, it is just how I perceive it here in Germany. Seems plausible taking into account, that Germany both has the second lowest birth rate worldwide and a relatively large middle class. You can see the social status as a vector of social indicators that together define which class you belong to. The "> 3 kids" indicator assigns or strengthens your assignment to a class, depending on which other indicators you have.
- coldtea 11y ago>I don't get this. How good of an indicator can it be if >3 is both upper and lower? The same as any other indicator that has the same boundaries meaning different things on different "modes". 100% cpu is bad if it's from stalled program, but great if it's from a number-crunching app you created to utilize all cores.