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Effects of Neighborhood Inequality on the Relative Distance between Objective Position and Subjective Identification
Author(s) -
Kim Andrew Ho,
Kim Muncho,
Ryu Seoungho
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of japanese sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.133
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1475-6781
pISSN - 0918-7545
DOI - 10.1111/ijjs.12073
Subject(s) - position (finance) , identification (biology) , inequality , class consciousness , psychology , metropolitan area , social psychology , class (philosophy) , econometrics , demographic economics , statistics , mathematics , economics , geography , computer science , political science , mathematical analysis , botany , archaeology , finance , artificial intelligence , politics , law , biology
This article is an exploratory attempt to assess the relationship between an individual's objective class position and their subjective class identification and to understand the effects of neighborhood inequality on individual variations. It tests three theses that the relationship between objective class position and subjective identification: is based on reflection, middle‐class consciousness or variation. The degree to which neighborhood‐level variables impact on the relative distance between objective class position and subjective identification is examined in assessing the possible contextual effects of the spatial setting individuals in which individuals are located. It utilizes 2015 City Policy Index Survey data administered by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and goes through two steps in analysis. First, a correspondence analysis was performed to calculate the relative distance between individuals’ objective position and subjective identification. The relative distance calculated was used as a dependent variable in a multilevel linear model examining the possible cross‐level interaction between neighborhood inequality and individual‐level variables. The results indicate that the relationship between an individual's objective class position and subjective identification was captured in the variation thesis. Women, and people who are younger, college educated and who hold non‐manual occupations are more likely to identify with a position that is lower than their actual position. Neighborhood inequality was found to exaggerate the gap in relative distance scores by gender and occupation.