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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

nivel socioeconómico

English translation:

socio-economic level

Added to glossary by Gabriela Rodriguez
Jun 15, 2005 12:50
18 yrs ago
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Spanish term

nivel socioeconómico

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¡buenos días!
no estoy segura cómo se traduce NIVEL socioeconómico, cultural, etc.
socioeconomic LEVEL? ¿la traducción para nivel es level?
¡muchas gracias!
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 socio-economic level
5 +4 socioeconomicl level
4 +3 socioeconomic status
5 -1 income bracket or income group

Proposed translations

+1
6 mins
Spanish term (edited): nivel socioecon�mico
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socio-economic level

nivel is normally translated as level - but if we had some more context here it might help! Paul
Peer comment(s):
agree Muriel Vasconcellos
7 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "muchas gracias!"
+3
6 mins
Spanish term (edited): nivel socioecon�mico

socioeconomic status

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Peer comment(s):
agree jrb : yes, this is what social scientists use
4 hrs
agree Gabriela Rodriguez
11 hrs
agree zythem : Yes! It is the term most used among social scientists.
3024 days
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+4
6 mins
Spanish term (edited): nivel socioecon�mico

socioeconomicl level

Yes

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Note added at 7 mins (2005-06-15 12:57:31 GMT)
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oops sorry about the extra \"l\" just dismiss that!
Peer comment(s):
agree margaret caulfield
3 mins
agree Marsha Wilkie
27 mins
agree Cecilia Della Croce
46 mins
disagree Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X) : sorry but this is just not used in English...really isn't...level of (household) income..You hear this all the time in Spanish....Never in English..only in very technical papers and even then, not very likely
51 mins
According to Google, there are 40k entries
agree Xenia Wong
1 hr
agree Patricia Rosas : it's used widely in the social sciences (I get over 40,000 hits on Google, from a variety of disciplines, inclduing medicine).
1 hr
neutral jrb : the problem with the use of level is that it implies that socioeconomic status can be quantitatively assessed, often it is not, which is why the more qualitative term 'status' is preferred
4 hrs
agree Muriel Vasconcellos : Whether we like it or not, it's what is used internationally (40,700 hits on Google).
7 hrs
disagree zythem : As a social scientist (PhD in social psychology), I can tell you that socioeconomic status is the standard term. If you want to compare on Google, "socioeconomic status" = 2,970,000 hits and "socioeconomic level" = 201,000
3024 days
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-1
7 mins
Spanish term (edited): nivel socioecon�mico

income bracket or income group

depende del contexto..no hay una manera de decirlo..no hace falta traducir la palabra social ..el social en espanol es para decir personas..en ingles ya se sabe por la expresion..income que se trata de gente y no de otra cosa

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Note added at 11 mins (2005-06-15 13:01:40 GMT)
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[desculpa, la maquina donde estoy no tiene acentos]

por ejemplo: la expresion en espanol= el nivel economico puede referirse a un pais..para distinguir que se trata de personas, se dice: el nivel socioeconomico..en ingles no, se dice, What income bracket is he in? Or What level of income does he have?


Final: income bracket [to be in an income bracket]
or level of income [to have a level of income]


social economic is a nogo.....really.....no one says that ever

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Note added at 15 mins (2005-06-15 13:06:28 GMT)
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expresion tecnica= level of household income

expresion periodistica= level of income, income group, income bracket

social economic is not used

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Note added at 17 mins (2005-06-15 13:08:03 GMT)
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This is the kind of expression that makes me dispair...so many literal translations of it...too bad

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Note added at 1 day 8 hrs 32 mins (2005-06-16 21:23:10 GMT) Post-grading
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Note to Jessisa: Nivel socio-economico is not social-economic status..of course, it is used in soc sci and development studies..But in Everyday Speech it is used all the time in Portuguese and French and Spanish, and in those cases, they are not referring to the same thing..if a newspaper article dealing with standards of living, if you see it, it refers to income bracket basically..and the reason the Spanish says socio-economico is not in this case the pluses..it\'s because in Spanish, you can\'t just say Nivel Economico...
Peer comment(s):
agree moken : This is generally the case. :O) :O) :O)
1 hr
Thank you Alvaro...but the rising tide of literalism lurks luringly leeward...
disagree jrb : NO - this is very wrong; socio-economic status is much more than income, it's about education and access to infrastructure and services hence the SOCIO before the economic - furthermore socio-economic is VERY much used in soc sci / develt studies
4 hrs
Depends on context..only very usual in English in academia; not in the press, not in the media, not in journalism, not in speaking Whereas in the Latin languages yes to all those
disagree Muriel Vasconcellos : I agree with everything Jessica said. If I had a penny for every time I've seen it in my work, I could buy Neverland Ranch from Michael Jackson.
7 hrs
Muriel, It depends on the context. It is much less used in English
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