Objektif ve Sübjektif Sosyal Statü Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi
Onur Şahin, Süphan NasırInvestigation of the Relationship Between Objective Social Status and Subjective Social Status
Onur Şahin, Süphan NasırSocial status - the relative position on the social ladder - is usually how the individual is perceived by the group and society. However, similarities or differences may occur between the individual’s perception of himself and how he is perceived by society. People naturally seek an equilibrium and strive to maintain this balance. This effort emerges as an attempt to raise awareness by creating awareness in society by means of various means where the individual’s own perception of social status is higher than the perception of society.
Social status is the opinions of the individual about their position in society. Objective social status (OSES) can be defined as how others see the individual and Subjective social status (SSS) can be defined as how the individual sees himself. Subjective social status is the perception of the individual in the social position. Objective social status is the status that is set out by taking into consideration the objective criteria. Studies have shown that there is a relationship between subjective social status and objective social status. This study distinguishes itself by being the first study on this subject in Turkey.
The aim of this study was to show whether the social status of the individual varies according to objective and subjective criteria. In addition, the effects of individual demographic characteristics were also investigated. The results obtained from regression analysis show that individual objective characteristics are significantly related to self-assessment of position on the social ladder. There is a relationship between the income, education, occupation and subjective social social status of the individual. Gender, marital status, and age play an important role in explaining how an individual evaluates himself/herself. In addition, men, married individuals and home owners are more likely to figure more elevated on the social ladder.
According to responses given regarding the question of position on social ladder (where individuals evaluated themselves), there is no subjective social status difference between men and women. One of the most important results of this study is that women have a lower objective social status compared to men, especially in terms of income and occupation. The reason for this difference is that subjective social status can reveal that a person is the result of a better evaluation of the past and the present situation and their future expectations, opportunities and resources. It can also be considered that women only rely on the evaluation of other women. The results can be interpreted as saying that the degree of self-evaluation of the individual depends on their socioeconomic characteristics. However, gender, marital status, age, home and car ownership can be differentiated from other observable features that may affect the social ladder positioning of individuals.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between subjective social status and objective social status. In order to determine the relationship between the social status of consumers, a survey study was conducted on 954 people. According to the results of the analysis, a positive relationship was found between subjective social status and objective social status.