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Socioeconomic Status Research Paper

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The socioeconomic status impacts a person because it is how they will react to a natural disaster. The lower the status is, the worse they will react to a natural disaster. The higher their status is, the better they will respond to a natural disaster. If a person is low in socioeconomic status, that means that they do not have a lot of money to take care of themselves or they do no have the money to afford expensive things. Low-status people usually do not have technology that would warn them of a natural disaster. They also do not have transportation to get to higher ground or leave their cities. Low-status people also have a house built from fragile and cheap materials. Low-status people do not have the proper education needed to act …show more content…

High-status people have many types of technology to help themselves make it through the natural disaster. High-status people have a lot of education because they have the money to afford education. Due to their education, high-status people have the knowledge of how to treat someone. With the proper education, high-status people can save someone’s life. Also, high-status people have houses made of expensive and durable material like brick and cement. There are many examples of how your socioeconomic status affects how they react to a natural disaster. In Iceland, June 17, 2000, there was an earthquake of 6.6 magnitudes. Iceland is .936 in the HDI scale out of 1, which is very high. Only 0 people died, 0 people were injured and, the earthquake struck on land. While in China, August 3, 2014, there was an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1. That earthquake struck on land and near Ludian, China. China is .727 in the HDI scale out of 1. That is a very low number of the HDI scale. Due to that earthquake, 615 people died, 2,400 injured, and 12,000 homes

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