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SES

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-007703

A way of describing people based on their education, income, and type of job. SES is usually described as low, medium, and high. People with a lower SES usually have less access to financial, educational, social, and health resources than those with a higher SES. As a result, they are more likely to be in poor health and have chronic health conditions and disabilities. Also called socioeconomic status.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-007703
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Expansionssocioeconomic status
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-007703",
  "term": "SES",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A way of describing people based on their education, income, and type of job. SES is usually described as low, medium, and high. People with a lower SES usually have less access to financial, educational, social, and health resources than those with a higher SES. As a result, they are more likely to be in poor health and have chronic health conditions and disabilities. Also called socioeconomic status.",
  "expansions": [
    "socioeconomic status"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/ses/"
}

Record 14,886 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.