Subjective perceptions of economic inequality in Argentina

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Bastias, Franco Emmanuel; Amante Martin, Dayana Belén; Avendaño, Pablo Agustin
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2019
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In Argentina, inequality and poverty have reached alarming levels. However, societies that register high indexes of inequality do not necessarily present strong demands for a fairer society. According to studies in Psychology, social demands are conditioned more often by the perception of inequality than by real inequality. Furthermore, there are important variations in the perception of inequality among different population sectors. The current research intends to identify how variables, such as sex, age, educational level, objective status and subjective status, are associated with variations in the perception of inequality. It is a quantitative correlational study, whose sample consisted of 400 adults from Argentina, aged between 18 and 74 years (M = 38.57, SD = 13.072). Participants answered a self-administered questionnaire regarding inequality. The results indicate that people perceive lower economic inequality than that registered by national statistics and this underestimation is conditioned by and associated with sociodemographic variables. Perceptual biases are higher when income and educational levels are lower. In addition, women perceive inequality more than men do. However, no variations in the perception of inequality were found according to the age of the respondents. The implications of this research and its contribution to promoting the study of inequality are discussed.
Fil: Bastias, Franco Emmanuel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Juan; Argentina. Universidad Catolica de Cuyo - Sede San Juan. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Instituto de Investigaciones En Psicología Basica y Aplicada; Argentina
Fil: Amante Martin, Dayana Belén. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Juan; Argentina. Universidad Catolica de Cuyo - Sede San Juan. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Instituto de Investigaciones En Psicología Basica y Aplicada; Argentina
Fil: Avendaño, Pablo Agustin. Universidad del Norte Santo Tomás de Aquino; Argentina. Universidad Catolica de Cuyo - Sede San Juan. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Instituto de Investigaciones En Psicología Basica y Aplicada; Argentina
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Economic inequality
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spelling Subjective perceptions of economic inequality in ArgentinaBastias, Franco EmmanuelAmante Martin, Dayana BelénAvendaño, Pablo AgustinPerceptual biasesSociodemographic variablesEconomic inequalitySubjective statushttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5In Argentina, inequality and poverty have reached alarming levels. However, societies that register high indexes of inequality do not necessarily present strong demands for a fairer society. According to studies in Psychology, social demands are conditioned more often by the perception of inequality than by real inequality. Furthermore, there are important variations in the perception of inequality among different population sectors. The current research intends to identify how variables, such as sex, age, educational level, objective status and subjective status, are associated with variations in the perception of inequality. It is a quantitative correlational study, whose sample consisted of 400 adults from Argentina, aged between 18 and 74 years (M = 38.57, SD = 13.072). Participants answered a self-administered questionnaire regarding inequality. The results indicate that people perceive lower economic inequality than that registered by national statistics and this underestimation is conditioned by and associated with sociodemographic variables. Perceptual biases are higher when income and educational levels are lower. In addition, women perceive inequality more than men do. However, no variations in the perception of inequality were found according to the age of the respondents. The implications of this research and its contribution to promoting the study of inequality are discussed.Fil: Bastias, Franco Emmanuel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Juan; Argentina. Universidad Catolica de Cuyo - Sede San Juan. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Instituto de Investigaciones En Psicología Basica y Aplicada; ArgentinaFil: Amante Martin, Dayana Belén. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Juan; Argentina. Universidad Catolica de Cuyo - Sede San Juan. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Instituto de Investigaciones En Psicología Basica y Aplicada; ArgentinaFil: Avendaño, Pablo Agustin. Universidad del Norte Santo Tomás de Aquino; Argentina. Universidad Catolica de Cuyo - Sede San Juan. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Instituto de Investigaciones En Psicología Basica y Aplicada; ArgentinaInternational Institute for Science, Technology and Education2019-05info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/158577Bastias, Franco Emmanuel; Amante Martin, Dayana Belén; Avendaño, Pablo Agustin; Subjective perceptions of economic inequality in Argentina; International Institute for Science, Technology and Education; Developing Country Studies; 9; 5; 5-2019; 36-422224-607X2225-0565CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/DCS/article/view/47758info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.7176/DCS/9-5-05info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-10T13:05:01Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/158577instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-10 13:05:01.42CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Subjective perceptions of economic inequality in Argentina
title Subjective perceptions of economic inequality in Argentina
spellingShingle Subjective perceptions of economic inequality in Argentina
Bastias, Franco Emmanuel
Perceptual biases
Sociodemographic variables
Economic inequality
Subjective status
title_short Subjective perceptions of economic inequality in Argentina
title_full Subjective perceptions of economic inequality in Argentina
title_fullStr Subjective perceptions of economic inequality in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Subjective perceptions of economic inequality in Argentina
title_sort Subjective perceptions of economic inequality in Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Bastias, Franco Emmanuel
Amante Martin, Dayana Belén
Avendaño, Pablo Agustin
author Bastias, Franco Emmanuel
author_facet Bastias, Franco Emmanuel
Amante Martin, Dayana Belén
Avendaño, Pablo Agustin
author_role author
author2 Amante Martin, Dayana Belén
Avendaño, Pablo Agustin
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Perceptual biases
Sociodemographic variables
Economic inequality
Subjective status
topic Perceptual biases
Sociodemographic variables
Economic inequality
Subjective status
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv In Argentina, inequality and poverty have reached alarming levels. However, societies that register high indexes of inequality do not necessarily present strong demands for a fairer society. According to studies in Psychology, social demands are conditioned more often by the perception of inequality than by real inequality. Furthermore, there are important variations in the perception of inequality among different population sectors. The current research intends to identify how variables, such as sex, age, educational level, objective status and subjective status, are associated with variations in the perception of inequality. It is a quantitative correlational study, whose sample consisted of 400 adults from Argentina, aged between 18 and 74 years (M = 38.57, SD = 13.072). Participants answered a self-administered questionnaire regarding inequality. The results indicate that people perceive lower economic inequality than that registered by national statistics and this underestimation is conditioned by and associated with sociodemographic variables. Perceptual biases are higher when income and educational levels are lower. In addition, women perceive inequality more than men do. However, no variations in the perception of inequality were found according to the age of the respondents. The implications of this research and its contribution to promoting the study of inequality are discussed.
Fil: Bastias, Franco Emmanuel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Juan; Argentina. Universidad Catolica de Cuyo - Sede San Juan. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Instituto de Investigaciones En Psicología Basica y Aplicada; Argentina
Fil: Amante Martin, Dayana Belén. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Juan; Argentina. Universidad Catolica de Cuyo - Sede San Juan. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Instituto de Investigaciones En Psicología Basica y Aplicada; Argentina
Fil: Avendaño, Pablo Agustin. Universidad del Norte Santo Tomás de Aquino; Argentina. Universidad Catolica de Cuyo - Sede San Juan. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Instituto de Investigaciones En Psicología Basica y Aplicada; Argentina
description In Argentina, inequality and poverty have reached alarming levels. However, societies that register high indexes of inequality do not necessarily present strong demands for a fairer society. According to studies in Psychology, social demands are conditioned more often by the perception of inequality than by real inequality. Furthermore, there are important variations in the perception of inequality among different population sectors. The current research intends to identify how variables, such as sex, age, educational level, objective status and subjective status, are associated with variations in the perception of inequality. It is a quantitative correlational study, whose sample consisted of 400 adults from Argentina, aged between 18 and 74 years (M = 38.57, SD = 13.072). Participants answered a self-administered questionnaire regarding inequality. The results indicate that people perceive lower economic inequality than that registered by national statistics and this underestimation is conditioned by and associated with sociodemographic variables. Perceptual biases are higher when income and educational levels are lower. In addition, women perceive inequality more than men do. However, no variations in the perception of inequality were found according to the age of the respondents. The implications of this research and its contribution to promoting the study of inequality are discussed.
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