Do These Co-Twins Really Live Together? An Assessment of the Validity of the Home Index as a Measure of Family Socio-economic Status.

Carter-Saltzman, Louise; And Others

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Publication Date: 1975

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Do These Co-Twins Really Live Together? An Assessment of the Validity of the Home Index as a Measure of Family Socio-economic Status

Carter-Saltzman, Louise; And Others

Educational and Psychological Measurement, 35, 2, 427-35, Sum 75

Assessed the validity of reports on family social status by comparing responses of co-twins. Co-twin agreement on factual items about their family is a particularly good criterion for evaluating the validity of a socioeconomic status measure. (RC)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Family Status, Racial Differences, Socioeconomic Status, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Tests, Twins

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