# Childhood SES & PS

*Tom Geraghty & Jade Garratt · Power, Politics, Diversity & Equity, Individual & Wellbeing*

Reports original survey research testing whether childhood socioeconomic status shapes interpersonal and career-based risk-taking at work. Finds evidence for a relationship — those from more precarious backgrounds show greater risk aversion — with implications for equity in voice.

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- [Calculus of Voice](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-calculus-of-voice.md)
- [Employment Grade and Coronary Heart Disease in British Civil Servants](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/marmot-1978.md) (paper)
- [An Uncertainty Management Perspective on Long-Run Impacts of Adversity: The Influence of Childhood Socioeconomic Status on Risk, Time, and Social Preferences](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/amir-jordan-rand-2018.md) (paper)
- [Sociological Safety](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/sociological-safety.md)
- [Understanding Social Inequalities in Health](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/marmot-2003.md) (paper)
- [Barriers to PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/barriers-to-psychological-safety.md)
- [Job Security & PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/job-security-and-psychological-safety.md)
- [Prospect Theory](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/prospect-theory-and-psychological-safety.md)
- [SES & Interpersonal Risk](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/socioeconomic-background-affects-our-appetite-to-take-interpersonal-risks-at-work.md)
- [Imposter Syndrome](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-52-imposter-syndrome.md)
- [PS for Students](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-for-students.md)
- [The Psychological Anchor](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-psychological-anchor-in-the-workplace.md)