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Socioeconomic Patterns of Twitter User Activity.

Jacob Levy Abitbol¹, Alfredo J Morales²

¹GRYZZLY SAS, 69003 Lyon, France.

Entropy (Basel, Switzerland)

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Social media data reveals how city exploration and online conversations can predict income. This approach offers a cost-effective alternative to traditional surveys for understanding socioeconomic status and behavior patterns.

Keywords:

data analysis human behavior social media socioeconomic status

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Area of Science:

Computational social science
Digital sociology
Socioeconomic analysis

Background:

Traditional demographic and income data collection via surveys is resource-intensive.
Understanding socioeconomic disparities is vital for effective policy and planning.
Social media offers a novel data source for behavioral analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the potential of social media data for inferring individual income.
To analyze how mobility patterns and online conversations correlate with socioeconomic status.
To explore differentiated behaviors across socioeconomic groups using digital footprints.

Main Methods:

Utilizing anonymized social media data to abstract mobility and online conversation topics.
Employing high-dimensional vector representations for behavioral data.
Analyzing correlations between aggregated digital behaviors and income levels.

Main Results:

Geographic mobility patterns and online hashtag activity are significant predictors of income.
Distinct behavioral patterns were observed between the highest and lowest socioeconomic quantiles.
Social media data provides a scalable method for socioeconomic stratification.

Conclusions:

Social media behavioral data can effectively infer socioeconomic status, offering a privacy-preserving alternative to traditional methods.
Mobility and online activity serve as valuable indicators for socioeconomic analysis.
Further research can leverage these findings for targeted policy interventions and economic planning.