Socioeconomic Disparities, Service Equity, and Citizen Satisfaction: Cross‐National Evidence.

The literature on citizen satisfaction has predominantly focused on the key factors of service quality, with scant attention paid to the role of equity. Furthermore, these studies often rely on a single demographic identity within a single country, limiting their scope. This study aims to address th...

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Published in:Public Administration Review Vol. 85; no. 4; pp. 973 - 989
Main Authors: Song, Miyeon, An, Seung‐Ho, Yang, Sun Gue
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jul/Aug2025
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          Song, Miyeon
          An, Seung‐Ho
          Yang, Sun Gue
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          Chung‐Ang University, Seoul, South Korea
          University of Arizona, Tucson Arizona,, USA
          University of South Carolina, Columbia South Carolina,, USA
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        Citizen satisfaction
        Income
        Scholarly method
        Professions
        Socioeconomic disparities in health
        Educational outcomes
        Comparative studies
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          Citizen satisfaction
          Income
          Scholarly method
          Professions
          Professional Organizations
          Socioeconomic disparities in health
          Educational outcomes
          Comparative studies
      ab: The literature on citizen satisfaction has predominantly focused on the key factors of service quality, with scant attention paid to the role of equity. Furthermore, these studies often rely on a single demographic identity within a single country, limiting their scope. This study aims to address these gaps by examining how outcome disparities based on socioeconomic status (SES) affect satisfaction with service providers across countries. Using a cross‐national education database, we employ three SES measures—education, income, and occupation—to test how disparities in student performance across SES groups affect parents' satisfaction with schools. Our findings show that parents in less professional occupations express lower satisfaction with schools when their children underperform compared with students whose parents hold more professional jobs. However, this relationship does not exist for education‐ or income‐based disparities. This study advances the understanding of how outcome disparities based on SES are associated with citizen satisfaction.
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