# Socioeconomic category change direction

Direction of the most recent change in the household's socioeconomic category, toward earlier (A) or later (Z) letter tiers.

- API name: `socioeconomic_category_change_direction`
- Category: Life event
- Type · unit: Text
- Individuals with a value: 207.5M (80.6%)
- Latest collection: Jun 1, 2026, refreshed every two months
- How values combine: Read from a single source field.

## Links

- [Catalog page](/catalog/v2/socioeconomic_category_change_direction)
- [Published statistics (JSON)](https://static.faraday.ai/figv2/socioeconomic_category_change_direction.json)
- [API reference](/docs/reference/getattribute)