Abstract
Three groups of 22 second-grade Guatemalan children were tape-recorded as they spontaneously narrated the story of a day in the life of a family they had selected from 15 clay dolls. The three groups represented two socioeconomic status (SES) levels in Guatemala City and a rural Guatemalan group. Urban-high and urban-low SES groups showed the greatest differences: the urban-high group used shorter silent pauses and a slower articulation rate than the other two groups, while the urban-low group used significantly longer silent pauses and a faster articulation rate. The rural group fell between the two urban groups on these measures. The SES level is clearly discriminated by silent pause length and articulation rate.
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