Social Mobility

is how you
move up or down in social
Intragerenational
position compared to the rest
mobility of society.
is
how a person moves up or
down the social ladder during
their lifetime.
Intergenerational mobility,
relative mobility
horizontal
however, is about movement
mobility
Types in social position across
generations.
is when
you move up or down in
absolute terms – are you
better or worse than
absolute mobility before?
people
manage to have a different job
from their parents but remain
in the same social position.
statistical data

 A third of American men end up in the  45% of kids with higher socioeconomic
same job as their parents, a comparison status, or SES, had gotten a college
of 37% that goes up and 32% down degree by age 28 – only 4% of low SES kids
had.

 Whites tend to ascend more easily than

blacks. Those born better off were also
more likely to be middle class at age 28.
 Low SES White men were more likely to
use hard drugs, smoke, and binge drink
than low SES Black men.

Roberto Anaya
Martinez