S.c Inequalities Social Mobility

Question 1

Goldthorpe

Answer 1

Oms studied a sample of 10,000 men to compare the occupational classes of sons and their father he found the relative chance of social mobility between the 3 classes 1:2:4

Question 2

Gordon marshall the Essex university mobility

Answer 2

(1988) found evidence of inequality in relative mobility rates with someone starting off in the service class having 7 times as much chance of ending up in the service class as someone from a working class background

Question 3

Abbott

Answer 3

Argues that women’s experiences of mobility are likely to be different from men’s because of the disadvantages faced by women in the workplace

Question 4

Ken Roberts

Answer 4

(2001)found 55% of men originating in the working class end up staying in that class

Question 5

Saunders

Answer 5

Argues that children of the service class are likely to inherit higher levels of intelligence and thus have a better chance of achieving service class jobs