SOCIAL CLASS + SOCIAL MOBILITY

Question 1

what is social mobility?

Answer 1

movement of individuals up or down the social scale

Question 2

what are the two types of mobility

Answer 2

intergenerational mobility
intragenerational mobility

Question 3

explain intergenerational mobility

Answer 3

mobility between generations for example man whose father was a coal miner but ended up becoming a doctor upward mobility

Question 4

explain intragenerational mobility.

Answer 4

movement between classes by an individual during their working life for example woman starts off as a secretary and ends up running the company by the end of her career

Question 5

what’s an open and closed society

Answer 5

tells us if there’s a great deal of social mobility

Question 6

What are the problems of researching social mobility

Answer 6

• classifying occupation = people shouldn’t be classified by occupation
• Studying the mobility of women = doesn’t focus on it that much
• mobility of very rich and poor = top positions closed off and acquired through inheritance the poorest have no occupation
• cant conclude the social mobility of people until they are well-established in their careers late 40s/50s

Question 7

what’s one of the biggest social mobility studies in the UK called

Answer 7

Goldthrope the Oxford Mobility Study

Question 8

explain the goldthrope study

Answer 8

1972
- 10,000 men
- used the hope - Goldthorpe scale to compare the occupational classes of sons and their fathers

Question 9

what were the findings of the Goldthorpe study?

Answer 9

chances increased for younger generations who had grown up since ww2
1:2:4 rule = whatever chances WC boy had of reaching service class, an intermediate boy had twice the chance and a boy starting off with service class had 4 times the chance

Question 10

evaluation of the OMS -Goldthorpe