Ch 6: Social Mobility

upper-white-collar

According to the "outflow" table that starts with fathers and asks about the mobility of their sons, upper-white-collar fathers are most likely to have ______ sons.

circulation mobility

The sons of upper- and lower-white-collar workers are a little less likely to inherit their fathers' positions. This tendency indicates that the decline in structural mobility is being somewhat offset by an increase in ______.

intergenerational

What type of social mobility is movement up or down in the class system from one generation to the next?

societal and individual

What are the two perspectives which can be used to look at mobility?

The proportion of upwardly mobile sons has dropped from 1970 to 2000.

Which of the following is NOT true about intergenerational income mobility?

There is little evidence of social mobility among women in the past four decades.

Which of the following is NOT true about women's social mobility?

circulation mobility; structural mobility

What are the two basic factors that allow for more or less mobility up or down the occupational hierarchy?

Data on women's occupations are not as readily available.

Which of the following is NOT a reason that studying women's mobility presents a special set of problems?

farmers

Which is not an example of a lower manual occupation?

50%

According to Chetty et al., what percentage of adults born in the 1980s earned more than their parents?