Social Mobility (AQA A-Level Sociology): Quizzes
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What is social mobility?
What is social mobility?
Movement from one social class to another
What is intra-generational mobility?
What is intra-generational mobility?
Mobility within a single person's lifetime
What does inter-generational mobility compare?
What does inter-generational mobility compare?
Parents and their children
What does relative mobility examine?
What does relative mobility examine?
How different groups compare to each other
What is ascribed status?
What is ascribed status?
Social position given at birth
In Glass's 1954 study, what proportion of sons were in different classes from their fathers?
In Glass's 1954 study, what proportion of sons were in different classes from their fathers?
Two-thirds
What did the Oxford Mobility Study (1980) find about privileged backgrounds?
What did the Oxford Mobility Study (1980) find about privileged backgrounds?
Much greater chances of reaching top jobs
What is the '1:2:4 rule' identified by Kellner and Wilby (1980)?
What is the '1:2:4 rule' identified by Kellner and Wilby (1980)?
Ratio of working:intermediate:upper class
Which group do most social mobility studies largely ignore?
Which group do most social mobility studies largely ignore?
The long-term unemployed
According to Stanworth & Giddens (1974), what % of top company positions had working-class origins?
According to Stanworth & Giddens (1974), what % of top company positions had working-class origins?
Only 1%
What did Heath (1981) find about daughters compared to sons?
What did Heath (1981) find about daughters compared to sons?
More likely to experience downward mobility
What does Peter Saunders (1996) argue about inequality in Britain?
What does Peter Saunders (1996) argue about inequality in Britain?
Results from individual talent & effort
What did Savage & Egerton find about individuals with similar abilities?
What did Savage & Egerton find about individuals with similar abilities?
Did not have equal chances