Social Mobility Flashcards
(19 cards)
what is social mobility
being in a different situation to your parents, intergenerational change
how to measure social mobility
income mobility, occupational mobility
what is absolute mobility
total number who have experienced mobility
what is relative mobility
chance experiencing compared to others
researching social mobility
occupational for multiple generations. sample size relatively large
Glass 1954
low levels absolute mobility. 1st government data, 2nd urban and rural districts
sample frame national register
Glass limitations - Payne
poor coding, changing between generations ignored
Glass research categories
professional and higher administrative, managerial, supervisory, skilled manual, semi-skilled, unskilled
Nuffield mobility study
Goldthorpe 1980 - relative mobility little changed
Problems with Nuffield - Payne
single points of time, sample served wwII, changing market
intergenerational - Blanden et al
1958 -> 1970 change .085, correlation. .199
problems with Blanden et al - Payne
correlation not occupational based - 1958 single week and attrition
social mobility commission
non-departmental body created originally as the social mobility and child poverty commission
focus upward social mobility, short, mid, long range mobility
state of the nations report
explore various social mobility indicators, geographical opportunities, short range
lack of mobility studies and findings
3 studies, middle class, gender differences, constrained by job availability
intergenerational - Frank Van Tubergen
between generations, within lifetime
factors - education, economic structure, social networks, social policies
open vs closed societies - Frank Van Tubergen
open = more movement
closed = more rigid
Goldthorpe main ideas
industrialisation, economic shifts, education
mobility remained relatively constant over time
the social mobility commission showed
increase in educational attainment, occupational mobility stable, reduced housing mobility, disabled face barriers
