Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
1) General
2) Race
3) Gender
Statistics from 1985???
Among those who were poor in 1985, 66% ended up in poverty, 20% ended
up in working class, 14% ended up in middle class
71% poor, 15% working class, 14% middle class
General
1) Upper mobility rates are higher than only 3 of top 27 industrial countries
2) If there is mobility, usually on basis of finite degradation (only move up 1
class usually, not poor to wealthy
3) Mobility usually occurs in the middle(workingmiddle)
4) Downward occupational mobility
Race
1) Rates of upward mobility are lower for ethnic groups than whiteys
2) When mobility takes place among ethnic groups, usually happens in one step
to a greater degree
3) Among minorities, when mobility takes place, greater proportion occurs in
middle
4) Rates of downward mobility are greater among minorities
Gender
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women
women
women
women