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social mobility  

Definition

  • Social mobility refers to a person's or group's ability to transition markers of social status in a society. In the United States, one way that social status is determined is by economic class. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society; Social Mobility]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-MM7X382S-9

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