Measurement & Influences on Social Mobility

What is a common basis for measuring social mobility in studies?

• Education level

• Employment/occupation

• Income

• Housing status

What is a challenge in classifying individuals who do not have a job in social mobility studies?

• They are automatically classified as lower class

• They are classified based on their education

• It is unclear how to classify them

• They are classified based on their housing

According to Goldthorpe, whose occupation should be counted to measure social mobility?

• The youngest family member

• The person with the most direct link to the labour market

• The oldest family member

• The person with the highest education

What do Heath and Britten suggest for measuring social mobility?

• Only consider the male's occupation

• Consider the occupational position of both the adult male and female

• Only consider the female's occupation

• Exclude occupation from consideration

What is Stanworth's suggestion for measuring social mobility?

• Focus on family as a unit

• Exclude the family and focus on individuals

• Focus on community status

• Focus on educational attainment

How can economic growth influence social mobility?

• It decreases job opportunities

• It creates more jobs and better-paid ones

• It has no effect on social mobility

• It only benefits the wealthy

What impact did free and compulsory education in the UK have on social mobility?

• It decreased social mobility

• It increased fluidity in the workforce

• It had no impact

• It only benefited men

How has the improvement in girls' education in the UK affected social mobility?

• It had no effect

• It decreased opportunities for women

• It gave greater opportunities for women to enter higher professions

• It only benefited men

What is a consequence of globalisation on national economies?

• Increased control by national governments

• Decreased control by national governments

• No change in control

• Complete control by national governments

How can globalisation affect job opportunities in countries like the UK?

• It increases manufacturing jobs

• It moves manufacturing jobs to countries with lower wage costs

• It has no effect on job opportunities

• It only affects non-manual jobs