John worked in a manufacturing job building car engines. Over time, this work was increasingly performed by machines, and manufacturing jobs became scarcer and paid less. John and his family were once comfortably middle class, but technology changed his job and his factory was shut down. What kind of mobility did John experience?

A. structural mobility
B. individual mobility
C. class mobility
D. relative mobility


Answer: A

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