When James Riley arrived in this country ten years ago, he had three dollars in his pocket and had to sleep on a park bench. After many years of hard work, he owns his own factory and has investments in three apartment buildings. Riley has experienced:

a. downward mobility
b. geographic mobility
c. horizontal mobility
d. upward mobility


D

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What will be an ideal response?

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