Which of the following plays the most critical role in social mobility?

a. family background
b. religious beliefs
c. age
d. education


Answer: d. education

Sociology

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a. learning the Native language of the people b. the deculturation of a people c. infanticide d. assimilation of the colonizers to the native culture

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Sociology

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Sociology