Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Structural mobility is understood as a “zero sum game” meaning some must lose for others to gain.

2. Circulation mobility is understood as a “win-win” situation since some do not have to experience downward social mobility for others to experience upward social mobility.

3. A common way to measure intergenerational mobility is to compare the occupations of fathers and sons.

4. Occupation is a convenient variable to use in sociological studies of social mobility because adults can more easily recall parental occupation than wealth or income level.


1. FALSE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE

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