About Social Mobility and Linkage Diagram.

1. Full time studentship and a part time job
of tutoring: A study on the students of
Dpt. of Anthropology of SUST.
Applying Social mobility and Linkage Diagram
Tool of PRA Research Method

2. What is Social mobility and Linkage Diagram?
Social mobility and linkage diagram shows a social network of a
particular person or a group of people. This tool of PRA method
helps to delineate:
• Information regarding one’s movement in social space
• Community
• Economic Condition
• Life-Style
• Formal Institutions
• Main Roads for communication
• Resource
• Infrastructure

3. Social mobility and Linkage Diagram can be
varied depending on:
Space
Time ( Daily/
Weekly/
Monthly
Objective of
The
Researcher

4. Contribution of Social mobility and
Linkage Diagram in PRA
Some Contribution of Social mobility and Linkage Diagram in
PRA are:
Developing a comprehensive understanding of the physical
and social aspects of community or people
Collecting demographic and other required information
household wise or individually
Providing a forum of discussion in which to unravel the
various aspects of social life
Serving as guiding instrument during the process of planning
intervention

5. Diagram

6. Diagram

7. Findings and Discussion
For the purpose of our work we have chosen the respondents
according to our research objectives those who have part time
tutorship. Moreover, we have selected the individual type of
mobility to carry out the work. The number of respondents are
four and all of them are the students of the department of
Anthropology of SUST.

8. Findings and Discussion
From the social mobility and linkage diagram we have picked
up few important issues which reflects in front of us which
are:
•Trying to be self
dependent
•Vehicle
Communication
• Extra curricular
activities
•Building Social
network
•Infrastructural issues
•Reflection of Regular
Activity
•Time Maintenance
•Economic Condition

9. Merits and Demerits
Merits Demerits