3. Definition:
Social mobility is the act of moving from one social
class to another.
OR
Social mobility is moving of an individual or group of
people from one status to another.
4. TYPES OF MOBILITY
There are five types of mobility.
1- Territorial mobility
2- Vertical mobility
3- Horizontal mobility
4- Inter-Generational mobility
5- Intra-Generational mobility
5. TERRITORIAL MOBILITY
“It is the changing of residence from one place to
another”.
E.g :
moving from rural to urban area.
urban to urban due different reasons.
in Karachi, 70-80 thousand people enter the city
annually.
6. VERTICAL MOBILITY
“Any upward or downward change in absolute or relation
rank of any individual or group”.
Types:
1- Upward mobility
2- Downward mobility
9. CAUSES OF SOCIAL MOBILITY
Dissatisfaction from Previous Condition
Adoption of new Conditions
Industrial and Technological Development
Education
Urbanization
Means of Communication and Transportation