Horizontal mobility can be labelled as ascending or descending ty… - Vidyadip

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Horizontal mobility can be labelled as ascending or descending type of mobility.

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This statement is False.

It refers to change of residence or job without status change.
Under this type of social mobility, a person changes one’s occupation but the overall social standing remains the same.
Certain occupations like doctor, engineer, and teacher may enjoy the same status but when an engineer changes one’s occupation from engineer to teaching engineering, there is horizontal shift from one occupational category to another but no actual change takes place in the system of social stratification.

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