Social Stratification — Sociology STD 11 Commerce / Arts — Question

1. It refers to change of residence or job without status change.
2. Under this type of social mobility, a person changes one’s occupation but the overall social standing remains the same.

Example : Certain occupation 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 a horizontal shift from one occupational category to another but no change has taken place in the system of social stratification.