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  2. Social mobility - Wikipedia

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    Illustration from a 1916 advertisement for a vocational school in the back of a US magazine. Education has been seen as a key to social mobility and the advertisement appealed to Americans' belief in the possibility of self-betterment as well as threatening the consequences of downward mobility in the great income inequality existing during the Industrial Revolution.

  3. Mobilities - Wikipedia

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    Mobilities is a contemporary paradigm in the social sciences that explores the movement of people (human migration, individual mobility, travel, transport), ideas (see e.g. meme) and things (transport), as well as the broader social implications of those movements.

  4. Economic mobility - Wikipedia

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    Economic mobility is the ability of an individual, family or some other group to improve (or lower) their economic status—usually measured in income. Economic mobility is often measured by movement between income quintiles. Economic mobility may be considered a type of social mobility, which is often measured in change in income.

  5. Socioeconomic mobility in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Illustration from a 1916 advertisement for a vocational school in the back of a US magazine. Education has been seen as a key to socioeconomic mobility, and the advertisement appealed to Americans' belief in the possibility of self-betterment as well as threatening the consequences of downward mobility in the great income inequality existing during the Industrial Revolution.

  6. A secret to longevity: mobility. Here are 5 simple stretches ...

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    Here's how to stop aches and pains and improve mobility as you age, in 5 simple steps. ... Give these mobility-enhancing moves from McClendon a try. Shoulder rolls and arm circles.

  7. Horizontal mobility - Wikipedia

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    Horizontal mobility, which is a type of social mobility, refers to the change of physical space or profession without changes in the economic situation, prestige, and lifestyle of the individual, or the forward or backward movement from one similar group or status to another.

  8. Global Social Mobility Index - Wikipedia

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    The Global Social Mobility Index is an index prepared by the World Economic Forum. The inaugural index from 2020 ranked 82 countries and has not been updated since. The Index measures social mobility holistically through 5 determinants. The findings from the index were then used in the World Economic Forum's Global Social Mobility Report 2020 ...

  9. Geographic mobility - Wikipedia

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    Geographic mobility has a large impact on many sociological factors in a community and is a current topic of academic research. [1] It varies between different regions depending on both formal policies and established social norms, and has different effects and responses in different societies.