Horizontal Mobility and Vertical Mobility.
Differentiate between :
Horizontal Mobility and Vertical Mobility.
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| Horizontal Mobility | Vertical Mobility |
| (i) It refers to change of residence or job without status change. | (i) It refers to any change in the occupational economic or political status of an individual or a group which leads to change of their position. |
| (ii) Under this type of social mobility a person changes one’s occupation but the overall social position remains the same. | (ii) It stands for change of social position either upward or downward. |
| (iii) Certain occupation like doctor, engineer and teacher may enjoy the same status hence when an engineer changes one’s occupation from engineer to teaching engineering, there is a horizontal shift but no change takes place in his social position. | (iii) A person who works hard as a salesman, earns money and starts his own business successfully. In such position there is a clear change in the position of the individual. |
| (iv) A change in the social hierarchy does not take place. | (iv) Change in the social hierarchy takes place. |
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