Explain the following concept with suitable example :

Horizontal Mobility

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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.

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