downward mobility
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdownwardandmobility
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downward
adjective
uk/ˈdaʊn.wəd/us/ˈdaʊn.wɚd/
moving towards a ...
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mobility
noun[U]
uk/məʊˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/moʊˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the ability to move freely or be ...
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(Definition ofdownwardandmobilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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How do we account for this vigorous process ofdownwardmobility?
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This is partly becausedownwardmobilitywas more prevalent for occupational prestige than for educational level.
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The second research question concerned the importance of upward anddownwardmobilityversus ongoing poverty, dependency or stable economic circumstances.
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That is, dodownwardmobilityand upward mobility have effects that are distinct from the effects of being continuously poor or welfare dependent?
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Instead, once in the city they experience - and resent -downwardmobility, often because of a stigmatization (as country bumpkins) over which they have no control.
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Only a few respondents experienceddownwardmobility.
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Upward anddownwardmobility(as defined here) had little impact on extensive family contacts.
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Downwardmobilityshould have decreased the opportunities for networking.
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For younger siblings,downwardmobilitywas usually the inevitable consequence of the family's desire to maintain property intact by balancing outgoing and incoming payments of dowries and marriage portions.
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The second is to ensure that women on a career break do not sufferdownwardmobility.
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It has been argued that varna divisions were never functioning groups of social order and varna structures offered upward anddownwardmobility.
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Both upward anddownwardmobilitycan be detected in the population by those who follow broad socio-economic trends.
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The extent to whichdownwardmobilityis occurring remains contested and has inspired many studies.
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