Jesse Jacildo
Stratification is an institutionalizes pattern of
inequality in which social categories are ranked
on the basis of their access to scarce resources
Social Stratification is the hierarchical
◦ Vertical Mobility
The upward or downward movement from a class level to
another.
◦ Horizontal Mobility
Change of a position that does not involve any real changes
of class rank.
Factors Affecting Social Mobility
◦ Level of economic development of one’s count
◦ Level of industrialization and urbanization.
◦ Rapid expansion of the service sector.
◦ Availability of opportunities.
◦ Competition
◦ Education
Indicators of Social Mobility
◦ Power
◦ Prestige
◦ Wealth
Consequence of Upward Mobility
◦ Pressure
◦ Involves loosening of family ties and old friendship
◦ Adaptations to new lifestyles.
◦ Making new but casual friends
◦ Departing from former places of residence.
Consequence of Downward Mobility
◦ Loss of self-confidence
◦ Social isolation
◦ Desperation
◦ Diverse emotional changes
◦ Social and cultural maladjustment