A team of researchers decide to study social mobility. They obtain data on respondents and their parents, gathering information on the occupational status of each generation to see if mobility has occurred. To understand the likelihood of social mobility more fully, they also ask questions about respondents' educational attainment, type of training, and the prestige of the first job that respondents had in their respective occupational field. By considering some of these intervening processes, this research team has chosen to use a(n) ________ approach to social mobility. a. status attainment model b. ascending mobility c. vertical mobility d. class-based

By considering some of these intervening processes, this research team has chosen to use a status attainment model approach to social mobility.

Mobility is often measured by the association between parents' and adult children's socioeconomic standing, where higher association shows that there is less mobility.

Socioeconomic standing is seen by different measures such as social class, occupational status, individual earnings and family income.

Education is known to be a strong driver of social mobility.

Conclusively, Social mobility may be reduced in more unequal countries because educational scores are on average lower in less equal countries.

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