| Titre | Sur l'analyse des tables de mobilité sociale | |
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| Auteur | Daniel Bertaux | |
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Revue | Revue Française de Sociologie |
| Numéro | 1969, 10-4 | |
| Page | 448-490 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Daniel Bertaux : On the analysis of social mobility tables.
Social mobility, as far as it exists, can be seen as the combination of two types of mobility, namely structural and net mobility. Methods have been already presented for the separation of these components ; however, as the very definition of who is mobile depends entirely on the (non-theoretical) statistical categories used, it is shown that one should take into account the length of the movements, and their interrelations. Under these conditions, structural mobility can be isolated precisely, thus raising as an interesting by-product a number of theoretical, i.e. sociological, questions. The analysis of statistical data on social mobility in France reveals first the permanence of the so-called « social structure » as defined by the three groups « ruling classes », « middle classes », « working classes », whose composition has actually changed from one generation to the next. Between the ruling and middle classes there is a higher rate of circulation than expected in the case of « perfect mobility », while the working classes appear to be relatively isolated. With eight categories, the pattern of mobility appear to approximate the « staircase model » of mobility from one category to the adjacent ones. Immobility is prevalent ; « downward » mobility is frequent. The results strongly contradict earlier figures on social mobility in France. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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