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Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume
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− | In many studies, the population is divided into a number of | + | In many studies, the population is divided into a number of {{TextTerm|social status groups|1|920|IndexEntry=social status group|OtherIndexEntry=group, social status ...|OtherIndexEntry2=status, social ... group}} or into {{TextTerm|socioeconomic groups|1|920|2|IndexEntry=socioeconomic group|OtherIndexEntry=group, socioeconomic ...}} according to occupation, income, education or similar indices of economic status. The term {{TextTerm|social class|2|920|OtherIndexEntry=class, social ...}} has a sociological connotation which is only approximated by the type of grouping generally used in demographic work. The division of society into a number of such groups is called {{TextTerm|social stratification|3|920|OtherIndexEntry=stratification, social ...}}. Movement between different social status groups is called {{TextTerm|social mobility|4|920|OtherIndexEntry=mobility, social ...}}; a distinction is made between {{TextTerm|upward mobility|5|920|OtherIndexEntry=mobility, upward ...}} and {{TextTerm|downward mobility|6|920|OtherIndexEntry=mobility, downward ...}} in the social hierarchy. The mobility of children with respect to their parents’ social class is called {{TextTerm|inter-generational social mobility|7|920|OtherIndexEntry=social mobility, inter-generational ...|OtherIndexEntry2=mobility, inter-generational social ...}}. |
− | {{Note|3| A caste is a closed social group in which social status and position in the social hierarchy are ascribed. }} | + | {{Note|3| A {{NoteTerm|caste}} is a closed social group in which social status and position in the social hierarchy are ascribed. }} |
− | {{Note|7| Social mobility by an individual in his or her own lifetime is called {{NoteTerm|intra-generational social mobility}}.}} | + | {{Note|7| Social mobility by an individual in his or her own lifetime is called {{NoteTerm|intra-generational social mobility|OtherIndexEntry=social mobility, intra-generational ...|OtherIndexEntry2=mobility, intra-generational social ...}}.}} |
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− | {{TextTerm|Labor mobility|1|921|OtherIndexEntry=mobility, labor}} is the general term that covers not only an individual’s {{TextTerm|changes of occupation|2|921|IndexEntry=change of occupation|OtherIndexEntry=occupation, change of}} under the name of {{TextTerm|occupational mobility|3|921|OtherIndexEntry=mobility, occupational}} but also {{TextTerm|job mobility|4|921|OtherIndexEntry=mobility, job}}, or changes of employer, and {{TextTerm|industrial mobility|5|921|OtherIndexEntry=mobility, industrial}}, or changes of industry. | + | {{TextTerm|Labor mobility|1|921|IndexEntry=labor mobility|OtherIndexEntry=mobility, labor ...}} is the general term that covers not only an individual’s {{TextTerm|changes of occupation|2|921|IndexEntry=change of occupation|OtherIndexEntry=occupation, change of ...}} under the name of {{TextTerm|occupational mobility|3|921|OtherIndexEntry=mobility, occupational ...}} but also {{TextTerm|job mobility|4|921|OtherIndexEntry=mobility, job ...}}, or changes of employer, and {{TextTerm|industrial mobility|5|921|OtherIndexEntry=mobility, industrial ...}}, or changes of industry. |
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{{Note|2| {{NoteTerm|Geriatrics}}, n, - {{NoteTerm|geriatric}}, adj. - {{NoteTerm|geriatrician}}, n.: a specialist in geriatrics. }} | {{Note|2| {{NoteTerm|Geriatrics}}, n, - {{NoteTerm|geriatric}}, adj. - {{NoteTerm|geriatrician}}, n.: a specialist in geriatrics. }} | ||
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{{OtherLanguages|92}} | {{OtherLanguages|92}} |
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In many studies, the population is divided into a number of social status groups 1 or into socioeconomic groups 1 according to occupation, income, education or similar indices of economic status. The term social class 2 has a sociological connotation which is only approximated by the type of grouping generally used in demographic work. The division of society into a number of such groups is called social stratification 3. Movement between different social status groups is called social mobility 4; a distinction is made between upward mobility 5 and downward mobility 6 in the social hierarchy. The mobility of children with respect to their parents’ social class is called inter-generational social mobility 7.
- 3. A caste is a closed social group in which social status and position in the social hierarchy are ascribed.
- 7. Social mobility by an individual in his or her own lifetime is called intra-generational social mobility.
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Labor mobility 1 is the general term that covers not only an individual’s changes of occupation 2 under the name of occupational mobility 3 but also job mobility 4, or changes of employer, and industrial mobility 5, or changes of industry.
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Interest in the problems of aged persons (324-8) and aging (326-3) has given rise to a special branch of studies called gerontology 1 including the special branch of medicine called geriatrics 2.
- 1. Gerontology, n. - gerontological, adj. - gerontologist, n.: a specialist in gerontology.
- 2. Geriatrics, n, - geriatric, adj. - geriatrician, n.: a specialist in geriatrics.
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