The aim of this study is to examine the differences between parents’ educational, occupational and income levels and their children’s educa-tional, occupational and income levels that have middle and upper level occupations in Denizli city to show whether intergeneretional a social mo-bility takes place. General survey model was used in the study. The popula-tion of this research consisted of approximately 10699 people who work for state or their own private institutions and the research sample com-prised of a total of 1441 participants. The data were collected through a developed survey questionnaire. Bivariate tabular analysis was used to analyze the collected data based on frequency and percentage distributions of educational, occupational and income levels between parents and their children. The research results indicate that the children’s educational and occupational levels were much higher than those of their fathers but in-come level differences between children and fathers were not so strong. The children educational, occupational and income levels were much stronger than those of their mothers. The existence of these differences between parents and their children shows that individuals having middle and upper level occupations experienced a high level of intergenerational upward social mobility.
Alan : Sosyal, Beşeri ve İdari Bilimler
Dergi Türü : Ulusal
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