Social mobility among the Malaysian land development settlers
Social mobility is a process of change or movement of a person or a group, from one position to another, in society either within the generation itself (intrageneration) or between generations (intergeneration) towards a better position than before or vice versa. This article attempts to evalu...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2023
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21985/1/Akademika_22.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21985/ https://ejournal.ukm.my/akademika/issue/view/1583 |
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| Summary: | Social mobility is a process of change or movement of a person or a group, from one position
to another, in society either within the generation itself (intrageneration) or between
generations (intergeneration) towards a better position than before or vice versa. This article
attempts to evaluate the social mobility that occurs among the first and second generations of
land development settlers. The study involves two states namely Pahang and Johor with a total
of 742 respondents consisting of the settlers. The sample was selected based on the group and
the purposive sampling method. The findings of the study show that there is a process of social
mobility that occurs in terms of the level of education, employment, and income among the first
and second generations settlers. The education level of the intergenerational group was found
to be vertical social mobility. These changes have also resulted in better second-generation
jobs and monthly income. This study contributes to the corpus of sociology on social mobility
in society. The success of intragenerational vertical social mobility shows that the development
programs implemented by the government change the socio-economic status and increase the
income of the settlers which further increases the level of development of the Malaysian
economy. |
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