Kamus Demografi Pelbagai Bahasa, Edisi Kedua, Volum Bahasa Malaysia

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In many studies, the population is divided into a number of social status groups¹ or into socioeconomic groups¹ according to occupation, income, education or similar indices of economic status. The term social class² 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 stratification³. Movement between different social status groups is called social mobility⁴; a distinction is made between upward mobility⁵ and downward mobility⁶ in the social hierarchy. The mobility of children with respect to their parents’ social class is called inter-generational social mobility⁷.

• 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 mobility¹ is the general term that covers not only an individual’s changes of occupation² under the name of occupational mobility³ but also job mobility⁴, or changes of employer, and industrial mobility⁵, 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 gerontology¹ including the special branch of medicine called geriatrics².

• 1. Gerontology, n. - gerontological, adj. - gerontologist, n.: a specialist in gerontology.
• 2. Geriatrics, n, - geriatric, adj. - geriatrician, n.: a specialist in geriatrics.