English-Portuguese translations for social mobility

• mobilidade social
  O aumento da mobilidade social resultou num aumento do número de casamentos e divórcios entre pessoas de nacionalidades diferentes. Increased social mobility has led to a higher number of mixed marriages and also of divorces.
  A mobilidade social, uma das características de um verdadeiro regime democrático, não existe em absoluto. There is absolutely no question of social mobility, one of the characteristics of a true democracy.

Definition of social mobility

• The degree to which, in a given society, an individual's, family's, or group's social status can change throughout the course of their life through a system of social hierarchy or stratification

Related words

• economic mobility