Chinese perceive upward social mobility: How future mobility is influenced, but not limited by past mobility.
China
Economic growth
Income inequality
Perceived social mobility
Perceptions of social mobility
Social mobility
Journal
International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie
ISSN: 1464-066X
Titre abrégé: Int J Psychol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0107305
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2021
Dec 2021
Historique:
received:
24
04
2020
accepted:
15
04
2021
pubmed:
11
5
2021
medline:
26
11
2021
entrez:
10
5
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Perceptions of social mobility vary across countries. However, past studies have mostly focused on populations in Western developed countries. Little is known about perceptions of social mobility in non-Western developing countries. The current paper focuses on Chinese perceptions of social mobility using a large-scale nationally representative sample. We found that, overall, Chinese believed in upward social mobility. Moreover, different patterns of perceptions of social mobility were identified, which suggest that respondents experienced either upward or downward social mobility in the past, but all of them thought that they can move up in the future. Perceptions of social mobility were also linked to important sociodemographic and economic factors. We discuss these findings in relation to the Chinese economic context.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
951-960Subventions
Organisme : National Natural Science Foundation of China
ID : NSFC31600911
Informations de copyright
© 2021 International Union of Psychological Science.
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