Intergenerational social mobility of the Scheduled Caste people : A study on Kaliapani Development Block under Jorhat District, Assam

Authors: Dr. (Mrs) Neeta Kalita Barua , Sri Debojit Borah

Pages: 32-37

Abstract:

Education Occupation, income, etc are some of the determinants that help us to know the social mobility of a group of people.Among these education and occupation plays a significant role in determining social mobility. The present paper attempts toexamine the intergenerational educational and occupational mobility of the Scheduled Caste people of Kaliapani DevelopmentBlock under Jorhat district of Assam. The study of intergenerational mobility on SC people has become immensely importantbecause SC communities are considered as the deprived sections of society. Different positive attempts have been made by theGovernment for their development and that have brought changes to the lives of them. The findings from analyzing a set ofprimary data with the outflow mobility table reveal that the intergenerational educational and occupational mobility has beenoccurred of the SCs of the study area which leads to great change and development and supposed to fulfill the hopes andaspirations of the people.