The effect of territory in social mobility of households in the Región Metropolitana de Buenos Aires
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Abstract
This study takes on the links between social class, territorial socialization and social mobility through different generations for households in the Región Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (RMBA). For this purpose, we have analyzed in what messure territorial socialization conditions ascending mobility.
The data used comes from the database of the survey “Stratification and social mobility in Argentina” (2007) by Dr Raúl Jorran at the Center for Public Opinion Studies (CEDOP), Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani – UBA.
The main findings of this study are that the characteristics of socialization in the areas of youth residence, in where links are built and expectations are set, and patterns of mobility as class inheritance are encouraged or reinforced. Also, another pattern shown by the study is that although education is still tied to the social origins and linked to the territory, it has an effect on the possibilities and opportunities offered in the way of social advancement. This study provides evidence to support the hypothesis that gives the territory its own specific weight in the processes of social stratification.