Which of the Following Is True About Social Mobility

question 50

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about social mobility?

• A) The United States has about the same amount of social mobility as other wealthy countries.
• B) Until recent decades, social class persistence was mitigated somewhat by estate taxes.
• C) Most people do rise above the social class into which they were born.
• D) Members of the middle class tend to have more social mobility than those at the ends of the spectrum.

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