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The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. LXIV, Part 1-2, 1976 - Khamkoo

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SOCIAL PHOCESSES AND SOCIAL ST!lllCTUHE IN CIIONBUHI, THA!LAr\ll 229<br />

Paths <strong>of</strong> Mobility and Changes in <strong>the</strong> Social Structure<br />

<strong>The</strong> following discussion attempts to enumerate <strong>the</strong> different paths<br />

<strong>of</strong> mobility detected in this study.<br />

Since <strong>the</strong> data are ga<strong>the</strong>red from <strong>the</strong><br />

study <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> young labor force who belong to <strong>the</strong> lower and middle social<br />

class only, <strong>the</strong> processes occurring among people older than 25 have not<br />

been emphasized.<br />

Horizontal movements<br />

1. rural ~urban<br />

migration<br />

2. urban ~urban<br />

occupational choice<br />

3. urban---- ~urban<br />

assimilation<br />

Vertical movements<br />

1. unskilled ---~semi-skilled/skilled (vocationalfmanual)<br />

training<br />

2. unskilled------')owhite-collar (pr<strong>of</strong>essionalfnon-manual)<br />

education<br />

3. unskilled--· --- ---~white-collar<br />

education +assimilation<br />

4. skilled------------t-whi te-collar<br />

education+assimilation<br />

5. white-collar ~skilled<br />

training, no education<br />

6. white-collar ~unskilled<br />

no training, no education<br />

Many different combinations <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se paths may be followed, <strong>The</strong><br />

diagram for rural Thai people may be presented as follows. For Thai<br />

people, assimilation i~ not involved. Not all <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> steps need to have<br />

occurred.

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