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Intergenerational occupational mobility has been one of the key social processes studied by social scientists. It has been the chief indicator in examinations of the attainment process and one of the main standards for assessing the openness of society. Intergenerational occupational mobility is not an easy process to measure. It necessitates the accurate collection of parental (usually paternal) and child's occupation, the reliable classification of occupations into either a categorical hierarchy or into prestige or socio-economic statu