Measuring Socioeconomic Stratification and Mobility Pattern: A Case Study of Intra-Generational and Intra-Temporal Household Mobility of Southern Punjab, Pakistan

The stratification process and mobility pattern describe the socio-economic changes in society over the time period rather than at one point in time. The main objective of this study is to analyze the socioeconomic stratification of society and mobility across the time on the basis of base and final year socioeconomic stratification indicators of Pakistan. For this purpose primary data has been collected from three districts of Southern Punjab on the basis of education as prevalence rate. The transformation results depict the sign of divergence of society with increasing size of ruler strata which is not due to reduction in the size of bottom strata. Furthermore, an increase in income has not much impact on consumption behavior of households rather it exerts emphasis on material achievements in Southern Punjab. The study concludes that the degree of socio-economic mobility has been positively related to the life chances of society and shows the symptoms of pro-poor growth