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Intra-generational mobility: a type of social mobility
referring to individual changes in positions during
one's lifetime. It may also refer to the change
that occurs in social groups or a country’s
socioeconomic position over a specified period of
time.


Intra-role conflicts: role conflict occurring when a
person feels strains and inadequacies in
accomplishing a certain role, or when there is a
gap between what a person does and what a
group expects of him or her.


Key informant interview: An anthropological method in
which very knowledgeable individuals in the
community are identified and the researcher
learns lots of issues about the community life.


Labeling theory: A sociological theory of crime and
deviance which states that behaviors are deviant
when and only because people label them as
such

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