When fortune smiles onthe poor: a storyof upward intragenerational social mobilityamong Malay Felda settlers

• Main Authors: Mohd Fakhruddin, Faizah, Mohd Noor, Noor ‘Azlan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication 2019
• Subjects: LB Theory and practice of education
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/88689/1/FaizahMohdFakhruddin2019_WhenFortuneSmilesonthePoor.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/88689/; https://www.ijrte.org/wp-content/uploads/papers/v8i3S2/C12291083S219.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This paper discusses the pattern of social mobility experienced by the first generation Malay FELDA settlers in a FELDA settlement located in Perak. Social mobility patterns are solely gauged by settlers’ socio-economic conditions that are compared between the settlers’ pre-migration and post migrat...