What is the difference between intergenerational and intragenerational social mobility?

Question

What is the difference between intergenerational and intragenerational social mobility?

Answer 1

Intragenerational social mobility concerns the ability of a specific individual to move up or down the ladder within his or her lifetime. You come from humble origins, but intelligence and hard work, climb up the social ladder.  Intergenerational social mobility, on the other hand, concerns the changes of social class of different generations of family members. If, for example, your parents were squarely working class and you, for whatever reason, occupied a position in the middle class, you could serve as an example of intergenerational mobility.

The important difference then:

Intra - means within a single generation or within a lifespan

Inter - means across generations