Meanings of downwardly mobile in English

I'm one of the unlucky few who seem to be more downwardly mobile than David Gest.

However, mortality in the downwardly mobile group was 150% higher than in the upwardly mobile group.

There was no effect of lifetime number of moves, or of an upwardly or downwardly mobile housing trajectory.

In each one-hour episode, a multimillionaire introduces himself and then, with spouse or child in tow, becomes downwardly mobile.

DOWNSHIFTING is the new buzz word for downwardly mobile professionals who leave frenetic careers to live a simpler, more balanced lifestyle.

He was born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, son of a downwardly mobile cigar-maker and tobacconist who had hoped to be a barrister.

Can you understand the "paranoia" middle-class parents have about college admissions without considering how many of their children are now downwardly mobile?

Hugh Morrison and his wife Hope are just an ordinary downwardly mobile graduate couple; one little boy at nursery school, another baby on the way.

Children born early also ended up more often in a lower-status occupation than their fathers, known as being " downwardly mobile," the researchers reported in Pediatrics.

Written by Alistair Beaton, whose previous credits include Downwardly Mobile and Feelgood, A Very Social Secretary has been made by independent producer Mentorn.