Horizontal social mobility refers to a group or an individual transitioning from one social status to another that is situated more or less on the same rung of the ladder.
Step-by-step explanation:
Switching of the position without causing changes in the social status is known as horizontal mobility. To make it clear, our position is changed within our same level of our social status without making changes in the social hierarchy.
There are some factors which affect social mobility. One such factor is social inequality which includes gender, class, race and age.
Unlike horizontal mobility, vertical mobility means moving from one social status to a different social status.