The tendency for women to "marry up" and men to "marry down" when it comes to attributes such as occupational prestige and income potential is called

Marriage Gradiant

Explanation:

Marriage Gradiant  is defined as the factor that defines about the marriage or dating differential that occurs in perspective of men and women. When men and women have increased status they have the tendency to increase or decrease their attributes accordingly.

If a man has high occupational status then he or she tends to marry or date someone who has low social class than him which is called marry down.In case of increased women job status, she tends to marry someone who has higher social class than her known as marry up.These fulfill the expectation of their marriage according to occupational class.

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