"Social stratification refers to a society's categorization of its people into groups based on socioeconomic factors like wealth, income, race, education, ethnicity, gender, occupation, social status, or derived power (social and political)."
The division of society into different social classes or groups based on factors such as income, occupation, and education level, and how this impacts educational opportunities and outcomes.
Social class: A set of hierarchical categories that define one's economic, social, and cultural position within society.
Wealth and income inequality: The unequal distribution of economic resources among individuals and groups.
Power and privilege: The ability to exercise control over others, often informed by social class, gender, race, or other factors.
Education inequality: The unequal distribution of educational opportunities and outcomes, often tied to social class and other forms of inequality.
Gender and social stratification: The ways in which gender affects social and economic outcomes, including in the workplace and in family relationships.
Race and social stratification: The impact of race on social and economic outcomes, including access to education, employment, and healthcare.
The role of culture and ideology in social stratification: How cultural beliefs and values shape social and economic outcomes for individuals and groups.
Intersectionality and social stratification: How individuals and groups experience multiple forms of social stratification simultaneously, as a result of intersecting identities and status positions.
Globalization and social stratification: How economic, political, and cultural globalization shape social stratification both within and between nations.
Social mobility: The ability of individuals to move up or down the social and economic ladder over time, and the factors that facilitate or hinder such mobility.
Caste System: A stratification system based on social classes that are determined by birthright, and the classification system often based on religion, race or ethnicity. People are classified into different social ranks according to their hereditary traits and occupations.
Class System: Based on the socio-economic status of an individual, their occupation, and income.
Educational system: Based on the level and quality of education of an individual.
Ethnic stratification: Classification based on culture, customs, and language.
Gender stratification: Classification of individuals based on their gender.
Age stratification: Classification of individuals based on age.
Religious stratification: Classification of individuals based on religion or beliefs.
Occupational stratification: Classification of individuals based on their occupation, job category or skill.
Racial stratification: Classification of individuals based on race.
Regional stratification: Classification of individuals based on their region.
Status hierarchy system: Classification of individuals based on their social status or position.
Wealth and income: Classification of individuals based on the amount of wealth or income they have.
"In modern Western societies, social stratification is typically defined in terms of three social classes: the upper class, the middle class, and the lower class."
"Each class can be subdivided into the upper-stratum, the middle-stratum, and the lower stratum."
"A social stratum can be formed upon the bases of kinship, clan, tribe, or caste, or all four."
"The categorization of people by social stratum occurs most clearly in complex state-based, polycentric, or feudal societies..."
"Whether social stratification first appeared in hunter-gatherer, tribal, and band societies or whether it began with agriculture and large-scale means of social exchange remains a matter of debate in the social sciences."
"The degree of social inequality determines a person's social stratum."
"Generally, the greater the social complexity of a society, the more social stratification exists, by way of social differentiation."
"Stratification can yield various consequences. For instance, the stratification of neighborhoods based on spatial and racial factors can influence disparate access to mortgage credit."
"The stratification of neighborhoods based on spatial and racial factors can influence disparate access to mortgage credit."
"...socioeconomic factors like wealth, income, race, education, ethnicity, gender, occupation, social status, or derived power (social and political)."
"Stratification is the relative social position of persons within a social group, category, geographic region, or social unit."
"Social stratification is typically defined in terms of three social classes: the upper class, the middle class, and the lower class."
"A social stratum can be formed upon the bases of kinship, clan, tribe, or caste, or all four."
"Whether social stratification first appeared in hunter-gatherer, tribal, and band societies or whether it began with agriculture and large-scale means of social exchange remains a matter of debate..."
"Determining the structures of social stratification arises from inequalities of status among persons..."
"The stratification of neighborhoods based on spatial and racial factors can influence disparate access to mortgage credit."
"Generally, the greater the social complexity of a society, the more social stratification exists..."
"Each class can be subdivided into the upper-stratum, the middle-stratum, and the lower stratum."
"The categorization of people by social stratum occurs most clearly in complex state-based, polycentric, or feudal societies..."