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Status refers to the relative rank that an [[individual]] holds; this includes attendant rights, duties, and lifestyle, in a social [[hierarchy]] based upon honor or prestige.  Status has two different types that come along with it: achieved, and ascribed.  The [[word]] status refers to social stratification on a vertical scale.   

Status refers to the relative rank that an [[individual]] holds; this includes attendant rights, duties, and lifestyle, in a social [[hierarchy]] based upon honor or prestige.  Status has two different types that come along with it: achieved, and ascribed.  The [[word]] status refers to social stratification on a vertical scale.   

In modern societies, occupation is usually thought of as the main determinant of status, but other memberships or affiliations (such as ethnic group, [[religion]], [[gender]], voluntary associations, [[fandom]], hobby) can have an influence. The importance of social status can be seen in the peer status hierarchy of  geeeks, athletes, cheerleaders, nerds, and weirdos in American high school]]s. [http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/textonlyarchive/September_1996/nerd.txt][http://yas.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/3/298 The Effect of Middle School Extra Curricular Activities on Adolescents' Popularity and Peer Status]

In modern societies, occupation is usually thought of as the main determinant of status, but other memberships or affiliations (such as ethnic group, [[religion]], [[gender]], voluntary associations, [[fandom]], hobby) can have an influence. The importance of social status can be seen in the peer status hierarchy of  geeeks, athletes, cheerleaders, nerds, and weirdos in American high school]]s. [https://www.virginia.edu/topnews/textonlyarchive/September_1996/nerd.txt][https://yas.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/3/298 The Effect of Middle School Extra Curricular Activities on Adolescents' Popularity and Peer Status]

Achieved status is when people are placed in the stratification [[structure]] based on their individual merits or achievements. This status can be achieved through [[education]], occupation, and marital status. Their place within the stratification structure is determined by [[society]]'s bar which often judges them on success, success being financial, academic, political and so on. People who achieve a high hierarchical social status often display the following qualities: confidence, generosity, [[intelligence]], mental and [[emotion]]al stability, and happiness.[http://www.shavemagazine.com/finance/090401/2][http://www.shavemagazine.com/ ShaveMagazine.com] America most commonly uses this form of status with jobs. The higher up your are in rank the better off you are and the more control you have over your co-workers.   

Achieved status is when people are placed in the stratification [[structure]] based on their individual merits or achievements. This status can be achieved through [[education]], occupation, and marital status. Their place within the stratification structure is determined by [[society]]'s bar which often judges them on success, success being financial, academic, political and so on. People who achieve a high hierarchical social status often display the following qualities: confidence, generosity, [[intelligence]], mental and [[emotion]]al stability, and happiness.[https://www.shavemagazine.com/finance/090401/2][https://www.shavemagazine.com/ ShaveMagazine.com] America most commonly uses this form of status with jobs. The higher up your are in rank the better off you are and the more control you have over your co-workers.   

In pre-modern societies, status differentiation is widely varied.  In some cases it can be quite rigid and class based, such as with the Indian [[caste]] system.  In other cases, status exists without class and/or informally, as is true with some [[Hunter-Gatherer]] societies such as the Khoisan, and some Indigenous Australian societies. In these cases, status is limited to specific [[personal]] relationships.  For example, a Khoisan man is expected to take his wife's mother quite seriously (a non-joking relationship), although the mother-in-law has no special "status" over anyone except her son-in-law--and only then in specific [[context]]s. All societies have a form of social status.   

In pre-modern societies, status differentiation is widely varied.  In some cases it can be quite rigid and class based, such as with the Indian [[caste]] system.  In other cases, status exists without class and/or informally, as is true with some [[Hunter-Gatherer]] societies such as the Khoisan, and some Indigenous Australian societies. In these cases, status is limited to specific [[personal]] relationships.  For example, a Khoisan man is expected to take his wife's mother quite seriously (a non-joking relationship), although the mother-in-law has no special "status" over anyone except her son-in-law--and only then in specific [[context]]s. All societies have a form of social status.   

Status can be changed through a process of Social Mobility. Social mobility is change of position within the stratification system. A move in status can be upward (upward mobility), or downward (downward mobility). Social mobility allows a person to move to another social status other than the one he or she was born in. Social mobility is more frequent in societies where achievement rather than ascription is the primary basis for social status.

Status can be changed through a process of Social Mobility. Social mobility is change of position within the stratification system. A move in status can be upward (upward mobility), or downward (downward mobility). Social mobility allows a person to move to another social status other than the one he or she was born in. Social mobility is more frequent in societies where achievement rather than ascription is the primary basis for social status.

Social mobility is especially prominent in the United States in recent years with an ever-increasing number of women entering into the workplace as well as a steady increase in the number of full-time college students. [http://www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/ArticleReader?itemid=00003582 OLMIS - Women in the Labor Force][http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d07/ Digest of Education Statistics, 2007 - Introduction] This increased education as well as the massive increase in multiple household incomes has greatly contributed to the rise in social mobility obtained by so many today.  With this upward mobility; however, comes the [[philosophy]] of "Keeping up with the Joneses" that so many Americans obtain.  Although this sounds good on the surface, it actually poses a problem because millions of Americans are in credit card debt due to conspicuous consumption and purchasing goods that they do not have the money to pay for.

Social mobility is especially prominent in the United States in recent years with an ever-increasing number of women entering into the workplace as well as a steady increase in the number of full-time college students. [https://www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/ArticleReader?itemid=00003582 OLMIS - Women in the Labor Force][https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d07/ Digest of Education Statistics, 2007 - Introduction] This increased education as well as the massive increase in multiple household incomes has greatly contributed to the rise in social mobility obtained by so many today.  With this upward mobility; however, comes the [[philosophy]] of "Keeping up with the Joneses" that so many Americans obtain.  Although this sounds good on the surface, it actually poses a problem because millions of Americans are in credit card debt due to conspicuous consumption and purchasing goods that they do not have the money to pay for.

==Social Stratification==

==Social Stratification==

==References==

==References==

# http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/textonlyarchive/September_1996/nerd.txt

# https://www.virginia.edu/topnews/textonlyarchive/September_1996/nerd.txt

# The Effect of Middle School Extra Curricular Activities on Adolescents' Popularity and Peer Status - EDER and KINNEY 26 (3): 298 - Youth & Society

# The Effect of Middle School Extra Curricular Activities on Adolescents' Popularity and Peer Status - EDER and KINNEY 26 (3): 298 - Youth & Society

# "Ten Traits of Highly Successful Men". ShaveMagazine.com. http://www.shavemagazine.com/finance/090401/2.  

# "Ten Traits of Highly Successful Men". ShaveMagazine.com. https://www.shavemagazine.com/finance/090401/2.  

# OLMIS - Women in the Labor Force

# OLMIS - Women in the Labor Force

# Digest of Education Statistics, 2007 - Introduction

# Digest of Education Statistics, 2007 - Introduction

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*Mcpherson, M., Smith-Lovin, L., & Cook, J. M. BIRDS OF A FEATHER. American Journal of Sociology, 27, [https://www.library.ohiou.edu:5334/ehost/detail?vid=7&hid=109&sid=c920800d-7008-402f-a473-219b2545f452%40sessionmgr102].

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*Bourdieu, Pierre. Distinction: a Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste, translated by Richard Nice. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1984.