social stratification

Scope Note

General statements covering several aspects of the major differentiations in social status that are commonly hierarchically graded or stratified; origins of stratification.

Identifier

Narrower Terms

• 561 age stratification
• 562 gender status
• 563 ethnic stratification
• 564 castes
• 565 classes
• 566 serfdom and peonage
• 567 slavery

Related Terms

• 463 occupational specialization
• 550 naming, prestige and status mobility
• 620 community
• 630 territorial organization
• 640 government institutions