In most societies, stratification is an economic system, based on wealth, the net value of money and assets a person has, and income, a person's wages or investment dividends.
While people are regularly categorized based on how rich or poor they are, other important factors influence social standing..
A ranked society in anthropology is one that ranks individuals in terms of their genealogical distance from the chief.
Another term for a "ranked society" is a chiefdom.
Closer relatives of the chief have higher rank or social status than more distant ones..
social status, the relative rank that an individual holds, with attendant rights, duties, and lifestyle, in a social hierarchy based upon honour or prestige..
The Trobriand Islands located in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea offer a classic anthropological example of hereditary rank established in the mythological origins of the four clans.
Each of the clans has relative status to each other, with the Tabalu clan holding the highest rank..
Ranks in ranked society are the different levels, platforms, or social classes that determine someone's influence on political aspects, votes, decision making, etc.
A person's ranking also gives them societal power (power within their civilisation)..
Social stratification refers to a society's categorization of its people into rankings based on factors like wealth, income, education, family background, and power.
Geologists also use the word “stratification” to describe the distinct vertical layers found in rock..
Social stratification is a system of ranking individuals and groups within societies.
It refers to a society's ranking of its people into socioeconomic tiers based on factors like wealth, income, race, education, and power.
You may remember the word “stratification” from geology class..
Most senior military officer of a country
German forest service ranks
Enlisted soldiers being commissioned as officers
