Yes but to study social stratification you really need to take into account other key factors that impact on where we are: such as age, gender, race and ethnicity, geographical location etc etc

Thank you, Ronaldo, for your interesting answer. I agree with you.

Social stratification is a kind of social differentiation whereby a society groups people into socioeconomic strata, based upon their occupation and income, wealth and social status, or derived power (social and political). As such, stratification is the relative social position of persons within a social group, category, geographic region, or social unit.

In modern Western societies, social stratification typically is distinguished as three social classes: (i) the upper class, (ii) the middle class, and (iii) the lower class; in turn, each class can be subdivided into strata, e.g. the upper-stratum, the middle-stratum, and the lower stratum.[1] Moreover, a social stratum can be formed upon the bases of kinship, clan, tribe or caste, or all four.

Thank you very much, Mohamed Abdallah Turky for your marvellous detailed and useful answer. Best regards. Hazim.

Social stratification is when people are categorized into groups in order of hierarchy with the basis of their social and political status , their wealth, income and occupation in the society. The types are the upper, middle and the lower classes .

Thank you very much, Abna for this useful information.

I think it means civilization and tradition. the division of people into different social groups and layers.

Thank you again, Marwan for adding your valuable answer. It refers to the ordering of people into groups where it is not easy to move from one group to another. Best regards. Hazim.

People who make big achievements on social, fiancial, political or educational levels may move to an upper class. However, those who encounter failures on various levels may come down to a lower class. But the movement to either classes is very slow and limited.

I agree with Mr. Ronaldo

Thank you, mohanad for your answer. Hazim.

Thank you, Marwa for your excellent information. Best regards. Hazim.

Stratification in most cases refers to economic differences while differentition refers to social groups within a society.

Thank you Enoch Harun Opuka for adding your interesting answer. Hazim.

It is the hierarchical ranking based on social class which includes a number of variables including income level, the type of work or profession, educational status, etc. It has been there in many cultures. For example in England there was the working class who were almost dirt poor serving the nobility class. In India there is(was) the caste system comprised of (1) the priest class, (2) the royalty, (3) the trades people, and (4) the "untouchables" who did menial labor. At least in the past a person born in a lower class of the society could not move into a higher class, leading to stratification of income and geography where they live. Intermarriage between classes was forbidden.

Social stratification refers to a society's categorization of its people into rankings of socioeconomic tiers based on factors like wealth, income, race, education, and power.

Thanks alot, Dr Abdullah Noori for adding your interesting answer. Best regards. Hazim.