All societies have ways by which people are classified by others - this is known as
age caste chances closed differentiation mobility open status stratas stratification . Some of the main types of differentiation are by gender,
age caste chances closed differentiation mobility open status stratas stratification , ethnic group, social class and disability.
Societies also tend to have
age caste chances closed differentiation mobility open status stratas stratification or layers of people of different social importance, wealth and
age caste chances closed differentiation mobility open status stratas stratification . This is known as
age caste chances closed differentiation mobility open status stratas stratification . In
age caste chances closed differentiation mobility open status stratas stratification societies stratas are fixed e.g. the
age caste chances closed differentiation mobility open status stratas stratification system and the feudal system. In
age caste chances closed differentiation mobility open status stratas stratification societies there is the possibility of some movement between strata.
Social
age caste chances closed differentiation mobility open status stratas stratification is the term used to describe movement between strata in open societies.
The result of stratification and differentiation is that people have different opportunities (or life
age caste chances closed differentiation mobility open status stratas stratification ) in the course of their lives