Social Status

Class system is a social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence social mobility. Income inequality is a basic characteristic of a class system (215). An example of this would be in 2000, the median household income in the United States was $42,148. Sociologist Daniel Rossides uses a five-class model to describe the class system of the United States: upper class, upper-middle class, lower-middle class, the working class, and the lower class. An example of this would be Rossides categorized about 1 to 2% of the people of the United S…