Social Stratification is a classification whereby people rank and evaluate each other as higher

and, based on evaluations; inequality rewarded one another with wealth authority, influence, and
status. It is the hierarchical arrangement and organization of social categories that develop into a
social group together with status and their equivalent roles. Here in the Philippines, social
stratification is very noticeable. There are three social classes can be seen in the community: (1)
the upper class has high personal income, inherited wealth and economic influence; (2) the
middle class are the small businessmen, teachers, merchants, traders with modest income; and
(3) the lower class has to earn low incomes with little or no savings; some are unemployed.

Social Stratification affects life chances. These are the chances to improve the lives of the lower
class because the upper class has more advantages to the resources that society has. The
reputation of one person is given according to its status in society. The higher the position in the
society, the higher the reputation he or she can get from the lower-class below them. The
availability of opportunities was taken advantage of by the lower class to have a better life. On
the other hand, social stratification has important to society. Knowing the stratification may help
man to adapt to the social surroundings and they may also have the development of man’s
average of living. It also results in economic growth in a society and it leads to the achievement
of a pleasant and secure society.