Status attainment

Status attainment is a way of measuring how successful someone is. It looks at the amount of success someone has achieved compared to other people who have similar backgrounds. For example, if two people come from similar family backgrounds (e.g., where their parents had similar jobs and incomes) but one of them becomes much more successful than the other, then we can say the first person has achieved a higher level of status attainment than the other. Status attainment can be measured by some important things like how much money someone is earning, their educational achievement and the social standing of their job.