What Are Some Ways In Which American Society Is Stratified?

The stratification in America is mostly based on socio-economic values. And the major determinants of classes in society are wealth, occupation, income and education. There is basically a lot of diversity in the people of America and there are many differences amongst the people. The society is divided into three basic classes which are the rich, middle and poor class. However, most of the people in the country can be considered in the middle class. Due to the diversity and all the differences even amongst the classes, some sociologists have divided the society into six classes which are upper class, upper middle, lower middle, lower class, poor class and under class.