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{{short description|Position within social structure}}
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'''Social status''' is the relative level of social value a person is considered to possess.<ref name=":2">{{cite journal|last1=Sauder|first1=Michael|last2=Lynn|first2=Freda|last3=Podolny|first3=Joel|title=Status: Insights from Organizational Sociology|journal=Annual Review of Sociology|date=2012|volume=38|pages=267–283|doi=10.1146/annurev-soc-071811-145503|s2cid=73700406
Importantly, status is based in widely shared ''[[beliefs]]'' about who members of a society judge as more competent or moral. While such beliefs can stem from an impressive performance or success, they can also arise from possessing characteristics a society has deemed meaningful like a person's race or occupation. In this way, status reflects how a society judges a person's relative social worth and merit--however accurate or inaccurate that judgement may be.<ref name=":6" /> Because societies use status to allocate resources, leadership positions, and other forms of power, status can make unequal distributions of resources and [[Power (social and political)|power]] appear natural and fair, supporting systems of [[social stratification]].<ref name=":6">{{cite journal|last1=Ridgeway |first1=Cecilia L. |author-link=Cecilia L. Ridgeway |last2=Correll |first2=Shelley |author2-link=Shelley Correll |title=Consensus and the Creation of Status Beliefs |journal=Social Forces |date=2006 |volume=85 |pages=431–453 |doi=10.1353/sof.2006.0139 |s2cid=145216264 }}</ref>
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