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Write short note: Status inconsistency.

  • UPSC 1990
  • Stratification and Mobility

Status inconsistency is the condition in which an individual or group holds unequal ranks on different dimensions of stratification, for example high income with low ethnic or caste honour, or high education with a low-paid job. Its opposite is status crystallization, where all ranks are aligned.

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