In the United States' stratification system, people's ascribed and achieved class are far more likely to be the same than different.

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In the United States, social mobility is relatively high, meaning that people are more likely to move up or down the social ladder based on their own efforts and achievements. This means that people's ascribed class (the class they are born into) and achieved class (the class they attain through their own efforts) are more likely to be different than the same.

In the United States' Stratification System, People's Ascribed and Achieved