社会分层就是根据社会成员某些共同的态度或行为特征将其划分为若干不同的阶层。分层,并不是把社会分成象经济、教育和家庭那样的社会亚系统,而是对所有复杂社会组织结构的一个总观。当然,社会阶层相互之间的关系是可以考察的,它在工业和更广阔的社区中都是很明显的。 Social stratification is based on some common attitude or behavior characteristics of social members to be divided into several different strata. Stratification does not divide society into social sub-systems such as economy, education and family, but rather as a general view of the structure of all complex social organizations. Of course, the social strata can be examined in relation to one another, as is evident in industry and the wider community.