Global Stratification Essay

The wealth and income of a country, along with an individual’s status, gender, and race have a direct correlation to the overall quality of life, health and life expectancy of every person. This economic effect on the lives of people across the globe causes the world to be stratified into three main hierarchies of income: high, middle and low. The socioeconomic division of the world, or global stratification, allows a better understanding of global inequalities, and provides insight into how the income, occupational prestige, wealth, race and gender of a person in a particular country affects their educational attainment and standard of living.
When analyzing the global perspective of stratification the massive unfair distribution of wealth becomes even more apparent as it directly affects quality of education. After decades of research and studies, there is a great amount of empirical data that support the unfair distribution of wealth in the world,

In 2014 in the United States, a study was conducted by the Urban Institute which found that low income families that are living below the poverty line, which at the time was $23,850, were over three times likely to experience limitations due to chronic illnesses. They were also had an increased risk of developing higher rates of diabetes, heart disease, and strokes. Without access to an adequate amount of currency it becomes an impossible task to ensure a healthy mind and body. According to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, in order to be self-actualized and be of sound, mind, and body every physiological need must be met. In a low income environment, however, individuals are living day to day to obtain currency to help satisfy their physiological needs. Because it is impossible for their physiological needs to be fulfilled it is impossible that they can go on to the next stages of needs that will assure them a better