A status set is a collection of

social status Social status is the level of social value a person is considered to possess. More specifically, it refers to the relative level of respect, honour, assumed competence, and deference accorded to people, groups, and organizations in a society. S ...

es that an individual holds. A person may have status of a daughter, wife, mother, student, worker, church member and a citizen. The term "status set" was coined by

Robert K. Merton Robert King Merton (born Meyer Robert Schkolnick; July 4, 1910 – February 23, 2003) was an American sociologist who is considered a founding father of modern sociology, and a major contributor to the subfield of criminology. He served as t ...

in 1957. He made a clear distinction between a "

role set According to Erving Goffman Erving Goffman (11 June 1922 – 19 November 1982) was a Canadian-born sociology, sociologist, Social psychology (sociology), social psychologist, and writer, considered by some "the most influential American s ...

" and a "status set".Robert K. Merton "On social structure and science" , page 113 Merton stated that status set is the set of statuses in a society while role set is the set of roles in a society Status inconsistency is the situation where an individual's statuses have both positive and negative influences.

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