Life chances refer to
A) The randomness of people's position in the social hierarchy
B) People's ability to access the material and social resources that correspond to quality of life.
C) The likelihood of obtaining an ascribed rather than achieved status in a society with an open stratification system
D) The chance of being born into any particular socio-cultural system
Answer: B
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