Based on this information, Andrea's ascribed status is female and her achieved status is an associate editor.
Attributed status is the societal position a person is doled out during childbirth or accepted automatically further. It is a position that is neither earned nor picked yet relegated.
achieved status an idea created by the anthropologist Ralph Linton signifying a social position that a man can get on the premise of legitimacy; it is a position that is earned or picked. It is the inverse of attributed status.