 Berger, Rosenholtz and Zelditch suggest that age as a status role can be observed among college students.Younger students, such as those in their first year in college, are treated as lower-status individuals and older college students are treated as higher-status individuals.Therefore, given these status roles, it would be expected that younger individuals (low status) conform to the majority whereas older individuals (high status) would be expected not to conform 

Researchers have also reported an interaction of gender and age on conformity.