Age And Poverty UK Flashcards
–% of kids go without what?
33%
Go without meals, toys & clothes that need
In 2008/09 how many kids were in poverty?
2.9m
Kids in poverty are less likely to?
- Have areas to play safely
- do well in school
Poverty kids are – times more likely to?
4X more likely to die in an accident
What happens to poverty kids when they grow up?
They stay in poverty into their adult life and the cycle of poverty real eats in their own children.
Pensioner poverty fell by — between 200/04 to 17%.
But has been on the rise since —
- 250,000
- 2008
How many pensioners in poverty?
2.5m
How much do single pensioners need a week? How much in gov pension?
- need £190
- gov pen is £113
- they still need to pay for basics such as food, adequate heating, and transport. The state pension is therefore insufficient.
–% of woman have no private pensions, and live longer
70%
Why do less women have pensions than men?
Bc they were homemakers and didn’t make the ness contributions
Why are pensioners in poverty?
- many never escape the cycle of poverty they were born into
- so they struggled in education, had a low-income job and therefore their pension will be less
How did the 90s effect pensioners nowadays?
- they had a company pension scheme when they were first employed
- employers increasingly closed these schemes down and switched from final-salary pensions to money purchase schemes,
- the level of their final pension could no longer be guaranteed
How does child care effect poverty?
- enables parents to work or train for jobs, more chance to break out of poverty
- early-years education is known to improve children’s future education and health.
- but most childcare services for children under 3 are private, so most in poverty cannot afford it
