Assignment Flashcards
Title
Child Poverty
Question
Is the government doing enough to ease child poverty?
Aims
- Has child poverty increased in the last 25 years?
- What does the government already do?
- Should the government increase the benefit system
- Research Method 1?
- Why did I choose It?
- News Sites
- I know how to use it
2 strengths of news sites
- It is easy to access
- It helps build the public opinion
2 weaknesses of news sites
- Depending on the site it might not be reliable
- It can be biassed
- A future investigation into ______ could have been improved by _______.
- Child Poverty
- Researching and writing more information
- Researching method 2?
- Why did I choose it?
- My survey
- I was told it was a good source of information
2 strengths of my survey
- That I can customize it and add any question I want
- It’s easy to make
2 weaknesses of my survey
- A lot of people didn’t take the survey seriously.
- Out of the 15 people I sent it to only 6 responded.
- A future investigation into ______ could have been improved by _______.
- Child poverty
- Going more in debt with my questions
Findings for Aim One
part a
source one shows that between 1994-1997 and 2009-2022, the percentage of children living in poverty has decreased from 32%-24%. although this tells us that there has been a decrease there has also been a rise in recent years.
Findings for Aim One
part b
source 3 shows that children remain at a,m significantly higher risk of poverty than pensioners and working-class adults. this tells us that the most valuable, children, are at risk.
Findings for Aim Two
part a
source 2 shows thats the Scottish parliament introduced the Child Poverty Act in December 2017. this tells us that the government is serious about tackling poverty
Findings for Aim Two
part b
source 3 shows that child poverty should soon be falling in Scotland due to the Scottish child payment introduced by the Scottish government in 2022.
Findings for Aim Three
part a
source 3 shows that child poverty increased when the UK government cut universal credit uplift. this tells us that the UK parliaments and developed parliaments should be working closer together.
Findings for Aim Three
part b
source 2 shows that the Scottish government child payment delivers additional payments to families with children under the age of 16. this tells us that the Scottish government has a long-term plan to reduce child poverty.
2 conclusions
- one conclusion that can be made about child poverty is a hard problem to solve.
- Another conclusion that can be made is that the Scottish government is attempting to solve a big problem like child poverty.
2 recommendations
- One recommendation that can be made about child poverty is that could resolve this problem is the UK and developed governments working together more.
- Another recommendation is to focus more on the smaller aspects of the bigger picture.
