B5: Economic factors that affect development Flashcards
What is income?
The amount of money that households receive
What may a lack of income mean?
A lack of resources and not being able to live in the minimum acceptable way in society
What does household resources include?
- Clothing
- Food
- Housing
What is relative poverty?
A person is poor compared to the rest of people in society
How many food banks are there in the UK?
445
What does income come from?
- Wages from employment
- Profits from your business if self employed
- Benefits from goverment
- Money from invested wealth
- Money raised through the sale or rent of a property you own
What groups of people are more likely to be on low income?
- Single parent families
- Unemployed people
- Older people
- Sick people or those with disabilities
- Families with single earners
- Unskilled couples
What is the impact of poverty?
- Associated with being a victim of crime
- Poorer communities are more likely to live in polluted areas
- Increased risk of dying young
What is employment status?
Wether a person is in work or not, the type of work they do and the type of contract they have
What percentage of households have no adults working?
15.9 percent
How many children in England and Wales are living in poverty?
22% or 2.9 million
What region in the Uk has the highest percentage of households not working?
North East
What work can lead to ill health and depression?
- Low paid
- Low status
Who do less well in education?
Those from poorer families
What can being educated and having qualifications cause?
- Positive self image
- More likely to earn higher salary
- More likely to have higher status job
What becomes very important and influential in adolescence?
Peer groups
What do peer groups provide?
- Attitudes and beliefs may be copied
- Provide secondary socialisation - second source of social learning
How are beliefs, values and attitudes influenced?
- How a person experiences primary and secondary socialisation
- life experiences
- The culture around them
- Social networking
What is lifestyle?
Represents the way you choose to spend your time and money
Is lifestyle something you choose?
- To an extent
- Those on low income have limited choices
What does a healthy diet include?
- Balance of:
- carbohydrates
- proteins
- nutrients
- fats
- fibre
What may a deficiency in diet cause?
- May affect health and development of bones, organs, muscles, slow healing process
What is regular expertise essential for?
Development
What is exercising important for?
- Healthy weight
- Important from the skeleton, maintaining mobility and heart function
- Improve wellbeing
What has drug use been linked to?
- Mental health problems including schizophrenia
What can cannabis cause?
- Respiratory issues
- Lung cancer if used with tobacco
What can cocaine cause?
- Overstimulates the heart which can lead to a heart attack
What can ecstasy cause?
Impact memory and cause depression
What can speed cause?
Can affect blood pressure and cause heart attacks
What does the department of Health recommend about alcohol?
- Should not consume more than 14 units a week
What has alcohol got an increased risk off?
- Higher risk of heart disease, liver disease and bowel cancer
What is a major factor in domestic abuse?
Alchohol abuse
What is the cause of most cases of lung cancer
Smoking
What does smoking increase the risk off?
- Coronary heart disease
- Strokes
- Lung disease including cancer, emphysema and bronchitis
