Changing living standards (T1) Flashcards
What factors contribute to living standards?
- Public health
- Diet
- Housing
- Social capital
- Wages
What happened to food prices during the interwar years?
Prices, especially food prices, fell faster than wages
What happened as a result of an increase in contraception?
Families shrank
- 6 average number of children in 1880
- 19 average number of children in 1920
What happened to wages as a result of contraception?
Shared between fewer people and so went further
What happened to cost of living during the interwar years?
Fell by 1/3 between 1920 and 1938
How many homes were built during the interwar period?
4 million
WHat happened to the % of home owners during the interwar years?
10% in 1914 to 32% by 1938
How many men were receiving disability pensions?
Over 1 million by 1921
How many men were were exposed as unfit for combat?
40%
What happened to the amount spent on alcohol throughout the interwar years?
Decreased, due to pub restrictions and rise of other entertainment
What happened to diets?
Improved due to rationing
1914 Education act provided free school meals to poor children
What happened to the infant mortality rate?
Halved from 1,900 by 1922
More people lived beyond 65, dependent on where you lived
What were the 1930s hunger marches?
Protestors tried to make point that lack of work meant they couldn’t buy sufficient food
