Changing Spaces Making Places: Inequality Measures And Factors

Question 1

What are some social factors that affect SoL and QoL?

Answer 1

Fear and incidence of crime and health and education standards

Question 2

What are some physical factors that affect SoL and QoL?

Answer 2

Availability of food and water, natural hazards, quality of housing and levels of pollution

Question 3

What are some political factors that affect SoL and QoL?

Answer 3

Voting opportunities and corruption in the government

Question 4

What are some economic factors that affect SoL and QoL?

Answer 4

Income levels, employment types and opportunities and access to open and leisure spaces

Question 5

What does the World Bank define extreme poverty as?

Answer 5

1.9 US dollars a day purchasing power parity, with people below this amount not being able to afford the minimum living requirements

Question 6

What is relative poverty?

Answer 6

A measure of income distribution across a whole population

Question 7

What is the Gini coefficient?

Answer 7

A ratio from 0-1 that measures how equal income distribution is, from 0 being perfect equality and 1 being all income owned by a singular person

Question 8

What is housing tenure?

Answer 8

Different ways of having a house, such as being rented or bought

Question 9

How can education show inequality?

Answer 9

Contrast of literacy levels or amount of people with different levels of formal education

Question 10

How can healthcare show inequality?

Answer 10

Access to healthcare, often shown as the number of doctors per 1000 people, or other factors such as access to clean water, good sanitation, diet quality, air quality, attitude towards vaccines, tobacco and alcohol and the spread and effect of disease