Diversity in the UK

Question 1

women encouraged to work

Answer 1

• flexible working hours

- financial support for child care

Question 2

flexible working hours

Answer 2

• combining office work with working from home
• some work in evenings
• mobile phones (people work on the go)

Question 3

part time or self employed

Answer 3

• work-life balance and prefer to work from home

- high speed internet allows people to work on the go or from home

Question 4

de-industrialisation

Answer 4

jobs in manufacturing have been replaced by jobs in services or tertiary sector

Question 5

average salary

Answer 5

£26,500

Question 6

premier league footballers

Answer 6

£500,000 a week

Question 7

working on minimum wage

Answer 7

earns you £13,000 per year

Question 8

disposable income

Answer 8

the amount of money you have left after you have paid taxes, pensions and mortgage

Question 9

average disposable income

Answer 9

£17,500

Question 10

residents in westminster

Answer 10

have fout times the disposable income than residents in Leicester

Question 11

lowest disposable income

Answer 11

midlands

northern ireland

Question 12

average life expectancy

Answer 12

81 years

Question 13

why has life expectancy increased over the years

Answer 13

health care, diets, standards of living have all improved

Question 14

highest life expectancy

Answer 14

south east 82.4 years

Question 15

lowest life expectancy

Answer 15

scotland 79.1 years

Question 16

men living in blackpool

Answer 16

8 years less than in london

Question 17

women living in manchester

Answer 17

lowest life expectancy

Question 18

how does quality of life affect life expectancy

Answer 18

poor diets, smoking are the biggest risk of premature death or disability

Question 19

highest grades

Answer 19

in london 72% achieved a* to c grades

Question 20

middle grades

Answer 20

yorkshire and humber only 65% a* to c

Question 21

lowest grades

Answer 21

knowsley 40.8% and middlesbrough 40.9%

Question 22

more deprived areas

Answer 22

with low incomes and high unemployment, tend to have lowest levels of achievement

Question 23

concentration of ethnic groups

Answer 23

London

there are about 3 million foreign-born residents

Question 24

problems with clusters of ethnic groups

Answer 24

settle in areas leading to low incomes and limited job security they usually end up living in deprived areas

Question 25

access to broadband

Answer 25

everyone in uk can access it

Question 26

high availability of broadband

Answer 26

london and south east with cities in the north of england

Question 27

low availability

Answer 27

remote areas like wales, scotland, and south west england