Economic Factors that Affect Development

Question 1

Income and Expenditure

Answer 1

• Experience ill health and reduced opportunities for personal development.
• Absolute poverty: Cannot afford essential resources
• Relative Poverty- Can afford basic but not much else
• Lack of resources means that people may not be able to take part in community, lead to social exclusion and family being disregarded. Negative impact on confidence and self-esteem
• High risk of illness and premature deaths, impact life expectancy.

Question 2

Employment Status

Answer 2

• Being out of work means family live on low income
• Work is low paid, low status, temporary, additional stress on individual which can lead to ill health and depression. More likely to have low self-esteem.
• Work that has status, responsibility, and is well paid and secure can boost health and wellbeing and high self0-eateem but cause stress as well.

Question 3

Education

Answer 3

• Children from poorer family do not do well in education comparing to wealthier families.
• Lack of qualifications means more likely to be unemployed, or employed in low paying work. Lead to low self-image.
  -Good education brings wider career and lifestyle choices.
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Question 4

Peer Groups

Answer 4

• Adolescence, peer groups become important and influential. Attitudes, beliefs copied from other young people. Provide secondary source of social learning after the family.

Question 5

Values and Attitudes

Answer 5

• Influences by family, carers, and peer groups but also life experience.
• Values, attitudes towards education will be shaped by these and determine child’s outcome in education.
• Social network and access to information found on internet is becoming increasingly influential
• Often blamed for poor choices and unsocial behavior.

Question 6

Lifestyle

Answer 6

• Choices may be limited by money, influence by culture and people in their life.
• People with low income may have limited choices.
• Most people develop habits connected to diet, exercise, and alcohol abuse.

Question 7

Exercise

Answer 7

• Regular exercise, essential for development. Important for skeleton. Maintain mobility, and heart function.
• Impact of persons feelings of wellbeing, reducing the likelihood of mental health problems.

Question 8

Use and Misuse of Substance

Answer 8

• Substance misuse can affect health and may lead to addiction.

Question 9

Tobacco

Answer 9

• Problems for lungs, lung cancer.
• Coronary heart disease
• Strokes
• Lung disease, cancer
• Smoking can affect children in family who inhale nicotine and unborn baby of mother who smokes.

Question 10

Nutrition and Dietary Choices

Answer 10

• people may eat unhealthy diet because of the convenience and cost. High in fat, salt or sugar content is cheaper a d easier to prepare than healthy foods
• Deficiency in diet may affext health and development of bones, organs, mjscles and slow healing process.
• May result in obesity and increase pressure on joints and organs, may lead to heart diseaae and diabetes

Question 11

Drug Abuse

Answer 11

• Cannabis:used for calming effect but have side effects that affects brain function, mental health problems and schizophrenia
• respiratory system or lunf cancer if using tobacco.
• Cocaine: overstimulates heart lead to heart attack and death. Energy boost but resulyd in feeling jnwrll snd depressed after.
• Ectsasy: imapct memory ,cause depression, affect blood pressure and cause heart attacks. Makes person feel more alert.

Question 12

Alcohol

Answer 12

• No level of alcohol consumption is risk free.
• Cancer of throat, mouth and breast
• High risk of heart, live disease, bowel cancer.
• Binge drinking, more risk which results in accidents and unprotected intercourse.
• Domestic abuse as it is a depressant and increase in mood swings
• Relationship breakdown with family and friends and reduce social support
• Alcohol in moderation could be good for social development, socialize with friends, can protect against heart disease and reduce stress.