Ethnicity

Question 1

Ethnicity & life chances

Answer 1

Some ethnic groups experience more challenges than others
29% of Black women had experienced a common mental health disorder in the past week, higher rate than women from white British/other white ethnic groups

Question 2

What can cause inequalities in ethnicity

Answer 2

individual racism, cultural racism & institutional racism

Question 3

What was the unemployment rate for different ethnic groups in 2017

Answer 3

white people=4%
Pakistani & Bangladeshi backgrounds=10%

Question 4

TUC 2019

Answer 4

Black Minority Ethnic workers are 2x more likely to be on 0hr contracts than white workers.

Question 5

Race at Work Report 2015

Answer 5

BAME people are proportionally under-represented at every management level.

Question 6

BBC Test 2017

Answer 6

Job seeker with English-sounding name was offered 3x the no. of interviews compared to applicants with Muslim names

Question 7

Gov.UK 2018

Answer 7

People from Chinese & Indian backgrounds are more likely than other ethnic groups to be in the primary labour market, with ‘middle class’ jobs, 1/20 Indian men in UK is a medical practitioner, 10x national average

Question 8

Dodd (2012)

Answer 8

Some muslin women were removing their hijab to increase chance of employment
Workers attitudes towards women worsened when they realised women with European sounding name were black

Question 9

Davidson (1997)

Answer 9

Embedded discrimination that prevents ethnic minority women from being promoted, white women may face glass ceiling/invisible barrier
Women from ethnic minorities have a concrete ceiling, impenetrable

Question 10

Joseph Rowntree Foundation (2007)
Ethnic inequality in income & wealth

Answer 10

All ethnic minorities continue to have lower earnings than comparable white group
Men from each earn less than 10% than white group
For women differentials are around 5%

Question 11

Rowlingson & McKay (2012)
Ethnic inequalities in income & wealth

Answer 11

White British people in managerial occupations had greater wealth then other ethnic groups in same position, but for white people in intermediate & routine non-manual positions has less wealth than others, Black Caribbean people have considerably lower levels of wealth

Question 12

Joseph Rowntree Foundation (2007)
Ethnic inequalities in poverty

Answer 12

79% of White households income from wages & self-employment
83% of Indian households income from wages & self-employment
Large shares of income came from other social security benefits - Pakistani

Question 13

Evandrou, General Household Survey (1991-6)
Ethnic inequalities in poverty

Answer 13

White older people had lowest levels of income poverty followed by Irish, Black Caribbean, Indian
60% of Pakistani & Bangladeshi older people in income poverty

Question 14

Runnymede Report (2010)
Ethnic inequalities in Poverty

Answer 14

Ethnic minority groups are 3x more likely than White people to experience poverty in retirement

Question 15

Flaherty et al (2004)
Ethnic inequalities in Poverty

Answer 15

Members of ethnic minority households are more likely to be unemployed, many ethnic minorities are concentrated in low skilled jobs & low paid work, Decline in manufacturing sector=unemployment

Question 16

Alcock (1997)
Ethnic inequalities in poverty

Answer 16

Many ethnic minority groups experience material deprivation & can lead to social exclusion
Deprivation in housing, health & education adds significantly to financial inequality for Black people in Britain