Ethnicity: 20 mark MUST KNOW

Question 1

In ___/__ black pupils were among the most likely to be permanently excluded from schools in England. (EDUCATION)

Answer 1

2003/04

Question 2

In __ ___ pupils were the most likely to achieve __ or more GCSE grades A*-C in England. Indian pupils had the next highest achievement levels. (EDUCATION)

Answer 2

2004 // Chinese // five

Question 3

___ named ___ and ___ as the groups more likely to experience poverty. (POVERTY)

Answer 3

Berthoud // Pakistanis & Bangladeshis

Question 4

Arber & Ginn (POVERTY)

Answer 4

Ethnic minority groups, especially women are disproportionately dependent on state pensions. They are unable to afford to pay into private pension schemes, this particularly has an impact on women and means they are more likely to end up in poverty later in life.

Question 5

In the armed forces ethnic minorities make up _% of those employed. (EMPLOYMENT)

Answer 5

6%

Question 6

Battu and Sloane (EMPLOYMENT)

Answer 6

Ethnic minorities in employment are more likely to be overeducated than the White group in the UK

Question 7

Castles and Kosack (EMPLOYMENT)

Answer 7

Claim ethnic minorities are a reserve army of labour in capitalist societies. After WW2 capitalist countries turned to immigrant labour as they knew it would be a cheap pool of workers who could be exploited, even if they were educated.

Question 8

__ of people from ethnic minorities live in low income households, twice the rate than for white people. (INCOME & WEALTH)

Answer 8

2/5

Question 9

Rowlingson and McKay (INCOME & WEALTH)

Answer 9

White British people in managerial occupations had greater wealth than ethnic minorities in the same position.