gender inequality 20 marker

Question 1

millenium cohort study

Answer 1

gender differences appear early, with babies of nine months showing slight variations in ability to wave goodbye according to sex, with girls being more able. Also shows parents spend more time singing songs to daughters

Question 2

examination boards

Answer 2

girls tend to outperform boys in GCSE more likely to gain higher grades and boys to leave school with no qualifications

Question 3

choices of subjects

Answer 3

gender inequality in choices of subjects with boys opting for science and girls for arts and humanities

Question 4

A level

Answer 4

Examination records show girls outperform boys at a level too but the gender differences in pass rates narrow

Question 5

university entrance data

Answer 5

collected by higher education policy institute suggests this better performance affects population of students, more females attending uni than males

Question 6

1996 52%

Answer 6

only 52% of women with a child under 4 were economically active compared to 78% children aged 11-15 due to a lack of childcare, this means women work part time jobs.

Question 7

40% of women

Answer 7

40% of women in the uk work part time as childcare is expensive and not easy to find

Question 8

equal pay act 1970

Answer 8

sex discrimination act 1975 there is still a pay gap which has fallen to 7.4% among full timers and 15.5% among all employees

Question 9

martin and roberts

Answer 9

survey of department of employment 63% of women worked with other women, men 81% worked with other men

Question 10

vertical and horizontal segregation

Answer 10

women and men experience vertical and horizontal segregation which can lead to women experiencing glass ceiling as they cant read the top jobs

Question 11

twitter bots

Answer 11

reveal brand pay gap on international womens day as popular brand misguided

Question 12

uk covid

Answer 12

only two uk covid briefings were led by a female mp