Gender Statistics: Men

Question 1

Girls in the UK gain more _ - _ grade GCSEs compared to boys (EDUCATION)

Answer 1

A* // C

Question 2

Government data shows that boys are _ as likely to have a Special Educational need (EDUCATION)

Answer 2

Twice

Question 3

Government data shows that boys are _ as likely to have literacy problems (EDUCATION)

Answer 3

Twice

Question 4

Boys are _ times more likely to be excluded from school (EDUCATION)

Answer 4

Four

Question 5

Department of Education figures since since __ have shown that ____ boys are the largest underachieving group in education (EDUCATION)

Answer 5

2008 // white-working-class

Question 6

Mac & Ghail (EDUCATION)

Answer 6

‘Crisis of masculinity’

Question 7

Department of Health data from __ showed that on females are to live __ years longer than males (HEALTH)

Answer 7

2010 // four

Question 8

The ONS data in __ found on average men develop heart disease __ earlier than women (HEALTH)

Answer 8

2010 // ten

Question 9

ONS data in __ found the rate of suicide for men is __ times that of the number for women (HEALTH)

Answer 9

2011 // three

Question 10

__% of those dependent on alcohol are male (HEALTH)

Answer 10

80%

Question 11

According to health and safety data collected in the UK, more than __% of the __ people killed in the workplace every year are men (WORK)

Answer 11

95% // 200

Question 12

In __ the Office for National Statistics found that men in the UK work an average of __ hours a week, compared with __ for women (WORK)

Answer 12

2010 // 39 // 34

Question 13

What did functionalists believe in? (WORK)

Answer 13

A ‘human capital theory’ which states men longer hours than women and have the responsibility of being a breadwinner, therefore they are rewarded for this through things such as higher pay than women