MATERIAL DEPRIVATION STATISTICS

Question 1

Palmer (2012)

Answer 1

1. Almost 1/2 of all ethnicity minority children live in low-income households, against 1/4 of white children
2. Ethnic minorities are almost 2x as likely to be unemployed as whites
3. Ethnic minority households are around 3x as likely to be homeless
4. Almost 1/2 of Bangladeshi and Pakistani workers earned under £7 per hour, compared with only 1/4 of British workers