Paper 2 - Mock Preparation Flashcards
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Q
Social class affects life chances (20)
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- Sutton Trust - 15% of teachers in deprived areas said 1/3 of students lacked digital devices while only 2% from affluent areas said the same.
- Official statistics - Highest 5th income children have average percentile score of 60% for vocabulary compared to 35% in the lowest 5th.
- People in most deprived 10% of areas spend nearly 20 years less in good health compared to wealthiest 10%.
- Roberts - 55% of working class men stay in that class. Middle class children twice as likely to get middle class jobs than working class children.