PATTERNS & TRENDS Flashcards
What did a report from UCAS show in 2013?
That women are now a third more likely to enter higher education than men.
What do GCSE exam results show about gender?
In 2014, the A*-C pass rate for girls was 73.1%, compared to 64.3% for boys.
Give two findings from the ONS 2013 about facts and figures for gender in the labour market. (W&E)
1) Men with children are more likely to work than those without.
2) Women dominate employment within the caring and leisure occupations.
What is the gender pay gap? (W&E)
In the private sector, the gap is 24.8%. Whereas, in the public sector it is 17.1%.
What did the ONS find about self-employed women? (W&E)
Earn around 40% less than self-employed men.
How many women a year are sacked for being pregnant? (W&E)
30,000 , despite it being illegal.
What percentage of national minimum wage jobs are women? (I&W)
70%
What is the statistic for retired women’s income? (I&W)
The income for retired women is less than 40% of that of retired men.
How many women will be living in poverty when they retire approximately? (P)
One in four.
How much of the world’s poor is women? (P)
70%
What did the Trussell Trust find about women in poverty? (P)
Food poverty affects women and men differently, with many women going hungry in order to feed children.
What did Li and Devine find about women and social mobility? (SM)
Women are less likely to be upwardly mobile and more likely to be downwardly mobile than men.
What did Heath and Li find about ethnicity and gender relating to social mobility? (SM)
Black Caribbean men (39.3%) and Chinese women (46.8%) were found to experience lower rates of upward mobility then Black Caribbean women (67.3%) and Chinese men (56.9%).
What did Savage find about social mobility in the 2000s?
Men were 40% more likely to climb the career ladder than women.
What does the Femicide Census report about the number of women killed by partners/ex?
61% of women killed by men in the UK in 2018 were killed by a current or ex partner.
