PATTERNS & TRENDS

Question 1

How do Johnson and Bytheway define ageism?

Answer 1

As the offensive exercise of power through reference to age.

Question 2

What has the unemployment rate for 16 - 24 year olds been since 2004? (W&E)

Answer 2

Largely rising, until recently.

Question 3

What did a survey by MORI suggest about discrimination filings? (W&E)

Answer 3

38% of discrimination filings after 2006 cited age as the reason.

Question 4

What do structuralists argue about retirement? (W&E)

Answer 4

It is society which determines the age someone is when they retire, rather than the individual’s choice.

Question 5

How many children in the UK are currently living in poverty? (P)

Answer 5

3.5 million

Question 6

What percentage of children living in poverty live in a family in which someone works? (P)

Answer 6

63%

Question 7

What percentage of pensioners in the UK live in poverty? (P)

Answer 7

16%

Question 8

What type of poverty is a particular concern for older people according to Age UK?

Answer 8

Fuel poverty.

Question 9

What do postmodernists Hepworth and Featherstone state about the groups of elderly and youth? (Disparity)

Answer 9

Far too simplistic.

Question 10

What do Marsh and Keating note about different cultures in relation to age? (Disparity)

Answer 10

Different cultures attach different cultural meanings and values to different age groups.

Question 11

What inequalities do young females specifically suffer according to Advocates for Youth?

Answer 11

Harmful practices such as, FGM, femicide, gender-based violence and early marriage.

Question 12

What did the Guardian report on ageism in 2020?

Answer 12

One in three people in the UK report experiencing age prejudice or age discrimination.

Question 13

What did a poll by YouGov find in 2017?

Answer 13

That 36% of over 50s felt they had been disadvantaged at work because of their age.