Prelim 2018 - Social Inequalities

Question 1

What percentage of children are living in poverty today in the UK?

Answer 1

There are 3.7 millions children living in poverty in the UK. That is over a quarter (27%) of all children living in the UK.

Question 2

What does growing up in poverty mean?

Answer 2

Being cold, hungry, not being able to join in activities with friends.

Question 3

Poverty and holidays?

Answer 3

61% of families in the bottom income quintile cannot afford to take their children on holiday for one week a year.

Question 4

What does leaving school with lower qualifications mean?

Answer 4

Lower earning over the course of a working life.

Question 5

People who are socially excluded are more likely to?

Answer 5

• lack employment
• Have poor employment and social skills
• live on a low income
• not value education
• have poorer housing and health
• live alone

Question 6

Has social exclusion increased or decreased in the last 20 years?

Answer 6

It has increased in the last 20 years.

Question 7

What does long term unemployment cause?

Answer 7

Not just poverty nut also a lack of confidence and self esteem. A persons mental health can suffer from being out of work and missing the ‘banter’ and feel-good factor that a full time job brings.
Long term unemployment can lead to debt, a poor diet and poor physical health.

Question 8

What did the minimum wage for over 25s raise to in April 2017?

Answer 8

£7.50 per hour

Question 9

One is one main reason that unemployed people may choose not to work?

Answer 9

The so-called benefit trap may be the reason unemployed people may choose not to go back to work. Studies show that some people earn more money unemployed than they do working in a lower paid job.

Question 10

Why is a lack of education looked upon badly?

Answer 10

The well paid jobs in society are only open to graduates. Getting into university requires highers.

Question 11

How is it hard to find a job when you are homeless?

Answer 11

When you are homeless you are likely not to have an address to return applications to. It is difficult to be prepared for a job or an interview without space and privacy. It is difficult to even know that there is a job available as your main priority is day to day survival.

Question 12

Connection between poverty and crime?

Answer 12

There are no doubt links between socially excluded groups and crime. Most violent crime and robberies are committed in socially excluded areas, usually by people from that area.

Question 13

What percentage of the population are taken into care compared to those that end up in prison.

Answer 13

2% of the UK population come from care, however 27% of prisoners come from care.

Question 14

Should there be a benefit system? reasons for

Answer 14

• A democratic society should look after the poorest and weakest in society.
• Having no benefit system would lead to an increase in crime as poor people need to get money somehow
• some people deserve help - the disabled, lone parents, unemployed etc.
• anyone can face difficulties such as becoming unemployed or developing a health problem and so they should be entitled to help.
• The government should be responsible for creating jobs and getting people into jobs
• The system creates equality.

Question 15

Should there be a benefit system? reasons against

Answer 15

• Why should people that work pay for people that don;t
• Why should people have to pay for rug addicts, alcoholics etc. to get benefits when they choose to become addicts?
• People on benefits are ‘laughing’ at people who go to work.
• people should take responsibility for their own actions - not look to the government for everything
• the system costs too much - taxes would be better spent on other things like improving education and healthcare.
• people cheat the benefit system by working and claiming benefits at the same time.
• the benefit system encourages people to be lazy.

Question 16

What are housing benefits?

Answer 16

Housing benefits is a regular council payment to help pay your rent. You may be eligible for housing benefits if you are on a low income or claiming benefits.

Question 17

Five ways in which health inequalities can be demonstrated are by?

Answer 17

1. geographical location within Scotland, the UK and also within Glasgow/Greater Glasgow.
2. Social class i.e between wealthiest and poorest
3. Gender between males and females
4. Ethnicity between different ethnic groups
5. Life style choices that people make.

Question 18

Glasgow’s citizens suffer more of?

Answer 18

• poor diet
• smoking
• alcohol abuse
• low emotional self esteem

Question 19

obesity rates in Glasgow 2011?

Answer 19

In 2011, 40% of Glaswegians were either obese or morbidly obese.

Question 20

How many people in Glasgow smoke?

Answer 20

190,000 people in Glasgow smoke, smoking on average 15 cigarettes a day.

Question 21

alcohol admissions with children in Glasgow?

Answer 21

42% of glasgow’s school children admit to being drunk at least once a month. with a further 27% admitting they are drunk on at least a weekly basis.

Question 22

percentage of children with decayed teeth in Glasgow?

Answer 22

Almost half of all children in Glasgow - 46% - have decayed teeth by the time they start school.
- tooth decay is the most frequently recorded cause of admission to acute hospitals in Greater Glasgow and Clyde for children ages under 15.

Question 23

Which diseases to people in Glasgow suffer from the most?

Answer 23

• lung cancer
• diabetes (type 2)
• obesity
• chronic liver disease
• and poo emotional self esteem.

Question 24

Glasgow has attempted to overcome its negative image via a lavish marketing campaign called what?

Answer 24

” Scotland with Style “, which emphasises the city’s shopping opportunities, as well as the citys vibrant cultural scene and its parks and museums.

Question 25

Unemployment in Glasgow?

Answer 25

Sine the 1980s, Glasgoe has moved from a manufacturing to a service based economy. The new jobs; catering, retail, tourism and banking are not, for the most part as well paid as the old ones in heavy engineering.

Question 26

Problems of long term unemployment?

Answer 26

Is that it impacts on health and well-being. It creates low self-esteem and no incentive to live a disciplined, healthy life style.

Question 27

In 1950s, estates (badly designed housing) starting falling apart, what happened?

Answer 27

Castlemilk, Drumpchapel Easter House and pollock, to name a few housed thousands of people. But the quality of housing was poor, with little in the way of social amenities for adults or children. Just living in one of these communities, far less being long-term unemployed in them, was enough to make you ill.

Question 28

Which parts of glasgow are the richest?

Answer 28

Places in East dumbartonshire and East Renfrewshire were seen to have low crime communities and magnet schools.

Question 29

Which cities in england share the same problem that glasgow has?

Answer 29

Liverpool and Manchester are cities which share many of Glasgows problems, yet between 2003 and 2007, glasgow had 60% more deaths among men aged 15 to 44.

Question 30

What sort of life style can lead to ill health?

Answer 30

unhealthy diets
smoking
alcohol misuse 
obesity 
lack of excersise.

Question 31

When asked a question in an exam such as ‘ how poverty leads to ill health’ what should you write on?

Answer 31

• poor living conditions
• poor diet (availability of food)
• lack of education
• stress caused as a result of living in poverty.
• limited access to medical assistance

Question 32

Why are poor people more likely to smoke?

Answer 32

There are many reasons why people living in poorer areas are more likely to smoke. Firstly, many smoke to relieve stress and living in poverty is stressful. Also, in more deprived areas, there is less of a stigma attached to smoking - it is seen as socially accepptable. Furthermore, people in deprived areas are more likely to of smoked form a younger age and have seen previous generations smoking. They are also less likely to take notice of any health campaigns that are advertised to stop smoking.

Question 33

Why might someone living in poverty go to the gym?

Answer 33

People living in poverty do not have the money to go to the gym.

Question 34

How many years of your life is poverty seen to take over?

Answer 34

Poverty is said to take over 30 years of your life.

Question 35

When is the sugar tax seen to come into action?

Answer 35

April 2018

Question 36

When did free school meals come into action?

Answer 36

January 2015