SOCIAL INEQUALITIES

Question 1

Work and employment

Answer 1

Activity by which a persons earns a living.

Question 2

Income and wealth

Answer 2

The flow of money to a person or household over time. The economic resources and possessions of a person or household.

Question 3

Living wage

Answer 3

Based on what employees and families need to live not a legal requirement.
4.8 million 20% are paid at a level below the rate needed for the basic standard of living.

Question 4

National living wage

Answer 4

Set up by GOV in 2016 for those over 25 considered the wage enough for living.

Question 5

Minimum wage

Answer 5

The least you can be paid.

Question 6

Absolute poverty

Answer 6

A lack of basic essentials eg. Food and housing.

Question 7

Relative poverty

Answer 7

When someone is excluded from “normal” lifestyle.

Question 8

Social mobility

Answer 8

Moving up and down the social scale.

Question 9

Intergenerational mobility

Answer 9

Refers to the social mobility between generations measured by comparing the jobs between members of the same family eg. Parents jobs and their children’s jobs.

Question 10

Intragenerational mobility

Answer 10

Refers to social mobility over the course of an individuals lifetime.

Question 11

Life chances

Answer 11

The opportunity a person has to improve their quality of life.