social inequalities Flashcards
what is a statistic for the gender pay gap?
for every £1 a man makes a woman only makes 90p.
how many women hold board positions at the biggest UK companies
35%
how many suicides are committed by men?
75%
how many deaths a year are there due to smoking?
9000
how many scots does alchocol kill per week|?
40
how many cancer cases are caused by obesity?
1 in 20
How many drug deaths was there in 2023?
1,197
How many of those in poverty will receive no formal qualifications?
40%
How many times higher are alcohol deaths in the poorest 10%
4x higher
What is a statistic about minority ethnic groups expierncing discrimination?
Pakistani employees earn 16.9% less than their British white counterparts.
How many charges of hate crime was there in 2021-22?
3107
How many children live in poverty?
24% or 1/4
Example for universal credit?
In 2011 unemployment was 7.1% however it was just over 4% in September 2023.
Example for the national living wage?
2 million people in the uk are not earning enough to sustain a healthy lifestyle as 2 million people in the uk are either paid the NLW OR NMW
Example for EMA?
in Scotland in 2023 15,135 secondary pupils were receiving EMA?
Example for free tuition frees?
Englands gap in education is increasing rapidly, howberr in Scotland around 16.5% of university entrants are Scotlands most deprived 20%
Example for MUP
that according to the university of Glasgow MUP lead to a 13.4% reduction in alcohol related deaths and 4.1% drop in hospital admissions.
Example of the baby box scheme?
9 in 10 parents agreed it saved them financial strain
Example for the trusses trust
94% increase in the number of people accessing these services in the past 5 years
Example for the cost of living crisis?
Between 2022 and 2023 inflation in the u, grew at the rate of 11% while unemployment benefits increased by Judy 3.1%
ExamPlw for universal credit?
54% of those who receive universal credit live in poverty.
Example for unemployment?
22% of respondents said that their household changin from a working one to a workless household was a factor in them expierencing poverty.
Example for low wages?
Statistics show that over 3/5 people living in poverty in the uk are in a working household
How many ethnic minority people live in poverty?
48%
