Social Inequality

Question 1

Reasons why health inequalities exist

Answer 1

Diet, Alcohol, Gender, Smoking

Question 2

Diet

Answer 2

• 30% cancers linked to poor diet, red meat, sugar, etc
• only 30% Scots aware of link between diet & cancer

Question 3

Alcohol

Answer 3

• Consumption is Scotland 25% higher than England
• Alcohol deaths 6x higher in most deprived than least deprived

Question 4

Smoking

Answer 4

• Causes 13k deaths in Scotland every year
• 36% most deprived smoke vs 11% least deprived

Question 5

Government Measures

Answer 5

Universal Credit, MUP, PIP, Baby Box

Question 6

Universal Credit

Answer 6

• 6 weeks to be put into system
• Childcare raised from £600 -> over £1000 per month in April

Question 7

MUP

Answer 7

• Alcohol sales down 3% in first 3 years of MUP
• Hospitalisations down 4.1% since introduction

Question 8

PIP

Answer 8

• ATOS rule injured people fit to work
• Cost gvmt $2nn more than previous scheme

Question 9

Baby Box

Answer 9

• 61% not use for main purpose- sleep
• Is not ‘’means tested” - everyone can have it

Question 10

Group - Women

Answer 10

Health, Family Responsibility, Income & employment

Question 11

Health

Answer 11

• 60% more likely to react to prescription
• depression is 50% more common amongst women

Question 12

Income & Employment

Answer 12

• Only 22% judges in Scotland female
• Work for 42 days for free compared to men
• most women employed in 5 Cs: catering, cleaning, caring, clerical, cashiering

Question 13

Family Responsibility

Answer 13

• Children make women work part time which has a 35% pay gap
• 35% women want to work full time however can’t as children

Question 14

Housing

Answer 14

• 1 in 39 single mothers now homeless and live shelter
• 36% more likely to be in arrears or struggling to pay than men