Social Inequality

Question 1

What is social inequality?

Answer 1

The uneven distribution of opportunities and rewards for different social groups, defined by factors such as housing, healthcare, education, employment and access to services.

Question 2

What is spacial inequality?

Answer 2

Diffferences in inequality across geographical space.

Question 3

What are some examples of factors that are unevenly distributed across the UK?

Answer 3

Income, Education and Healthcare

Question 4

What do inequalities lead to disparities in?

Answer 4

Disparities in quality of life.

Question 5

Define Quality of Life

Answer 5

Material living conditions, education, leisure and social interaction, govenance and basic rights, economic and physical safety etc…

Question 6

Define standard of living, and what factors can affect it?

Answer 6

The living conditions provided by your level of income, (neccesities and luxuries), and it can be affected by gender, race and ethnicity in some cases.

Question 7

What are the four income levels?

Answer 7

Level 1: <$2 a day
Level 2: $2 - $8 a day
Level 3: $8 - $32 a day
Level 4: >$32 a day

Question 8

What is the difference between absolute poverty and relative poverty?

Answer 8

Relative poverty is based on the standards of living in each country, and people’s wealth in comparison to that (e.g. in the UK relative poverty would be below £296 a week), whereas absolute poverty is defined as living on less than $1.90 a day PPP, with not enough money to meet basic living standards (food, water, shelter)

Question 9

Define Deprivation

Answer 9

A lack of services and opportunities for individuals and areas.

Question 10

What are the 7 domains of deprivation and their percentages, according to the IDACI?

Answer 10

1: Income - 22.5%
2: Employment - 22.5%
3: Education - 13.5%
4: Health - 13.5%
5: Crime - 9.3%
6: Barriers to housing and services - 9.3%
7: Living environment - 9.3%

Question 11

What is HDI and how is it measured?

Answer 11

HDI is the Human Development Index, and it is measured on a scale from 0 - 1 using small decimal values to give a relitavely accurate value. It is made by comprising other development values, such as healthcare and literacy rate.

Question 12

What is inluded in the Index of Mutiple Deprivation?

Answer 12

Housing and Living Environment, Income, Employment, Health, Education, Crime, Access to Services.

Question 13

Who is the most susceptible to ecomic change?

Answer 13

People with Low Income

Question 14

What 4 factors can lead to Poor Health?

Answer 14

Poor Diet, Poor Housing, lack of access to green spaces and lack of access to medical services.

Question 15

What is the range of wealth in the UK?

Answer 15

£31, 838

Question 16

What is resulting in long term cycles of poverty in UK towns and cities?

Answer 16

De-industrialisation

Question 17

Why do slums grow?

Answer 17

Due to the demand for cheap affordable housing being greater than the supply.

Question 18

What is the cycle of deprivation?

Answer 18

Poverty, which leads to poor living conditions, which leads to poor health, which leads to poor education, which leads to poor skills, which in turn leads to an increase in poverty.