Social Issues in the UK Flashcards
Poverty is a household who’s income is less than 60% of the UK average income:
60% UK average income:
60% Aberdeen average income:
- £16500
- £17750
What is the gap in education between deprived child and better off one by age 5?
13 months
In deprived areas of Scotland what % pupils leave school early with no qualifications?
11% compared to 3% better off kids.
% disabled people who are unemployed:
% people without disability who are unemployed:
10%
5%
What is social mobility?
The ability to move up the social classes which are defined by income.
3% of richest 20% of mothers have no qualifications compared to
46% of poorest 20% of mothers.
How much longer could people in a wealthy area (Lenzie, Glasgow) live compared to those in a deprived area (Carlton, Glasgow)?
28 years
How many jobs in the UK pay less than £7/hr?
4.4 million
A 2012 report showed how many families are in poverty due to low pay?
> 6 million
What improved under the coalition government?
Unemployment, however the jobs created were low paid, insecure and low skilled.
What % of families below UK poverty line contained no working members?
42%
How many children, in a family with an income, are in poverty?
25,000
What % UK children were in poverty between 2013-14?
28%
What fraction of Scottish children are in poverty?
> 1 in 5
Benefits are failing to meet basic needs:
163% increase in food bank use in 1 year
