stats Flashcards
what are the statistics required for Devo Max?
in 2020, Scotland would have had the ability to bring scotland into lockdown earlier than the rest of the uk if it wanted
what are the stats for federalism?
during the pandemic, Boris Johnson repeatedly made announcements addressing the UK as a whole for decisions which only applied to England, causing confusion amongst other regions of the UK
in the last 20 years england has rejected efforts to give more power to local regions and only in 2020 was it suggested by Labour that federalism could be a plausible option.
what are the examples for independance?
for example, scotland would have control over foreign relations, so we could rejoin the EU
A- this would be incredibly beneficial to scotland as it would make produce and trades more affordable
for example, the pound is the 5th strongest currency in the world and if we left the uk we may have to switch to something like euros which are less strong
what are the statistics for collectivism?
the need for food banks has increased by 128% between 2017 and 2022
the uk government spend just under £200 billion on healthcare each year to provide free services for people who need them
Boris Johnson quickly increased funding to the NHS, introduced a form of wage guarantee for workers in the form of the furlough scheme, increased benefits and even put homeless people in hotels to get them off the streets.
what are the statistics for individualism
free elderly care is available in scotland for anyone elderly to access but this has cost the government £500 million
in 2018 the BBC found that the cost of providing free prescriptions in scotland has risen by 25% in the last 10 years and will now cost the country 1.3 billion pounds
for example, almost a million people volunteered to help during the pandemic as part of the Ready Scotland and Good Sam volunteer armies.
what are the examples for the USAs monetary power?
America owns 4 out of 10 of the worlds largest corporations; Walmart, which is the largest, Amazon, which is the third largest and Apple which is the fifth largest globally.
Macdonalds is the world’s second largest private employer with 1.7 million employees as well as amazon with a total number of 1,525,000 employees in 2023.
what are examples for the USAs military power?
for example, the US spends $732 billion on its military, which is more than the $726 billion that every other country spends combined.
the US owns 12 nuclear bombs, a very large number compared to its runner ups of russia with two and the uk with 1 and a second under construction.
what are examples for the USAs political power?
in 2018 trump went back on the deal obama made with iran which led to iran resuming the construction of nuclear weapons which poses a threat to its neighbouring countries
the US congress control the budget for NATO
what are examples for the impact of age on voting behaviour?
56% of 18-24 year olds voted for labour in the 2019 election and 67% of 70+ year olds voted for conservative
a YouGov study found that for each 10 year old, someone is 9 times more likely to vote for conservative and 8 times less likely to vote for liberal
what are examples for the impact of gender on voting behaviour?
Labour are popular amongst 31% of men and 35% of women and conservatives are popular amongst 46% of men and 44% of women.
For example both men and women aged 65+ voted tory.
what are examples of the effect of education on voting behaviour?
labour did better by 29-43% amongst people with a degree or higher.
the conservatives had 58% of votes among people with only GCSEs or lower.
what are examples for first past the post?
in the 2019 general election, the conservatives won 365 out of 650 seats meaning that a majority of 285 people didn’t vote for the conservatives
what are some examples for health inequalities?
on average a man in brigenton will live 14.3 years less than a man in jordanhill and a woman will live 11.7 years less. This demonstrates the consequences of living in poverty on health because of less options for food and poor living conditions
For example the national records for scotland found in 2019 that a boy born in poverty can spend around 29.2% of his life in poor health and that rises to 34.5% for girls
