Topic 3: Ethnicity - Material factors

Question 1

Do all ethnic groups have the same chances of living in poverty?

Answer 1

No.

Some groups have a higher chance of living in poverty.

Question 2

What did Lisa Platt (2011) find about male hourly rates between ethnicities?

Answer 2

Men from Chinese and Indian backgrounds tend to get paid more, whereas those from Bangladeshi and Pakistani groups get paid less.

Question 3

Do income patterns reflect achievement patterns?

Answer 3

To an extent - Chinese and Indian children do perform, on average, considerably better than other groups, however, one would expect African Caribbean boys to do better given their relative income.

Question 4

Do inequalities in income reflect entitlement to FSM? If so, how?

Answer 4

YES!!!!!!!

Bangladeshis have the highest entitlement (38.5%), whereas Indians have the lowest (9.7%).

Question 5

What does DofE (2011) stats show about the relationship between those eligible for FSM and achievement?

Answer 5

In all ethnic groups, those who are eligible do worse than those who do not.
However, to what extent, varies across ethnicities - White Brits are affected by this more, suggesting that cultural factors are also at work.

Question 6

What did Gilborn and Mirza (2000) find in the study on the effects of social class on ethnic groups in education?

Answer 6

There was a strong relationship between social class and achievement.
Those from the middle classes did better, regardless of ethnicity.
However, African-Caribbean boys performed particularly poorly against other ethnicities of the same class.

Question 7

What was Modood’s (2004) argument from cultural capital?

Answer 7

Recent migrants to the UK, despite qualifications, are less likely to get jobs relating to their skills - downwardly mobile.
Thus, they can help their children better than white British parents of the same supposed class.