Topic B: Economic factors that affect development

Question 1

What is the difference between absolute poverty and relative poverty?

Answer 1

Absolute poverty is being unable to afford essentials whereas relative poverty is being able to afford only essentials and nothing else

Question 2

What are people with low-income more likely to experience?

Answer 2

• Ill health
• reduced opportunities
• impact on life expectancy

Question 3

What are the impacts of low income?

Answer 3

• drugs and alcohol
• obesity and unhealthy diet
• mould and damp
• less opportunities e.g. school trips

Question 4

Who is more likely to have low income?

Answer 4

• single parents
• unemployed people
• old people
• sick people
  -unskilled couples
• families with single earners

Question 5

What link does poverty and education have?

Answer 5

• less likely to go to university
• 1.5 x more likely to be unemployed
• underachieved academically

Question 6

How much behind are children with low income by the time they are 3?

Answer 6

9 months

Question 7

What effects do no or few qualifications have on individuals?

Answer 7

• low self esteem
• low self image
• less opportunities
• unemployment

Question 8

What are the effects of a good education?

Answer 8

• wider career and lifestyle choices
• higher salary
• positive self image and self esteem
• stress

Question 9

What do peer groups provide?

Answer 9

• influenced atittudes and beliefs
• discover interests
• second source of social learning

Question 10

What effects do social networking have?

Answer 10

• impact on values and beliefs
• life choices
• antisocial behaviour
• poor choices

Question 11

What link does low income have to diet and nutrition?

Answer 11

• unhealthy diet due to cheap and convenient
  -saturated fats and sugar, easier to prepare
• less excercise

Question 12

What are deficiencies and what do they cause?

Answer 12

Not having a balance of all nutrients
Slow healing process and affect development of bones, organs and muscles

Question 13

What does lack of exercise cause?

Answer 13

Increased risk of type 2 diabetes, stroke and heart disease

Question 14

What effect does cannabis have?

Answer 14

• calming effect
• effects brain function and thinking
• linked with schizophrenia and other mental health disorders
• respiratory diseases

Question 15

What effect does cocaine have?

Answer 15

• energy boost
• feeling unwell and depressed
• increased heart rate leading to heart attack or death

Question 16

What effects do ecstasy and speed have?

Answer 16

Feel more alert
- detrimental effects
- affects memory
- depression
- blood pressure and cause heart attacks

Question 17

What is the recommended number of units an adult is limited to a week?

Answer 17

14

Question 18

What % of men and women drink more than the recommended limit?

Answer 18

65% of men and 49% of women

Question 19

What does alcohol increase the risk of?

Answer 19

-Cancer especially throat, mouth and breasts
- higher risk of heart disease, bowel cancer and liver disease

Question 20

What effects do alcohol have on behavior?

Answer 20

• major factor of domestic abuse
• increase on mood swings
• breakdown within relationships
• accidents and unprotected intercourse

Question 21

What is a positive of alcohol?

Answer 21

• good for socialising
  moderate consumption can protect heart disease as widens arteries and reduces stress

Question 22

What does tobacco increase the risk of?

Answer 22

• coronary heart disease
• strokes
• lung disease such as cancer and chronic bronchitis
• effects children who inhale nicotine and unborn baby if pregnant women smokes