Social Inequality true/false

1. Social Inequality true/false

2. Power – Who has it and who doesn’t Rich Male Poor Female Black Alien White

3. Who is unequal? Social Class Gender Ethnicity Age Disability Location

4. How are they unequal? Income Housing Education Health Politics Workplace Home Media

5. True or False ? • 73% of the long-term unemployed rent their home from the council.

6. TRUE

7. True or False? • The long-term unemployed spend on average £ 8 more on fuel and power than professional people.

8. TRUE

9. True or False? • 50,000 RACIST INCIDENTS WERE REPORTED IN UK SCHOOLS IN 2007

10. FALSE • It was 100,000

11. True or False • After a decade male graduates are earning significantly more than female graduates

12. TRUE

13. True or False? • The difference in educational achievement between rich and poor has shrunk under the labour government

14. TRUE • But it is still a very significant divide

15. True or False? • People in managerial and professional occupations report higher levels of ill-health than people in manual/routine jobs.

16. FALSE • Manual/routine jobs have most self-reported health problems

17. True or False? • There were almost as many females as males appointed to FTSE 100 company directorships in 2007.

18. FALSE • There were 30 females and 152 males

19. True or False? • On average females spend more of their weekly time on domestic chores than men • And men have more leisure and rest time.

20. TRUE in 1997! • But men spend more time than women in paid work

21. True or False? • British Muslims are the most successfully employed ethnic minority group.

22. FALSE • They are the most likely to be employed in low-skill/low-paid jobs.

23. True or False? • People over 80 are more likely to be living in poverty than any other age group.

24. True

25. Gini Index

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