causes of social inequality

Question 1

unemployment

Answer 1

• those without job/not having secure income, despite rates being lowest since 2005 at 4.5, its still a pressing issue
• forces those to rely on benefits, recent benefit cut in place to encourage work, however discriminate against single parents who cannot manage to work
• more than 65% of people in poverty are unemployed
• shows a huge factor has a knock on effect to health

Question 2

cycle of poverty

Answer 2

-children who grow up in low income families are more likely to suffer from MH issues and struggle at school, hard to break out of the cycle with no education

• 1 in 8 children who come from a low income background become high income earners
• shows the cycle is extremely hard to break out of and will most likely be generations deep

-further effects them at retirement age with lower entitlement, state pensions just £100 a week, inadequate

Question 3

low pay

Answer 3

• 2015 bottom 10% of earners earned -£300 a week, the top 10% earned +£1000 per week
• shows major divide in our society and inequality
• low pay = a deterrent to find work, some cases even show that benefits are higher
• more than 50% of people in poverty live in a family where someone works
• shows low aid jobs not lifting people from poverty and low pay is significant as to why people are stuck in poverty
• 1mil people in the UK are on min wage
• it is insufficient, the real living wage, an unofficial choice for employers is more helpful, 3800 employers chose it as a more realistic wage
• shows uk still have a long way to go before we implement the RLW as compulsory