Diversity in the UK Flashcards
(27 cards)
women encouraged to work
- flexible working hours
- financial support for child care
flexible working hours
- combining office work with working from home
- some work in evenings
- mobile phones (people work on the go)
part time or self employed
- work-life balance and prefer to work from home
- high speed internet allows people to work on the go or from home
de-industrialisation
jobs in manufacturing have been replaced by jobs in services or tertiary sector
average salary
£26,500
premier league footballers
£500,000 a week
working on minimum wage
earns you £13,000 per year
disposable income
the amount of money you have left after you have paid taxes, pensions and mortgage
average disposable income
£17,500
residents in westminster
have fout times the disposable income than residents in Leicester
lowest disposable income
midlands
northern ireland
average life expectancy
81 years
why has life expectancy increased over the years
health care, diets, standards of living have all improved
highest life expectancy
south east 82.4 years
lowest life expectancy
scotland 79.1 years
men living in blackpool
8 years less than in london
women living in manchester
lowest life expectancy
how does quality of life affect life expectancy
poor diets, smoking are the biggest risk of premature death or disability
highest grades
in london 72% achieved a* to c grades
middle grades
yorkshire and humber only 65% a* to c
lowest grades
knowsley 40.8% and middlesbrough 40.9%
more deprived areas
with low incomes and high unemployment, tend to have lowest levels of achievement
concentration of ethnic groups
London
there are about 3 million foreign-born residents
problems with clusters of ethnic groups
settle in areas leading to low incomes and limited job security they usually end up living in deprived areas
