Paper 2 Age Flashcards

(39 cards)

1
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How does being young affect employment chances

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Restrictions on when and where you may work, minimum you can be paid and whether an employer chooses you

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2
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Can you do paid work under 13

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No

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3
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Minimum wage of 16 year olds

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Under £4 per hour

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4
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Minimum wage of over 21s

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Just over £6.50 per hour

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5
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What are young people used as

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Cheap labour

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6
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What is the unemployment rate of 16-24 year old

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16% and is rising

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7
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State pension age for men and women

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Men is 65
Slightly younger for women

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8
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What do sociologists believe pension age will rise to in 2026

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67 for both genders

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9
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Why can people not retire early

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Cannot afford to do so so more people are working post retirement

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10
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How many children are living poverty

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3.5 million

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11
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How many children are in poverty where someone in the family works

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63%

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12
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What does growing up in poverty mean

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Less life chances- education, health and community

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13
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What evidence shows child poverty is regional

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Out of the top 20 constituencies three of them are in Birmingham- Hall green, lady wood and hodge hill

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14
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How many pensioners live in poverty in the Uk according to Age uk

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16%

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15
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What is a big concern for pensioners

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Fuel poverty- spend more than a tenth on fuel bill- choose being eating or heating

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16
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What inequalities do young females face that young males do not

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FGM, gender based violence, early marriage and physical and emotional damage

17
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What is there a huge difference between genders

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Education- activists such as Malala fight for females to gain education equality

18
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What elderly gender is more likely to experience more inequalities

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Females are worse off than elderly males as they have a lower income

19
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What shows age is socially constructed

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Ideas about getting old vary from culture to culture

20
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What is a gerontocracy

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Society is led by older leaders

21
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What was Kagans study

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In a Colombian village and found the old remained socially and economically active and were valued and respected

22
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What did Gentleman discuss

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Care homes and although the care may be good, the lack of visits from relatives makes it an unpleasant experience
The unspoken rule is that they are left to die

23
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What did a young Iraqi nurse say about care homes

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It was a culture shock as Iraqi families see it as a blessing and honour to look after family

24
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Example of different socially constructed ideas regarding youth and culture

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Tribes e.g boys are given weapons to hunt with but in uk a child cannot be convicted of crime until age 10
West Africa girls are seen to care for siblings and fetch water at 4 but in Canada children are treated with tolerance

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Why is a postmodernist idea required to understand age and social mobility
Being old or young is not a clear divider of society other factors e.g gender and class must be looked at too Hepworth and featherstone state groups of youth and elderly are far too simplistic Marsh and keating noted different cultures have different values of different age groups
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What is the digital divide
Clear gap between old and young due to their ability to use technology e.g older people less comfortable using technology
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Why does Dowd say the elderly are strangers in their own land
Unable to cope with changes such as online banking Marks a cultural separation of young and old
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What evidence suggests the digital divide is closing
Growing group of silver surfers More post 65 accessing digital technology New generations grow up with skills so gap closes
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What does Parsons believe in society is important
Stability
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Examples of certain age groups that have norms and values that could threaten society
Rebellious youth or dependent early
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What does Parsons believes a time of youth is
Where we learn to grow up and learn new adult roles which makes society stable Allows for mistakes to be made
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What analogy does Eisenstadt use
Bridge to explain youth being a bridge from childhood to adulthood
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Who provides a free source of childcare
The elderly
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Who developed the disengagement theory
Cummings and Henry
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What idea does the disengagement theory explain age inequality starts with
The idea that all people with die
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Why must roles be filled
To maintain social stability
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Example of process of disengagement
Having a retirement age
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Why is there a mutual need for the individual to be relieved of some of their responsibilities
Persons abilities are likely to deteriorate as they age
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Evaluation of the functionalist explanation for age
Not all elderly people deteriorate at the same age or not at all- not all elderly people can take on a new role and stay happy and fulfilled and not all youth will be guided by agents of socialisation and may not leave deviant behaviour behind Phillipson claimed elderly has been used as reserve army of labour- Marx states they are secondary source of labour, invaluable only when needed