Patterns of social inequality

Question 1

Wealth

Answer 1

• Low incomes linked to ill health
• Lack of formal qualifications
• Income increases means more disposable income

Question 2

Housing

Answer 2

• Less income = smaller housing, overcrowding
• Leads to ill health
• Demand exceeds supply, homeless
• Forced to live in slums, lack of housing
• Leads to squatting illegally in ACs
• Inflation leads to people excluded from housing market
• Migration of rich people into rural areas raises house prices, low income families cannot afford
• Further inequality in rural areas

Question 3

Health

Answer 3

• Link between ill health & deprivation
• Poor diet, unhealthy, stress
• Limited / no access to NHS
• Healthcare distribution uneven
• Limited mobility, tansport
• Less healthcare in rural areas, disperse

Question 4

Education

Answer 4

• Different access to education
• Most govs invest, education; increase quality of life & standard of living
• Universal primary education: Millenium Development Goal
• Access to basic education rare in LIDC rural areas

Question 5

Services

Answer 5

• Affects QOL & SOL
• Disadvantage if acessing difficult
• Number of services eg: doctors / 1k people
• Core regions, better healthcare, urban rural divide
• Influenced by: number, acess, social, economic factors
• Tech
• Internet speed, faster in urban areas
• Satellite allows conectivity of extreme remote places
• Internet restricted in some countries by gov