SOCIAL ISSUES - examples Flashcards
(20 cards)
HEALTH INEQUALITY alcohol is a lifestyle choice
(PEE)
Scottish men and women are 2x more likely to die of alcohol related harm than those in England
HEALTH INEQUALITY alcohol is not a lifestyle choice
(REE)
health Scotland reports that the level of alcohol-specific death for the in the most deprives areas of Scotland was 8x higher than for those in the least deprived areas
HEALTH INEQUALITY smoking is a lifestyle choice
(PEE)
scotlands anti-smoking charity (ASH) found that there are almost 10,000 smoking related deaths in Scotland each year (16%) of all deaths and around 100,000 smoking related hospital admissions annually
HEALTH INEQUALITY smoking isn’t a lifestyle choice
(PEE)
13% of children in the most deprived areas of Scotland were vaping compared to 3% in the most affluent areas
HEALTH INEQUALITY
diet is a lifestyle choice
(PEE)
around 2/3rds of adults are overweight while almost 1/3rd are obese.
HEALTH INEQUALITY
diet isn’t a lifestyle choice
(PEE)
data from children in Scotland indicates that children living in the most deprived parts of Scotland are twice as likely to be at risk of obesity than those living in the least deprived parts of Scotland
WEALTH INEQUALITY
unemployment & benefits
(PEE)
households where someone is in full time work poverty rate is 10% VS part time work is 23%
WEALTH INEQUALITY
success of benefits
(REE)
JRF commented on the positives of universal credit system saying it would take 30k working families out of poverty as well as seeing 5.5million people increase their income.
WEALTH INEQUALITY
low wages in the UK
(PEE)
around 68% of working age adults in poverty live in a household where at least one adult is in work
WEALTH INEQUALITY
types of employment
(REE)
part time work shows poverty rates of 23% vs full time employment is only at 10%
WEALTH INEQUALITY
education
(PEE)
just over 1 in 10 working - age adults witnessed an undergraduate degree or above are living in poverty compared with more than 4 in 10 working - age adults with no qualifications
WEALTH INEQUALITY
geography
(REE)
children living in the most deprived ares of Scotland are around two years of schooling behind their peers at age 15
GOVERNMENT RESPONSES
universal credit
(PEE)
JRF highlighted in 2019 UC was likely to reduce the number of people in poverty in working households by 300,000
GOVERNMENT RESPONSES
universal credit
(REE)
40 % said they had fallen into debt as a result of the cuts to UC in autumn 2021
GOVERNMENT RESPONSES
national living wage
(PEE)
as women account for 59% of low paid jobs this will help to tackle the gender pay gap
GOVERNMENT RESPONSES
national living wage
(REE)
NLW in 2023-24 was £10.42 Vs RLW £12
GOVERNMENT RESPONSES
Scottish child payment
(PEE)
success of this is likely to reduce the child poverty rates in Scotland by 5 percentile points
GOVERNMENT RESPONSES
Scottish child payment
(REE)
child poverty action group concluded that between 2019-21 the actual child poverty rate in Scotland remained at 24% for all children showing little to no progress
GOVERNMENT RESPONSES
minimum unit pricing
(PEE)
deaths caused by alcohol has dropped by around 13% and hospital admissions are down 4.1% with the largest reductions seen among men and those living in the most deprived areas
GOVERNMENT RESPONSES
minimum unit pricing
(REE)
study by the institute of alcohol studies concluded that 20% of those drinking at the most harmful levels reduced spending on other areas including food to fund their drinking habits
