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Outline ways in which ethnic inequality impacts on poverty (20) Taylor PurrottDefinition of terms Ethnicity- the quality or fact of belonging to a population group or subgroup
made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent.
Inequality- difference in size, degree, circumstances, etc.; lack of equality
Poverty- The state of being extremely poor
Way 1 Statistic/study PEEE
Elderly people most impacted Runnymede ‘Ready For Retirement’ 2010- BAME older people 3x more likely to
but more negatively on BAME experience poverty in retirement
Evandrou (2000)- white elderly have the lowest level of poverty
Positive- white elderly less
likely to experience poverty. Then use example + what a theory would think
Way 2 Statistic/study PEEE
2011 census- 1/3 Bangladeshi/Pakistani living in ‘deprived’ areas: only 1/12 of white
British
Flaherty 2004- reasons for poverty among BAME include: unemployment, low-skilled
jobs, education, area, housing, benefit problems
Then use example + what a theory would think
Way 3 Statistic/study PEEE
Alcock 1997- BAME experience ‘material deprivation’ (refers to the inability
for individuals or households to afford those consumption goods and activities
that are typical in a society at a given point in time, irrespective of people’s
preferences with respect to these items.)
Flaherty 2004- Pakistani’s + Bangladeshis 3x more likely than whites to be in
poorest 5th of population. Unemployment likely to be 3x higher for them y
Africans than whites.
Then use example + what a theory would think
Way 4 Statistic/study PEEE
National Equality Panel 2010- white households’ median wealth £221,000-Bangladeshi
£15,000
BBC 2004- CVs for 6 fictious candidates- who were given traditionally White/Black
African/Muslim names- sent to 50 companies. All applicants had same
qualities/experience. 25% of White names offered interviews, 13% Black African and
9% Muslim.
Then use example + what a theory would think
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