Sociology- Groups most at risk of poverty
- Created by: Sophie Masetti
- Created on: 09-05-15 16:00
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- GROUPS MOST LIKELY AT RISK OF POVERTY
- ELDERLY
- Behavioural
- Not motivated to work- have done their fair share of work other their lifetime
- Want to sustain their pre-retirement lifestyle on less money (not prepared to make cuts)
- Failure to set money aside for retirement
- Less adaptable- decide to retire at 65 regardless of situation
- Not willing to ask for help
- Reluctance to claim benefit entitlements (900,000 don't claim pension tax credits)
- Situational
- Have had insufficient resources during working lifetime to make provision for retirement
- May only have one income to live on if spouse is deceased
- Extra costs due to old age e.g. transport to medical appointments
- Inability to work due to problems associated with old age
- Structural
- Forced retirement
- Inadequate state pension (currently £5881 a year)
- Behavioural
- WOMEN
- Behavioural
- Young girls 'churn out' babies with out consideration of whether than can afford it
- Women have a lack of commitment to paid employment
- Women are dependant on males for income
- Situational
- Most lone-parents are female which is strongly associated with poverty
- Women are more likely to work part-time which is lower paid and offers less opportunities
- Women have caring responsibilities and can not work as much because of it
- Women live longer than men so the majority of pensioners are women which are more likely to be poor
- Structural
- Outdated gender norms and stereotypes see the women's role at home- discrimination
- Benefits for carers and single parents are too low for them to be able to sustain a decent standard of living
- Behavioural
- ETHINIC MINORITIES
- Behavioural
- Some Bangladeshi and Pakistani families choose to have larger families which demands a greater income
- New arrivals in the UK may be reluctant to learn the language
- Cultural values may mean children following in their parents footsteps
- Situational
- May face language barriers which make it difficult to find work
- Tend to live in more deprived areas where jobs opportunities are low and there is poor education
- More likely to have unskilled, low pay jobs
- Perform worse at school
- Poor quality housing
- More likely to be lone-parents
- Structural
- Howard et al (2001) failure to provide translation facilities
- Racism and discrimination
- Stereotypes of some women from ethnic groups having to give up work for children
- Behavioural
- DISABLED
- Behavioural
- Have developed a psychology of dependancy
- Have put up barriers to find employment
- Situational
- Additional costs associated with disability e.g. transport, medicine, heating costs
- Inability to work due to disability
- Structural
- Society disables people with impairments by restricting access thus limiting their opportunities
- Labour market exculsion
- Disability living allowance is inadequate
- Behavioural
- ELDERLY
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