Material Deprivation and Class
- Created by: Emily Uffindell
- Created on: 04-05-14 15:31
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- Material Deprivation and Class
- Definition: a lack of those physical necessities that are seen as essential
- Flaherty 2004:
- Pakistanis and Bangladeshis are over 3 times more likely to be in the poorest 1/5 of the population.
- Unemployment is 3 times higher for African/Bangladeshi people.
- 15 of ethnic minorities live in over-crowded accommodation whereas it's 2% of whites.
- Bangladeshi/Pakistani women are more likely to be engaged in low-paid, home-making, sometimes for as little as £1:50 an hour.
- Swann Report: Social class accounts for 50% of ethnic differences in achievement.
- Gillborn and Mirza: social class factors don't override the influence of ethnicity.
- Even black children do comparatively worse at GCSE.
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