Standard of living
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- Created on: 23-04-16 12:40
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- STANDARD OF LIVING
- 1918-1939
- post war boom - serious recession in 1921
- poor wages fell until 1934
- families had less than £5 a week
- some people standard improved
- prices fell faster than wages
- cost of living fell 1/3 1920-1938
- quality of life in York improved by 30%
- prices fell faster than wages
- poor wages fell until 1934
- regional variation
- north
- traditional industries e.g. shipbuilding
- export reliant - disrupted in WW1
- competitors emerged
- export reliant - disrupted in WW1
- unemployment rose to 3 million 1932-1933
- 1944: 85% long term unemployed in North England
- 1932: 62% ship builders unemployed only 20% car manufactures
- 730,000 consumers in 1920
- 1932: 62% ship builders unemployed only 20% car manufactures
- 1944: 85% long term unemployed in North England
- malnourished and poverty stricken
- 5.17 infant deaths /1000 in south wales
- 0.86/1000 in Kensington London
- traditional industries e.g. shipbuilding
- south
- modern industries e.g. chemicals
- electricity
- 730,000 consumers in 1920
- 9 million in 1938
- electricity
- improved living standards
- varied housing made cheap mortgages
- modern industries e.g. chemicals
- north
- post war boom - serious recession in 1921
- 1941-1951
- Total War
- everybody has the same experience
- rationing, conscription and loss of life
- 2/7 houses destroyed 3.5 million
- 8.5 million essential work orders
- everybody has the same experience
- continuing rationing
- 1946 1/4 of consumer goods rationed
- 1949 - 12%
- caused by harsh winters of 1946 and 1947
- 1946 1/4 of consumer goods rationed
- Total War
- 1951-1979
- incomes
- 1970's golden era of western capitalism
- disposable income rose by 30%
- home ownership rose by 50%
- car ownership by 52%
- 1970's golden era of western capitalism
- consumerism
- local money lenders used by poor had high interest rates
- 1974 consumer credit act
- clarified rights of borrowing
- led to explosion in borrowing
- clarified rights of borrowing
- wants and needs
- gas sales doubled
- electricity sales quadrupled
- central heating increased 50%
- incomes
- 1918-1939
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