Who says that poverty is a lack of power or a lack or voice?
Lister
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In 2010 in the UK, what percentage of people blame laziness for generational cycles of poverty?
25%
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In 1997, Labour committed to the eradication of child poverty by what year?
2020
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How much pensions/housing/council tax benefit goes unclaimed every year?
£5.5 billion
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How much means-tested benefits goes unclaimed annually?
£18 billion
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To whom does the capabilities approach belong?
Amartya Sen
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Who says that the large increase in relative poverty between 1983 and 1990 reflects 'a large shift in public attitudes'?
Gordon and Pantazis
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You are income poor if you earn less than what percentage of the median income?
60%
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Between 1991 and 1999, what percent of the UK population lived on continuously how income for 7-9 years?
8%
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Who finds that people compare their situation to those close to them rather than extremes of wealth?
Runciman
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What phrase describes the phenomenon of peoples' expectations of poverty forming early in life?
lagged poverty line
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If only the cost of housing was shared between a couple what percentages of men and women, respectively, would be income poor? (Davies and Joshi 1994)
11% and 52%
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Who argues that poverty is an absolute notion in the space of capabilities and is a relative notion in the space of commodities?
Sen
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What percentages of sons and daughters, respectively, of men in the lowest 25% of earnings end up in the bottom quarter?
34% and 37%
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What percentages of sons and daughters, respectively, of men in the lowest 25% of earnings end up in the top quarter?
13% and 12%
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Who points out that health, housing and working conditions all impact standard of living but they are not included in income or expenditure?
Townsend
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What percent of children were in relative poverty income in 2008/9?
22%
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What percent of children were in both low income and material deprivation in 2008/9?
17%
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What percent of children were in absolute poverty in 2008/9?
12%
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What percent income bracket do over half of working people exiting relative poverty enter into?
60-70
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What is the life expectancy of boys living in Kensington and Chelsea, and Islington, respectively?
84 and 75
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Children from which families are twice as likely to live in relative poverty than children from white families?
black and minority ethnic
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Who finds that 'the more we target benefits at the poor only and the more concerned we are with creating equality via equal public transfers to all, the less likely we are to reduce poverty and inequality'?
Korpi and Palme
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
In 2010 in the UK, what percentage of people blame laziness for generational cycles of poverty?
Back
25%
Card 3
Front
In 1997, Labour committed to the eradication of child poverty by what year?
Back
Card 4
Front
How much pensions/housing/council tax benefit goes unclaimed every year?
Back
Card 5
Front
How much means-tested benefits goes unclaimed annually?
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