Social Inequality Poster

• Women are 43% less likely to be given a custodial sentence for indictable offences
• Males aged 15-19 were the most targetted by police for stop and search
• A survey conducted in prisons found that those from an ethnic background were far more likely to report a negative experience from the staff than white prisoners

• Children from disadvanatged households are 28% less likely to meet GCSE grade benchmarks in comparison to more well off households.
• At GCSE level, the average grade 8 attainment was 53.9% for girls but only 48.1% for boys.
• Black Carribean pupils are 3 times more likely to be excluded from schools than White British pupils.

Social Inequality

The workplace

Public health

What is it?

Crime

Education

• The 'healthy life expectancy' (years in good health) in deprived areas of England is 51.9 years compared to 70.6 in the least deprived areas.
• A study found that female dementia patients recived less health monitoring than male patients
• After age 30, pakistani and bangladeshi ethinc groups have the worst health levels compared to any other ethnic group

• In April 2020 it was found that the pay gap for full time employees was 7.4% for women
• The minimum wage for 16 year olds is £4.81 while it is £9.18 for 21 year olds, even when doing the same job.
• The TUC found that 36% of ethinic minority employees had heard racist comments or jokes in the workplace

Social inequality is defined as the unequal distribution of resources and opportunities among members of a given society. Despite inequality being hard to define, it is generally agreed that British society is unequal in some aspects, some people have access to far more wealth and power than others, for example. Inequality can often be found in education, public health, the legal system and the workplace. Inequality is often based on social class, age, gender and ethnicity.