MODERN STUDIES Income inequality evidence

Income inequality: Age - Fuel poverty

Around 80 elderly people die each day in winter due to fuel poverty

Income inequality: Age - Pension (balance)

Elders who own their houses may have payed off their mortgage on their property and therefore have a large equity on their home

Income inequality: Race - Promotion/pay

BAME employees are loosing out on around £3.2 billion a year in wages compared to white employees doing the same job

Income inequality: Race - Discrimination

in 2009, a study showed that BAME job applicants were discriminated against in favour of white applicants in 29% of cases

Income inequality: Gender - Mummy track

Women get 90% of their salary for the first 6 weeks of maternity leave, and after this they get a far lower % of their salary until they return back to work full time

Income inequality: Gender - Gender pay gap

The average difference in pay between men and women in the UK is 15.4%

Income inequality: Social class - Social mobility

the proportion of people from higher classes who went on into professional jobs was 60% in 2021, compared to 34% of those brought up in lower classes

Income inequality: Social class - (Balance)

In Scotland, all universities are free to attend for those who live in Scotland and accept those from private and public schools