Focus on Social InequalitiesThis publication combines data from the 2001 census along with other official sources to present a focus on social inequalities. Contrasting the situations between advantaged and disadvantaged people, along with international comparisons, the report looks at the following key areas, including: education, training and skills; work; income; living standards; health and how disadvantages in one area can effect an individual's ability to participate in society. The report is aimed at policy makers, researchers, students and those interested in social inequality and related themes. |
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adults aged 16 Appendix areas attainment average Bangladeshi birth Black Caribbean bottom quintile group Britain Percentages Census compared Department for Education Department for Transport deprived disabled economically inactive Education and Skills employment rates England & Wales England and Wales Equivalisation ethnic groups factors Family Resources Survey Females Figure five per cent GCSE grades higher grade GCSEs HM Treasury homeless household income income distribution increased Key Stage Labour Force Survey labour market less living standards London lone parents low income lower lowest Males manual minority ethnic groups National Statistics non-manual Northern Ireland NS-SEC Office for National Omnibus Survey Pakistani pension people's percentage points population poverty professional occupations proportion Research risk rough sleepers savings smoking social class Social Exclusion Source Stationery Office Table top quintile transport truancy unemployed United Kingdom Percentages unsecured debt volunteering weekly women aged workless