Sociology G674- Ethnic disadvantages

Income and wealth, employment, education, health, crime, politics and mass media portrayal.

published on June 15, 2014
1/10

What were the median earnings per hour as concluded by Equality Human Rights Commission 1998-2004 for Indian people and for Pakistani//Bangladeshi people?

Hint: 2 choices
£8.41
£8.14
£6.25
£9.41
£9.14
£7.25
2/10

White people likely to work until an average of what age? Compared to the average age of what for Bangladeshi people? As concluded by the Labour Force Survey 2005

Hint: 2 choices
76.2
67.2
41.2
42.1
24.6
3/10

Considering 91% of the general population are white and 2.2% of the general population are black what % of the prison population is black compared to white? According to 2008 statistics on race and the criminal justice system.

Hint: 2 choices
79%
10.6%
11.3%
69%
4/10

What is the unemployment rate for white people and then for Pakistani/Bangladeshi people?

Hint: 2 choices
(lowest) 4.3
(lowest) 3.4
(lowest) 2.4
(lowest) 4.2
(highest) 14.4
(highest) 13.4
(highest) 15.2
5/10

What % of ethnic minorities are managers and senior officers?

15-20%
10-15%
15-25%
6/10

How much more likely are Asian and black people to be stopped and searched?

Hint: 2 choices
7 times
5 times
3 times
4 times
9 times
7/10

How much higher are the exclusion rates for black British students?

4 times
5 times
7 times
8/10

How much higher, according to the Survey for England 2000, are the smoking rates of Bangladeshi men compared to the general population?

2 times
5 times
4 times
3 times
9/10

What % of Bangladeshi men work in the restaurant industry?

20%
50%
25%
75%
10/10

Considering 8% of the UK's population consists of 'non-white' groups in 2005, what was the % of all MPs from 'non-white' groups?

2%
3%
4%