Who is likely to experience poverty? Which other groups are likely to experience poverty? Learning objective: To identify the different social groups that are likely to experience poverty

Who are likely to experience poverty 1.Lone parents 2. Families with children under Children and young people 4. Adults living in 1 person households 5. The elderly 6. Women 7. Those who leave education aged 16 or under 8. People with disabilities 9. People from ethnic groups

Using page 322, of the textbook ‘Active Sociology for GCSE’ complete the table GroupExplanation Ethnic groupsMore likely to have low incomes, due to high rates of unemployment, low pay when employed and lack of qualifications and skills WomenWomen live longer and are more likely to become pensioners, be lone parents, earn less than men, or work part time ChildrenThis is the largest group. Especially children from single parent families The elderlyPensions and retirement force this group to live in poverty People with disabilitiesLess able to work full time and earn a wage that will ensure they do not live in poverty

GroupExplanation Ethnic groupsMore likely to have low incomes, due to high rates of unemployment, low pay when employed and lack of qualifications and skills WomenWomen live longer and are more likely to become pensioners, be lone parents, earn less than men, or work part time ChildrenThis is the largest group. Especially children from single parent families The elderlyPensions and retirement force this group to live in poverty People with disabilities Using page 322, of the textbook ‘Active Sociology for GCSE’ complete the table

Task Discussion - The unemployed deserve to be poor because they are too lazy to find jobs Create a poster to illustrate the ways in which the various groups are most likely to experience poverty. Use the information from the table you complete, Blundell, page and Collins Sociology for AQA, page to help.