Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Gender
- 21% of women live on a
low income compared
to 19% of men
- Joseph
Rowntree
Foundation
- Feminisation of Poverty
- Feminist
- Liberal Feminists say poverty
by women being socialised
into traditional gender roles
- Being caring
- Usually the one to look
after someone who is sick
- Women are over-represented
in poverty stats
- Hidden Poverty
- Women face poverty whilst
being hidden within the family
- Resources not distributed evenly
- Women go without so
children have enough
- Men have more control
over household income
- Flaherty (2004) suggested why
women were more vulnerable to
poverty
- 35% of women (16-64) are
unemployed compared to
25% of men
- Women earn 81p for
every £1 a man earns
- Caused by
horizontal
segregation
- 43% of women work part time
compared to 13% of men
- Responsible for care
- 22% of women (60<) live on a low
income compared to16% of men
- Some women have lower
state pensions because
they are paid less national
insurance than men
- 92% of lone parents
are women
- 38% of lone parents said
their money runs out at
the end of the week
- Secondary
Labour
Market
- Low pay, low skill, part time
- Manufacturing/retail
- Women are more likely to
take these jobs as they are
flexible (children)
- Horizontal
Segregation
- Men and women
concentrated in different
employment sectors
- 5 C's
- Catering, Cleaning,
Caring, Cashiering,
Clerical
- Vertical
Segregation
- When men are
concentrated in higher
positions than women
- Only 6% of
consultants
are women