Living conditions

Working conditions

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· Free health service for all

· Holidays with pay for many workers

· Insurance against accidents

· Divorce more difficult and abortion was a criminal offence unless on medical grounds

· Sport and exercise encouraged – trade unions and collective farms provided clubs and sports

· Paid according to ‘piece work’ – if you worked hard you would earn more

· No unemployment – unlike countries such as USA, UK and Germany

· Women were employed (1940 – 40% of workers were women)

· Education improved

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· Overcrowding as peasants moved to the city – trams and buses crowded and often one family per room with 6% of households having more than one room

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· Peasants who worked in urban areas took time to adjust to the regulations of factory work

	Created by jeacur over 11 years ago

GCSE History Note on SOCIETY, created by jeacur on 20/05/2013.