Why does inequality exist
within countries??
LO – to understand how we can
measure inequality within a
counntry and why that inequality
exists
Disparities and inequities within one
country – Papua New Guinea
• Exam question - “Explain why there are
disparities and inequities that occur
within one country that you have
studied.”
(15 marks)
• P79-85 Planet Geography (chapter 2)
• Due – next lesson
USA Income by ethnicity
USA income by ethnicity and
education
Sub questions
• What types of inequality could we try and
measure?
• For each – can you think of useful ways of
measuring inequality between them?
Labour force participation of
women
http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/indicators/489
06.Html
USA 0.82
UK 0.81
Philippines 0.62
This compares how many women work
for every man working
Population with secondary
education – male-female ratio
•
http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/indicators/24806.htm
USA 1.004
UK 1.015
Philippines 1.035
This means that USA has more females
finishing secondary school than men.
Female members of
government
http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/indicators/83506.html
USA 0.2
UK 0.28
Philippines 0.285
So Philippines parliament is 28% women
Literacy (can people read and
write)
http://www.prb.org/DataFinder/Topic/Rankings.aspx?ind=20
USA Men 99% Female 99%
UK Men 99% Female 99%
Philippines Men 96% Female 94%
USA – women’s wages as % of
men
UK Salaries favour men?
Surely in The Philippines women earn as
much as men?
Women earn an average wage that is 7.3
percent lower than men’s average wages.
Female factory workers earn on an
average P296.36 daily, lower than men’s
daily rate of P319.75
http://www.eiler.ph/2-3-million-filipino-women-render-unpaid-work-prone-to-abuse-%E2%80%93-think-tank/
Jobs? % with a job.
UK
White 96% Black 84 % Asian 92%
http://www.ethnicity.ac.uk/census/CoDE-Employment-Census-Briefing.pdf
USA White 92% Black 84% Asian 93%
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2012/ted_20120905.htm
Philippines - not availiable
Prison
• UK Black people are 15% of prisoners but
2.2% population
• USA Black people are 40% of prisoners
but 12% overall population
• Philippines – information not available
Prison?
People in Government
• UK - 4% of MP’s are not white
http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/key-issues-for-the-new-parliament/the-new-parliament/characteristics-of-the-new-house-of-commons/
• USA – 12% of Governer’s are not white.
Work – Top Jobs
• USA management jobs – 52% white, 18%
black, 30% Asian
• UK management jobs – 96% white, 1%
black, 2% Asian
Pay?
UK average hourly wage
White 11.59 pounds Black 10.17
9.60
Asian
USA average hourly wage
White 16.25 dollars Black 8.90 Asian
14.98
Why do you think
that inequality
exists?
The origin of disparities in
PNG
Complete the table using:
•
P. 33- 36 of IB Geography course companion
•
P71-84 Planet Geo
• What is it?
According to syllabus..
Complete table.. For PNG