childrens inequalities

• nationality 


  -children of different nationalities likely to experience different childhoods & life chances

  -90% of world's low birth-weight babies born in developing countries
• gender - Hillman


  -boys more likely to be allowed to:

  > cross/cycle on roads

  > use buses

  > go out after dark unaccompanied
• gender - Bonke


  -girls do more domestic labour > especially in lone parent families

  -5x more housework than boys
• ethnicity - Brannen study

  -15-16 year olds

  -found Asian parents more likely than others to be strict towards daughters
• ethnicity - Bhatti


  -family honour could be restriction
• most important class inequalities between children

  -poor mothers more likely have low birth-weight babies > delayed physical & intellectual development

  -children of unskilled manual workers over 3x more likely to suffer from hyperactivity & 4x more likely to experience conduct disorders

  -children born into poor families more likely:

  > to die in infancy/childhood

  > suffer longstanding illnesses

  > be shorter in height

  > fall behind in school

  > be placed on child protection register
• criticism of march of progress

  -cannot speak of 'children' in general

  -as they're not equal