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  • The Black Report estimated a difference in life expectancy between the highest and lowest social classes. They found that on average middle class men lived 5 years longer than working class men.
  • Wilkinsons study in 2014 claimed that there could be as much as a 25 year difference in life expectancy between the richest and poorest people living in londond
  • Cater and coleman found that teenage preganancy was 10 times more likley to happen if the girl was from a working class family
  • Bottero - major diseases such as cancer heart disease and strokes are more common amongst the working classes
  • Coulthard - lower working classes have higher rates of mentle illnesses such as depression, schizophrenia and anxiety disorders than all other classes
  • Statistics show a significant difference in smoking habits between social classes. Finding that 40% of the working class smoked compared to 15% of the middle class. The reasoning behind this has been thought to be because of it becoming a norm for working-class parents.
  • Warde
    • Found that higher social classes ate more fresh fruit and vegetables — which can help reduce the risk of heart problems. Whereas the lower social classes eat more junk food and consume more sweets and fizzy drinks
  • Which sociologist found that the social division of health was due to a divide in the types of diets?
    Warde
  • Backburn added to Wardes point: stating that if you improved the income of working-class families, their diet and therefore health are also likely to improve
  • Tudor Hart’s inverse care law
    • the greater need the less the medical provision, the lower the need the greater the provision. This is shown by the number of hospitals and doctors surgeries which are in richer areas
  • "the greater need the less the medical provision, the lower the need the greater the provision" - Which study states this?
    Tudor Hart's Inverse care law
  • Lobstein
    • compared the prices of food in affluent and poorer areas of London — found that healthy food costs more in poorer areas while unhealthy food was cheaper in these areas
  • Which sociologist compared the prices of food in affluent and poorer areas of London and found a divide in prices of healthy foods doing so?
    Lobstein
  • Martin
    • found that those who live in poorer housing conditions are more likely to suffer from respiratory diseases such as asthma and therefore a lack of money leaves the poor more susceptible to illnesses
  • Which sociologist found that people who lived in poor housing conditions were more likely to suffer from respiratory diseases?
    Martin
  • What are the 5 studies that give reasonings for why there are social inequalities within health?
    1. Warde + (Backburn) --> differences in diets
    2. Tudor Hart's Inverse Care Law --> Poorer areas have fewer medical provisions but greater needs
    3. Lobstein --> Healthy foods are cheaper in richer areas
    4. Martin --> poor housing conditions lead to respiratory diseases