FOCUS ON Social Inequalities
Editors Penny Babb, Jean Martin and Paul Haezewindt
Office for National Statistics; London TSO, December 2004
Summary:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_compendia/fosi2004/SocialInequalities_summary.pdf
Full Report PDF file [121p.] at:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_compendia/fosi2004/SocialInequalities_full.pdf
Focus on Social Inequalities describes the different
experiences of social
groups in the UK today in six key areas: education, work,
income, living
standards,
health, and participation. It looks at the advantaged; as
well as the
disadvantaged; and explores the relative differences between
them.
Infant mortality is a key indicator of the nation's health.
The infant
mortality rate fell substantially over the twentieth century
in response to
improved living conditions, availability of healthcare and
other factors.
Despite this, differentials still exist by father's
socio-economic status,
birthweight, marital status of parents and mother57;s
country of birth. For
babies registered by both parents, the infant mortality rate
is highest for
babies with fathers in semi-routine and routine occupations.
Moreover, the
decrease of 5 per cent in the infant mortality rate for this
group between
1994 and 2002 was far smaller than the 16 per cent fall in
the overall
infant mortality rate.
Another indicator of health for social groups is
self-reported poor health.
On an age-standardised basis, reporting of poor health was
highest by far
among the long-term unemployed and never-worked group (19
per cent for men
and 20 per cent for women) and lowest among those in the
professional and
managerial occupations (4 per cent and 5 per cent respectively).
Patterns of limiting long-term illness are similar to those of
self-reported poor health. Among men, age-standardised rates
were five
times higher for those who were long-term unemployed or had
never worked
(43 per cent) than those in the professional and managerial
group (9 per
cent). The difference for women was slightly smaller, at 36
per cent and 10
per cent respectively
Website:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/focuson/socialinequalities/default.asp
Education, Training & Skills
Work
Income
Living Standards
Health
Participation
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