Quality of life variations in Leicester - case study.

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Case study - Quality of life variations in Leicester

Aim

I have been commissioned to write a report concerning inequalities in the city of Leicester. Inequality can be measured in many different ways. I will be concentrating on the following factors.

Unemployment usually means a low quality of life as it limits the choices people have, this leads to low self-esteem. Unemployment also results in lack of social interaction, as an unemployed person would not be able to socialise with work colleagues. Lack of personal development is also one of the negative consequences for unemployed people, because they don't develop new skills.

Ethnic composition, in the media it's usually portrayed that the most deprived areas are the ones with most foreigners. I will in this report attempt to find out if this really is true or if it is just a stereotype created by the media.

Car ownership, having one or more cars suggests that the families' income is high and that they have a greater freedom in their lives leading to higher quality of life.

Housing tenure, people who own their houses are said to have a higher quality of life, because they have the freedom to do anything with their houses

Overcrowding will have a negative effect on the quality of life, because the more people there are in an area, the less space there will be for them.

Key terms

Residential Segregation

The process by which people having different incomes, and coming from different socio-economic groups, become separated and live apart from each other.

Social Class

A way of distinguishing groups of people in society by some or all of the following indicators, Inherited or acquired wealth, education, attitudes language, behaviour

Tenure

The conditions under which a household inhabits its home. In other words, who owns your home.

Quality of life

The happiness, well-being and satisfaction of a person. Among the many factors that influence quality of life are the person's family, income and access to services.
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Identifying differences

Evington

Westcotes

North Braunstone

Wycliffe

Unemployment

6.2 %

2.3%

25.7%

32.9 %

Ethnic composition (black and Asians)

20.1%

21.6%

2.5 %

44.7 %

Car ownership

( +1 cars)

70.8%

53.9%

33.9%

27.5 %

Housing tenure (owner occupied)

75.8 %

62.0 %

8.2 %

7.4 %

Overcrowding

.4 %

3.0 %

5.3 %

6.9 %

Using the data in the table, which was obtained using the ...

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