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Inequality
An introductionby Stella Dudzic
MEI Programme Leader for Curriculum and the 2013 Royal Statistical Society Guy Lecturer
• In 1976, the top 1% of American households received 8.9% of pre-tax income.
• In 2008, the top 1% of American households received 21% of pre-tax income.
Inequality.org
• The richest 0.5% of the world’s adults hold over a third of the world’s wealth.
Inequality.org
• In 2006, female graduates earned, on average, 15% less than their male counterparts at the age of 24; with this gender pay gap widening with age (increasing to 40.5% for women graduates aged 41-45).
nusonline.co.uk/factsheets
• In 2006 it was reported that the gender pay gap in the UK is one of the highest in Europe.
• On average, women who work full-time earned 17% less per hour than men.
• Women working part-time earned 39% less per hour than men working full-time, on average.
fawcettsociety.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=256
• In 2008, just over 10% of the 109 High Court Judges were women and just over 8% of the 37 Court of Appeal Judges were female. There was only one female Law Lord.
socialexclusionunit.gov.uk/downloaddoc.asp?id=13
• In 2012, 22% of the members of the UK parliament are female.
• In Rwanda, 56% of the members of parliament are female.
• The world average in 2011 was 19.5% female members of parliament.
Guardian data blog
• 3% of Brazil’s population own two thirds of the farm land in the country.
Christian Aid
• People on low incomes frequently cannot borrow money from mainstream banks.
• Unlike elsewhere in Europe, there is no limit in the UK to the interest rates that loan companies can charge. Rates range from 180% to over 1,000% APR.
• Typical bank rates range from 6% to 17%.
ctbi.org.uk/CFHGO/469
Bank websites
• A household is said to be in fuel poverty if it needs to spend more than 10% of its income to keep the house warm.
• In 2003, 5.9% of households were in fuel poverty; in 2010 this had risen to 16.4% of households.
www.decc.gov.uk
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