Prejudice Against Disabled People
Using the data in the tables provided, what can you say about: a) prejudice against disabled people in the UK? b) attitudes towards disabled people in the UK?
Table 1 displays how much prejudice people feel there is against disabled people, by year. This measure of prejudice was taken in the years 1998, 2000, 2005 and 2009. The responses were categorised as following; a lot, a little, hardly any, none and don’t know. In 1998 25% of respondents felt there was a lot of prejudice against disabled people. In 2000 this percentage increased to 35% thus giving a percentage point difference of 10. In 2005 this figure decreased to 25% and in 2009 it was 26%. There is an anomaly in the data for the year 2000 because it does not fit the pattern. It is also important to note that the sample size varied in each year. It was 3139 in 1998, 3422 in 2000, 3193 in 2005 and 2282 …show more content…
The title of table 4 is the percentage of people saying they would be very comfortable if a disabled person was appointed their boss at work, by age. It was found that from the ages of 18-54 mental health condition was the impairment that the least amount of respondents indicated they would be very comfortable. Mental health condition and learning disability had the lowest percentage of respondents in the age range 55-59 indicate that they would be very comfortable, at a level of 19% each.
Therefore it can be said looking at tables 2 – 4 attitudes towards disabled people in the UK vary in accordance with the type of disability, it can be said individuals with mental health conditions where the least number of respondents were willing to indicate a high level of comfort in a range of situations including, across all ages.
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Using the articles below, and material from ‘Connected lives’, describe how relational identities are often characterised by
Table 1 displays how much prejudice people feel there is against disabled people, by year. This measure of prejudice was taken in the years 1998, 2000, 2005 and 2009. The responses were categorised as following; a lot, a little, hardly any, none and don’t know. In 1998 25% of respondents felt there was a lot of prejudice against disabled people. In 2000 this percentage increased to 35% thus giving a percentage point difference of 10. In 2005 this figure decreased to 25% and in 2009 it was 26%. There is an anomaly in the data for the year 2000 because it does not fit the pattern. It is also important to note that the sample size varied in each year. It was 3139 in 1998, 3422 in 2000, 3193 in 2005 and 2282 …show more content…
The title of table 4 is the percentage of people saying they would be very comfortable if a disabled person was appointed their boss at work, by age. It was found that from the ages of 18-54 mental health condition was the impairment that the least amount of respondents indicated they would be very comfortable. Mental health condition and learning disability had the lowest percentage of respondents in the age range 55-59 indicate that they would be very comfortable, at a level of 19% each.
Therefore it can be said looking at tables 2 – 4 attitudes towards disabled people in the UK vary in accordance with the type of disability, it can be said individuals with mental health conditions where the least number of respondents were willing to indicate a high level of comfort in a range of situations including, across all ages.
(543 words)
Using the articles below, and material from ‘Connected lives’, describe how relational identities are often characterised by