This is a quiz based on sociological data regarding the AQA A-Level Education and Differential Achievement: Social Class topic in Sociology. Below are the words which need to be matched to their definitions:
34%
13.6%
~90%
2.5x
47%
60%
20%
47%
28%
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Answer
Hint
47%
This is the percentage of children with asthma who are from the poorest 10% of families.
34%
This is the percentage of children living in poverty in the UK.
47%
This was the percentage of pupils identified as 'spurters' in Rosenthal & Jacobson's 1968 study on the self-fulfilling prophecy who had made significant progress compared to other pupils in the year since they had been identified as 'spurters'.
~90%
This is the rough percentage of 'failing schools' being in areas of high material deprivation in the UK.
20%
This was the percentage of pupils in Rosenthal & Jacobson's 1968 study on the self-fulfilling prophecy who were identified as 'spurters' - all completely at random.
28%
This is the percentage of pupils who went to private school attaining at least 3 A grades at A-Level.
2.5x
This is the amount of times more likely poor children are to suffer from chronic illness.
13.6%
This is the percentage of children claiming free school meals in the UK.
60%
This is the percentage of poor families who turn off heating in the winter to save money.