Lesson 4.2.3.2

4.2.3.2 Unequal social distribution of health chances Quiz: AQA Sociology, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. Which 1980 UK government report revealed persistent social class inequalities in health despite the NHS?

    • The Marmot Review
    • The Acheson Report
    • The Beveridge Report
    • The Black Report

  2. Which concept states that the availability of good medical care varies inversely with the population's need?

    • Inverse care law
    • Inverse health gradient
    • Structural inequality principle
    • Inverse prevention law

  3. What is the phenomenon where women live longer than men but experience higher rates of chronic illness?

    • Gender mortality gap
    • Gender health paradox
    • Biological morbidity curve
    • Health selection effect

  4. Which occupation-based scheme is standardly used in the UK to measure social class in health research?

    • IMD
    • BMI scale
    • NHS Index
    • NS-SEC

  5. Which explanation attributes health inequalities primarily to economic factors like poor housing, low income, and pollution?

    • Material explanation
    • Artefact explanation
    • Behavioural explanation
    • Cultural explanation

  6. Which explanation attributes social class differences in health primarily to individual lifestyle choices like smoking and diet?

    • Material explanation
    • Selection explanation
    • Behavioural explanation
    • Structural explanation

  7. In the UK, which broad geographical area historically experiences lower life expectancy and poorer health outcomes?

    • Home Counties
    • South East England
    • Southern England
    • Northern England

  8. Which factor represents a material explanation for higher rates of chronic illness among lower-income groups?

    • Lower health literacy
    • Genetic vulnerability
    • Inadequate healthy food
    • Personal lifestyle preference

  9. Beyond social class, which structural factor significantly causes ethnic inequalities in UK health outcomes?

    • Biological inferiority
    • Language barrier
    • Genetic superiority
    • Racial discrimination

  10. Which statistics best demonstrate the existence of the gender health paradox in Western nations?

    • Morbidity versus mortality
    • Fertility versus mortality
    • Fertility versus longevity
    • Income versus morbidity

  11. What concept describes deprived communities having fewer healthcare resources despite having greater health needs?

    • Inverse care law
    • Health capital theory
    • Medical hegemony
    • Inverse prevention law

  12. The average life expectancy in one area is 72 years and in another it is 81 years. What is the difference in years?

    • 7 years
    • 13 years
    • 9 years
    • 11 years

  13. Which policy response to health inequality would a materialist explanation favour?

    • Promoting lifestyle changes
    • Raising poorer incomes
    • Health education campaigns
    • Expanding private care

  14. Which factor best explains the North-South health divide in the UK?

    • Regional economic inequality
    • Genetics
    • Cultural attitudes
    • Climate differences

  15. What is a major barrier to healthcare screening uptake for some ethnic minority women?

    • Language barriers
    • Biological immunity
    • Higher incomes
    • Excessive screening options

  16. Poorer areas have higher respiratory illness rates independent of smoking. What factor explains this?

    • Individual lifestyle choices
    • Higher NHS funding
    • Genetic predisposition
    • Damp housing conditions

  17. What causes spatial inequalities in healthcare access under a national health service?

    • Uniform national funding
    • Equal facility distribution
    • Identical waiting times
    • Uneven local staffing

  18. Why do sociologists criticise purely behavioural explanations of class health inequality?

    • Data is always false
    • Biologists reject them
    • Choice is constrained
    • Genetics determine health

  19. Why cannot biology alone explain variations in the gender health paradox across societies?

    • Social roles vary
    • Men live longer
    • Genes control reporting
    • Biology never changes

  20. Which group is excluded by occupational measures of social class in health research?

    • Salaried managers
    • Skilled workers
    • Non-working groups
    • Manual labourers

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