Spatial Patterns of Spatial Patterns of Advantage and Advantage and DisadvantageDisadvantage

• Three common indicators of social advantage and disadvantage (or social inequality): - occupation

- education - income

Inequalities in access to Inequalities in access to employmentemployment

• Non-spatial perspective: education, income and occupation related to the different rewards for different levels of skill and therefore, generate inequalities

• ‘Trapped’ hypothesis: reflects differences in people’s ability to secure a job e.g. migrants/NESB.

• Spatial perspective: considers where a person lives relative to where the jobs are and occupational mobility.

Inequalities in access to housing, education and health-care

• Answer questions:

- 1-3 ‘Understanding the text’ p216

- 1-3 “ “ “ p217

- 1-4 “ “ “ p219

The Contemporary Australian Family

• Read p219-220. What comments can you make about the contemporary Australian family ?

Sydney’s Age Structure and Sydney’s Age Structure and Spatial OutcomesSpatial Outcomes

• Refer to the chloropleth map on ‘Age Structure’ p221. Outline the six age-structure types and determine where they would most likely be found in Sydney

Activities

• Answer questions 1-7 p224 (Understanding the text) on Gender-related social patterns.

• Answer questions 1-4 p225 (Understanding the text) on The Geography of sexuality.