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GCSE Sociology · key term
A lack of material resources needed for adequate living conditions, such as food, heating, clothing and housing.
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Paper 1, Paper 2
A lack of financial resources and material necessities, such as adequate housing, which can restrict educational opportunities.
Revise: Educational AchievementOne explanation is material deprivation: a shortage of money and the things money can provide.
Distinguish material deprivation from the culture of poverty: one concerns inadequate resources; the other concerns values and behaviour said to reproduce poverty.
Use ‘can’ or ‘may’ when explaining effects: material deprivation restricts opportunities but does not determine everyone’s outcome.
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A lack of financial and material resources, such as adequate housing or money for study materials.
Component 1, Component 2
A lack of money and physical resources needed for an adequate standard of living, which can restrict access to conditions and materials that support learning.
Revise: Social Class FactorsMaterial deprivation means lacking money and physical resources. Its effects extend beyond being unable to buy revision books. An overcrowded home may offer nowhere quiet to study; unreliable internet access can make online homework difficult.
A lack of economic resources needed for an adequate standard of living, which can restrict access to suitable housing and educational resources.
A lack of money and material resources that prevents people from obtaining needed goods, services and living conditions, such as adequate food, heating and housing.
A lack of material goods and services needed for an adequate standard of living, such as sufficient food, heating and suitable housing.
Lacking material resources needed for an adequate standard of living, such as sufficient income or suitable housing.
