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Welfare scrounger — AQA GCSE Sociology Definition

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GCSE Sociology · key term

Welfare scrounger

Definition

A derogatory label implying that someone receives welfare support while avoiding work or responsibility.

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AQA GCSE Sociology · 8192

Paper 1, Paper 2

The label welfare scrounger implies avoidance of work or responsibility and is derogatory. Benefit cheat refers specifically to dishonest claims. Neither is a synonym for a person receiving benefits: needing welfare support does not establish unwillingness to work or fraud.
Revise: Poverty and Welfare Key Terms

AQA Sociology past papers

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Absolute poverty
Benefit cheat
Culture of dependency
Cycle of deprivation
Environmental poverty

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Relative deprivation

Relative income standard of poverty