Sociology A-Level
Life chances
What Life chances means in Sociology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Access to housing, health, and education, defined broadly to include health outcomes, educational attainment, housing quality, and overall well-being.
The opportunities individuals have to secure positive outcomes like health and education, which are unequally distributed.
The differing outcomes and experiences that bases for stratification lead to for different social groups.
Topics that use Life chances
- Stratification and Differentiation (AQA A-Level)
- Work, Poverty and Welfare (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Cultural explanations
- Globalisation
- Ideological perspectives on welfare
- Inequality and market-based solutions
- Intersectionality
- Relative poverty
- Social differentiation
- Social inequality
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