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Chapter 6 Multiple choice questions
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Chapter 6 Multiple choice questions
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What was the principal driver of UK population change in the first decade of this century?
Net migration-excess of out migration over in migration
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Net migration-excess of in migration over out migration
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Natural change-excess of births over deaths
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Natural change-excess of deaths over births
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What was the UK population according to the 2011 census estimate (in millions)?
63.2
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73.2
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83.2
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53.2
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In 2000 the world population was 6.12 billion. By 2050 this is projected by the United Nations to increase to (billions):
6.15
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7.15
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8.15
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9.15
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In a socialist conception of class in a capitalist society, the basic class division is seen in terms of:
The distinction between manual and non-manual occupations
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The employer-employee relationship
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High-paid versus low-paid work
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Routine versus professional and managerial occupations
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Under current government proposals (July 2017) an increase in the state pension age (SPA) will be phased in by 2039, rising to what age?
70
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69
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67
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68
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From 2006 UK employers were able to set 65 as a mandatory age of retirement for their employees. This retirement age was referred to as:
State pension age (SPA)
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Default retirement age (DRA)
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Compulsory retirement age (CRA)
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Minimum retirement age (MRA)
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London is often described as a 'cosmopolitan' city. This means that it:
Is the principal city of the UK
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Is a city of great wealth
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Is a city with a global reputation
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Is a city with an ethnically diverse population
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Which category of occupations in the UK declined from roughly three in four of the workforce in 1911 to three in eight in 1991?
All manual occupations
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All non-manual occupations
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Higher professions
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Clerical occupations
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By 1991 what percentage of the workforce in Great Britain were employed in non-manual ('white collar') occupations?
32.3
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42.3
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62.3
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72.3
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Poland and the other Eastern European 'A8' former communist 'accession countries' joined the EU in:
2008
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2002
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2006
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2004
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Compared to the indigenous UK population, EU-born immigrants are more likely to:
Be older
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Be unemployed
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Be low skilled
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Be highly skilled
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