Health and Human Development 3/4 Essay

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Practice exam answers on Income, Gender equality and Education.
Explain how gender may influence literacy rates in a developing country.

Answer: Often, girls in developing countries are responsible for collecting water, which means they may not be able to attend school.

Explain how gender can impact on the health status of girls in a developing country.

Answer: The risk of mother and the baby dying is greater or the risk of injury from fistula is higher.
Explain how education level can impact on the health status of people in a developing country.

Answer: People with little education have to rely on employment that requires no literacy skills, such as manual labour jobs in factories. These jobs can impact on health status, in particular morbidity, as they can cause fatigue due to standing for long periods of time, repetitive strain injuries from doing the same task for hours and, if using machinery without safety guards, breaks to bones or even amputation of limbs.

Poverty and education are closely linked. Explain one way a lack of education can lead to poverty.

Answer: People who are unable to read and write have to rely on gaining employment in jobs that require no literacy skills, where workers are subject to exploitation and unsafe work conditions. These workers often earn less that what is considered sufficient to live on.

Using information in the table, what is the relationship between income and life expectancy?

Answer: As income increases so does life expectancy. For example, Australia’s GNI is $33 940 per head and its life expectancy is 82 years; Sierra Leone’s GNI is $610 per head and its life expectancy is 40 years.

Practice exam questions on Income, Gender equality and Education.
Explain how gender may influence literacy rates in a developing country.
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Explain how gender can impact on the health status of girls in a developing country.
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Explain how education level can impact on the health status of people in a developing country.