The reports of Booth and Rowntree Today we

The reports of Booth and Rowntree Today we will understand the findings of Booth and Rowntree Success criteria • Describe the findings of Booth and Rowntree • Successfully attempt a source evaluation question • Explain why the findings of Booth and Rowntree were so significant (Nat 5)

Charles Booth • Booth was a wealthy Liverpool ship owner • Began investigation to disprove the claim that a quarter of Londoners lived in poverty • Booth was shocked to discover that figures for those living in poverty were actually underestimated • 30% living below ‘poverty line’

'Map Showing Degrees of Poverty in London for 1889 -1890',

The poverty trap First married, couple both working First children go to work, bringing in income and mother can again work Poverty line Children born, expenses up and mother quits work These children leave home to begin own families; old age spent in poverty

Seebohm Rowntree • The Rowntrees were a wealthy York sweets manufacturing family • They aimed to see if the level of poverty in York was different to London • In 1901, B. S Rowntree published Poverty: A study of Town Life Nestle Rowntree

Key findings • Two types of poverty were identified: • Primary poverty, those people whose earnings were so low they could not survive on them alone • Secondary Poverty: those who had enough to live on but spent money unwisely

Key findings • York had 27. 8% of its population living in poverty • Poverty was not always the fault of the person e. g. low wages, illness, old age could be factors

Tasks • Textbook p 22 Q 1 -2 (Nat 4) • Q 1 (Nat 5)