The Tariff placed high taxes on imports leading to a decline in international trade. The United States held many loans with European countries that began to default. Reduction in international market spending in the US, coupled with the high tariffs placed on foreign countries led to unemployment abroad and foreign countries were forced to impose their own tariffs on other countries (Kelly, n.d.). The Great Depression was perhaps most devastating to the individual and family. The Depression was recorded to have decreased the marriage rate which helped lead to a decline in the birth rate.
The housing market also plummeted leading to negative equity, which the majority of the working class could not afford resulting in the repossession of their houses combined with the drastic increase in unemployment Britain was in a mess. However Major did have some success, he abolished poll tax, which was very popular among the public, he increased spending on the NHS and introduced transport subsides to keep travel fares low.
Remarriages are 50% more likely to divorce in the first five years compared to first marriages. There are a numbers of factors that contribute to this trend and cause the home to be unstable. The children feel at fault for their parents break-up, the stepchildren are constantly trying to figure out their position in the family structure, some children show hostility towards the stepparent and both stepparents tend to show favoritism towards their own children. Unfortunately, the women and children are the ones that suffer the most economically and academically because according to the AACC, Only Mise 3 half of the divorced men in America pay their full child support responsibility, one- quarter make partial inconsistent payment, and one-quarter pays nothing at all. Also, children of divorced parents drop out of school at twice the rate of children from
Data published by NHS show that there is high number of measles reported due to 1-16 years old children who missed the vaccinations between 1990s and 2000s. In 2012 the numbers of cases was 2,000. The fears are now concerned on the MMR vaccination, as now there is also a big group of children who did not received their vaccination. NHS urge parents to ensure their children receive the vaccination. This shows that many parents are sceptical to the vaccinations, what might have negative consequences for children.
However, with the new act and its simplicity people are no longer trying to fix their marriages and are just getting divorced which leads to the breakdowns of many family units. For example, the divorce rate increased by 5% between 2009 and 2010. This can have terrible effects upon the family in particular any children the couple may share because a parents’ divorce can be an upsetting time and some children find it very difficult to handle. It can also affect the family because not all divorces are civil and it can leave the couple having bad relations and in custody battles the children can be deeply affected because in some cases only one parent has custody and they don’t allow the children to see the other parent therefore depriving them of a treasured bond within their life. The child benefit act also affects the institution of family.
However it is not just women that are affected by domestic abuse men are as well, 5% of men experience domestic abuse in a year (Home Office, 2011). In the British Crime Survey 2010/2011 it was reported that 30% of women experienced domestic abuse (BBC NEWS uk, 2012). There are many views surrounding domestic violence that suggest it is not a real policing matter, and therefore many people feel that they cannot report the abuse, such issues and police failings in domestic abuse cases, have created a long history of negative association surrounding the police and domestic abuse (walklate, 2007). Research has also shown that victims feel that the service the police provide is unsatisfactory (Cromack, 1995). Consequently, guidelines and codes of practice are frequently being changed and updated to ensure that shortfalls do not occur.
The Great Depression changed and effected Americans and the economy. Millions of Americans lost their jobs and homes. The economy went though a lot of failure of meeting financial obligation in banking and in trading. Because of this Europe and many other nations were set back from many of our abilities to help with their broken economies as well.The unemployment in the Depression was very scary. The Depression started with the market crash of 1929.
On top of this there was a lot of bad lending to people who had no chance of ever returning the loans to the bank. There were a lot of bad decisions made along with bad lending. People were living in their cars and this is below the standard of living set by the government. This was happening at the banks all over America and it became bad because of how often it happened. Also survey shows that lower income families, seniors, single parents, and colored people are a little bit more affected but everyone felt the ripple.
One of the key indicators to inequalities is poor income. (Germov, 2009, p. 87). Working class children are more likely to die in their first year of life and adults more likely to have prolonged illness due to lack of income to pay for medical attention and the harsh living environment. The risk of divorce is higher for the working class also a very low rate of working glass people further their education. Ethnicity and Gender come into this as ethnic people are also considered working class and transgender, gays etc.
People would do this of hope of becoming rich. After the crash small shack started coming into heavily populated cities. (The Great Depression) Many people believed that there was criminal action going on behind the scenes that made the stock crash. (The Stock Market Crash of 1929) People also believed that the stocks prices were tampered with that made them higher than they were supposed to be. (The Stock Market Crash of 1929) Because of the crash people could not get jobs, because factories shut down, They were homeless due to debt, and hungry but couldn’t afford