Attempting to Explore Entrenched Inequalities in the UK: Analysing Darlington and Formulating a Research Methodology

Yimeng Li

doi:10.54254/2753-7048/8/20230012

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Attempting to Explore Entrenched Inequalities in the UK: Analysing Darlington and Formulating a Research Methodology

Yimeng Li *^,1,

¹ University of Liverpool

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https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7048/8/20230012

Abstract

This study examines the critical definitions and debates of geographic inequality by looking at the development of inequality to clarify the pressing geographic inequality challenges facing the UK, taking Darlington as the target area for developing locally applicable research methods. Since the negative impact of the historical process of unequal development in Britain, innovative investigations are called to solve this problem. This paper discusses the deep-rooted inequality in Britain by reviewing the information on geographical inequality and analysing the data from multiple spatial perspectives. The data analysis shows that the UK is one of the unequal countries in the industrialised countries and suffers from increasing domestic inequality challenges. In addition, the economic performance of London is far better than that of other regions. London has an extreme inequality between the bottom and top income levels. In addition, the data research illustrates that Darlington has optimistic trends and low levels of educational qualifications, and average weekly income. Secondly, due to the lack of research on inequality and trends in small regions, the paper utilised the attitudinal survey design as a research method to attempt to explore the correlation between population education and income and to understand further the inequality situation in the area by the relevant authorities.

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geographic inequality, attitudinal survey design

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Li,Y. (2023). Attempting to Explore Entrenched Inequalities in the UK: Analysing Darlington and Formulating a Research Methodology. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,8,24-30.

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