Text 10: Ethnic differences in Employment and Unemployment

Multiple Choice

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Mention the main differences in family formation and living arrangements between different ethnic groups.

• 38-48

• 38-42

• 45-48

Multiple Choice

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What role do qualifications play as regards women’s economic activity across all ethnic groups?

• 49-61

• 57-61

• 49-52

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Which are the findings of the work that explored the ethnic differences in being in a graduate or non-graduate job?

• 112-122

• 123-126

• 119-122

Multiple Choice

Ahmed’s interviews have highlighted some of the particular barriers to employment faced by Pakistani and Bangladeshi women. These relate not only to finding appropriate jobs but also to balancing work with other roles and responsibilities, particularly childcare. (r. 138-140)

Choose the correct equivalent of the underlined phrase.

• empleos y obstáculos particulares encontrados por las mujeres pakistaníes y bangladesíes

• las mujeres pakistaníes y bangladesíes enfrentadas a los obstáculos particulares al empleo

• algunos de los particulares obstáculos al empleo a los que se enfrentan las mujeres pakistaníes y bangladesíes

Multiple Choice

Perceptions and attitudes of potential employers are also significant influences – and are amplified when job applicants are viewed as ‘Muslim’ women. Interview respondents were unanimous in their belief that wearing a headscarf or face veil posed major barriers to finding a job. (r. 140-143)

Choose the correct equivalent of the underlined phrase.

• los potenciales empleos relacionados con las percepciones y actitudes

• percibir y actuar según la disponibilidad de empleo

• las percepciones y actitudes de los posibles empleadores

Open Ended

Perceptions and attitudes of potential employers are also significant influences – and are amplified when job applicants are viewed as ‘Muslim’ women. Interview respondents were unanimous in their belief that wearing a headscarf or face veil posed major barriers to finding a job. (r. 140-143)

Write the equivalent of the underlined phrase.

Multiple Choice

Women interviewed wanted a greater understanding by employers of their religious or cultural needs. Practical suggestions included replacing tea breaks with short breaks for prayer or allowing women to wear appropriate yet religiously adequate clothing. (r. 143-146)

Which is the correct Spanish equivalent of the underlined phrase?

• mayor comprensión por parte de los empleadores acerca de sus necesidades culturales y religiosas

• los empleados entienden mejor las necesidades culturales

• un gran entendimiento de las religiones y las culturas necesarias para los empleos

Multiple Choice

In general women seemed to be striking a pragmatic and realistic balance between their employment aspirations and their religious/cultural practices, understanding that they themselves had to make some allowances whilst also expecting that employers should be flexible enough to cater for their basic needs. (r. 146-149)

Choose the correct equivalent of the underlined phrase.

• un balance/equilibrio realista y pragmático entre sus aspiraciones de empleo y sus prácticas religiosas/culturales 

• los balances de empleos pragmáticos y realistas entre las aspiraciones y prácticas culturales y religiosas

• lo realista y pragmático encuentra un balance entre los empleos, las aspiraciones, las religiones y las culturas prácticas

Multiple Choice

Guidance and knowledge of the labour market, including the different opportunities available; training schemes; support mechanisms; employment rights, and caring provisions, also emerged as important if Pakistani and Bangladeshi women were to increase their levels of participation in the labour market. (r. 149-153)

Choose the correct equivalent of the underlined phrase.

• las diferentes oportunidades disponibles, los planes de formación/capacitación, los mecanismos de apoyo, los derechos laborales y las disposiciones relativas al cuidado de personas

• las diferencias en la disponibilidad de oportunidades, la formación/capacitación esquemática, los apoyos mecanizados, los empleos correctos y el cuidado provisto

Multiple Choice

Guidance and knowledge of the labour market, including the different opportunities available; training schemes; support mechanisms; employment rights, and caring provisions, also emerged as important if Pakistani and Bangladeshi women were to increase their levels of participation in the labour market. (r. 149-153)

Choose the correct equivalent of the underlined phrase.

• sus niveles de participación en el mercado laboral.

• se nivela la participación en el trabajo del mercado

• su participación nivelada del mercado de mano de obra

Open Ended

Guidance and knowledge of the labour market, including the different opportunities available; training schemes; support mechanisms; employment rights, and caring provisions, also emerged as important if Pakistani and Bangladeshi women were to increase their levels of participation in the labour market. (r. 149-153)

Write a Spanish equivalent for the underlined phrase.

Multiple Select

Read the lines 70-79 from Text 10 (p. 108). Are these phrases in Spanish expressed in English between those lines in the text? Choose 3 options.

• las tasas de actividad económica

• una división del trabajo fuertemente marcada por el género entre los cónyuges

• las funciones de sostén de la familia

• un balance entre los empleos

• los derechos laborales

Multiple Select

Read the lines 70-79 from Text 10 (p. 108). Are these phrases in Spanish expressed in English between those lines in the text? Choose 3 options.

• los patrones de actividad económica de las mujeres

• las mujeres jóvenes bien cualificadas con hijos

• el empuje hacia el abandono del trabajo remunerado

• empleos y obstáculos particulares

• la disponibilidad de empleo