1. English for social workers I session 11, 21 dec 2017
Miljen Matijašević
Office: G10, room 6 (1st floor)
Tue, 11:30-12:30

2. Revision of the last session
Discrimination / Social policy

3. Explain the following concepts and provide examples
direct discrimination
indirect discriminaiton
perceptive discrimination
associative discrimination
victimization
harassment

4. Revision (social policy)
How can we define ‘social policy’?
What areas does social policy refer to in practice?
Explain the influence of the following on social policy: education, the economy, criminal law!
What can the term welfare refer to?
What is suggested to be covered by social security in the ILO Convention on Social Security?
What types of welfare are there?

5. Explain the following terms
family benefit
survivor’s benefit
disability benefit
housing benefit
contributional benefit
means-tested benefit

6. Gender Equality in Employment
Do you think that gender inequality is a problem in Croatia?
How do you explain the fact that there are fewer women in decision-making positions?
Read the text on p. 16 (EFSW)
Do the exercises on p. 17 in the coursebook

7. The Scope of Social Policy
Read the text on p. 24 ‘The Scope of Social Policy’
Rephrase the four areas of social policy in your own words and provide examples!

8. Demographics

9. Demographics v. demography
DEMOGRAPHY – statistical study of human populations, especially with reference to size and density, distribution and vital statistics (births, marriages, deaths, etc.). DEMOGRAPHICS – the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income)

10. Demography contemporary demographic concerns include
population trends,
effects of population on economic development and vice versa,
effects of birth control,
urban congestion,
illegal immigration,
labour force statistics, etc.

11. Demography
the basis for most demographic studies is the population census and the registration of vital statistics
CENSUS – an enumeration of people, houses, dwellings (can also be of firms, agricultural holdings, etc.)
an expensive procedure, usually performed every 10 years (the census years)

12. History of census
Enumerations of the population were first recorded in ancient times
Early censuses were hardly comprehensive and were conducted mainly for the purpose of enumerating certain categories of people and identifying those who should be liable to taxation, military service or who should be made to work

13. History of census
Some of the earliest comprehensive population censuses were conducted towards the end of the Roman Empire and in England, after the Norman conquest
The purpose of the 1086 census of England and Wales was to obtain information on the landholders and holdings to facilitate the rule of William the Conqueror

14. History of census The United States of America, 1790 census
One of the first comprehensive nationwide enumerations of the population
It was a revolutionary step not only because it covered such an enormous area and population, but also for its purpose – to determine ratios for representation in Congress

15. Modern censuses
The United Nations encourages and sponsors the taking of censuses worldwide
Owing to these efforts, the world population is nowadays known to a far more accurate degree than ever before
This also refers to the socioeconomic characteristics and the understanding of the patterns of change in the population

16. Modern censuses
Censuses refer to a precisely determined territory and a precise time
Population allocated according to their legal residence, which may differ from the place where they work
This results in large cities seeming to have a smaller population than is actually the case (considering their working population), vice-versa for suburban areas

17. Modern censuses Data usually collected over several days or weeks
Important to set the exact census time – people born or deceased after that time not counted, regardless of the time of the actual data collecting
Information may be supplied by members of the family

18. Modern censuses
Resulting data: direct data (obtained directly through questions) and derived data (obtained by processing the direct data)
Some topics suggested by the United Nations:
Direct data: place of residence, birthplace, marital status, occupation, education, sex, age, occupation, citizenship, religion, ethnicity, language, etc.
Derived data: total population, rural-urban distribution, family composition, etc.
Possible additional topics: prior place of residence, duration of marriage, previous marriages, income, etc.

19. Modern censuses
Data processing used to be the bottle-neck stage of demographic analysis
With the advent of computerized data processing, the process of entering data into computers has become the slowest part of the process
Owing to computer data analysis, statistics are nowadays quickly produced and made available

20. Demographics in Croatia
Read the texts on p. 35 and identify the specific problems for years 1991 and 2001.
What changed over the ten-year period?
What are the main problems of the Croatian population?
Do the exercises!

21. Demographics in Britain
Read the texts on p. 39
Do the exercises

22. Translation practice
The average number of live births in the period was 28% lower than in the previous decade.
The most densely populated area is the Zagreb region.
The ageing of the population is a result of a decrease in the natality rate and an increase in the mortality rate accompanied with the extension of the average life expectancy.
In the last decades the ratio of male and female population has gradually improved in young and adult age groups, but has deteriorated in elderly groups.
The estimated population growth rate in 2003 equalled 0.31%.
According to the 2001 census 87.8% of the population was Roman Catholic, 4.4% was Orthodox, 1.3% Muslim, 0.3% protestant.
In Britain there has been an increasing proportion of people over retirement age.

23. Translation practice
Prosječan broj živorođene djece u razdoblju od bio je 28% niži nego u prošlom desetljeću.
Najgušće naseljene područje je zagrebačka regija.
Starenje populacije rezultat je smanjenja stope nataliteta i porasta stope mortaliteta te produljenja očekivane životne dobi.
U posljednjih nekoliko desetljeća omjer muškaraca i žena u stanovništvu postupno se popravio u mlađim dobnim skupinama i među odraslima, a pogoršao u starijim dobnim skupinama.
Procijenjena stopa rasta stanovništva u godini iznosila je 0,31%
Prema popisu stanovništva iz ,8% stanovništva bilo je rimokatoličke vjeroispovijesti, 4,4% pravoslavne, 1,3% muslimanske, 0,3% protestantske.
U Velikoj Britaniji udio stanovništva starijeg od dobi za starosnu mirovinu je u porastu.

24. Thank you for your attention!