Alexander Delacruz - Inequality Unit - part 5

Income Inequality Part 5 - Dollar Street https://www.gapminder.org/ scroll down to Dollar Street click around looking at all the features including changing income, items, country (be sure when you change country to click “OK”. Look at different Items and describe what you noticed, be specific when describing the item or place. Include if you feel that the items are more different by country or if income makes a bigger difference in the quality of the item, and WHY Item 1: Spices Item 2: Stove Item 3: Toys Country Vs. Income: Philippines - $865 South Korea - $835 ● Philippines spices is 6 bottles. There’s 2 bottles of banana ketchup which are halfway gone, one bottle of lechon sauce nearly depleted. There’s soy sauce that looks like it's almost gone as well. The fish sauce seems a 3rd full. The other bottle that appears to be full of pickled vegetables just seems full and barely touched. ● South Korea has only one spice jar. It looks like its practically gone, with only an inch of it remaining. France: $803-$14,753 ● The poorest income has a drawer full of spices. It looks like something you’d find in everyday Country Vs. Income: Philippines: $171 Indonesia: $153 ● Philippines: The stove looks barely like one. It has only a pot on top of what looks to be a huge log. ● Indonesia: The stove is not exactly a stove. It looks like a makeshift campfire where the black board on top of it is where the family puts their pot on there. Sweden: $1,289 - $4,4884 ● The lowest income family has an extremely small stove, it looks pretty broken with only the top of the stove being intact whereas the rest looks completely taken apart. ● The highest income family has a modern looking stove that’s white. It looks pretty new compared to the lowest income family. Country vs. Income: Ukraine: $3,364 Russia: $2,642 ● Ukraine: The toys look mainly for a toddler or even an infant. There isn’t a lot of toys, so the child/children’s options are pretty limited. ● Russia: The children’s toys look like there’s more compared to Ukraine. They have to even put it in boxes to keep it neat. They look like they could be a little more expensive compared to Ukraine since some of the toys are a little huge. Czech Republic: $4,183-$5,237 ● The toys in the lower income family is much smaller, and definitely a lot less.