How fair is Britain? Get the key data

Is Britain fair? A new report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission provides a complete breakdown of how fair Britain has become. How Fair is Britain , shows exactly how the UK has changed - and what has stayed the same in terms of race, gender and disability. Says Trevor Phillips, chair of the commission there are still Gateways to opportunity that appear permanently closed, no matter how hard they try; while others seem to have been issued with an 'access all areas' pass at birth Key findings from the report include: • the poorest can expect to live seven years less than the richest • boys are falling far behind in education with girls outperforming them at ages 5, 16 and degree level. Students of Indian and Chinese origin are streaking ahead at school. • Gypsy and traveller communities appear to be targeted by the criminal justice system – and women prisoners have become a prominent feature of Britain's jails • The ageing society means that women have a 50% chance of becoming a carer before they reach 59 • A quarter of men of Pakistani descent drive for a living – mostly in a taxi cab We've extracted the key data from the report for you - and you can download it too. What can you do with it? Download the data • DATA: download the full spreadsheet World government data • Search the world's government with our gateway Development and aid data • Search the world's global development data with our gateway Can you do something with this data? Flickr Please post your visualisations and mash-ups on our Flickr group • Get the A-Z of data • More at the Datastore directory • Follow us on Twitter