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Lucinda Platt is professor of sociology at the Institute of Education.

1. Introduction 1.1 The importance of inequality 1.2 Equality and inequality: concepts and definitions 1.3 Inequalities across groups 1.4 Coverage and key themes 2. Class 2.1 Concepts, definitions, measurement 2.2 Class distributions and inequalities 2.3 Social mobility 3. Gender 3.1 Definitions, concepts and coverage 3.2 Gender inequalities in work 3.3 Gender and domestic work: women''s double burden? 3.4 Gender, class and caring: inequalities between women 4. Ethnicity 4.1 Ethnicity: definitions and measures 4.2 Ethnic groups and diversity 4.3 Ethnic minorities in the labour market 5. Youth and age 5.1 Inequalities across the lifecourse 5.2 Inequalities in youth and age 5.3 Inequalities in mid-life 6. Education 6.1 Qualifications and inequality 6.2 Education and gender 6.3 Ethnicity, education and intersections 6.4 Higher education and inequality 7. Income, wealth and poverty 7.1 Concepts and measures 7.2 Illustrating inequalities in income, wealth and poverty 7.3 Ethnic minority women''s poverty 8. Health and disability 8.1 Disability, definitions and scope of chapter 8.2 Disability and inequality 8.3 Health inequalities 9. Housing and geography 9.1 Deprived areas 9.2 Housing 10. Conclusions: Inequality, Intersectionality and Diversity References