unemployment

Question 1

what is the claimant count

Answer 1

defines those as unemployed who are actively seeking work as recipients of job seekers allowance

Question 2

what is the international labour organisation count

Answer 2

those without a job who have been seeking work in the past four weeks

Question 3

who are excluded from unemployment statistics

Answer 3

part time workers
trainees
school pupils
economically inactive

Question 4

who are most at risk of unemployment

Answer 4

manual workers
young people
older people
ethnic minority (17% black Caribbean compared to 5% white)
disabled

Question 5

what do riach and loretto say about unemployment

Answer 5

-they believe the unemployed feel they have lack of social status
-the unemployed have a lack of routine
-there is a crisis of confidence

Question 6

effect of unemployment on individuals

Answer 6

-loss of identity ( reinforced by stigma of welfare benefits)
-poverty, mounting stress and anxiety
-social isolation and exclusion

Question 7

effect of unemployment for society

Answer 7

-more alienation and dissatisfaction at work due to inflexibility
-an increase in social divisions due to difference in wealth
-more scapegoating onto minority groups
-increasing demands on the welfare state