Individual consequences of unemployment

Individual consequences of unemployment, in particular long-term unemployment, are psychological and health problems, Entqualifizierung (cancellation of the qualification attained so far), social isolation and depletion. In many cases affects also the following generations, because the children of unemployed persons possess from the beginning no equal chances, even where formally due to of laws given.

Work is for many humans a psychosocial regulation characteristic and regulates daily structure and the social surrounding field. While in former times with unemployment the material emergency was the center of attention, there is today above all mental, psychosocial and psychosomatische effects, which apply as consequences to the particular like also its family. In the sociological range it goes in each case around statistic trends, it always gives both and and up to nearly equal many, with which everything is different.

With the individual consequences several studies come to same results. First a shock occurs, which yields a phase of the superficial calculated optimism. Developing on this phase, a phase of strong activity develops for advanced training in the applications to be written and visited. If no success adjusts itself after strong activity, the interest in the efforts decreases and it spreads hopelesness, self doubt and resignation. Since socially personal success and the social acknowledgment depend strongly on vocational achievements, the confirmation of its environment is missing to the unemployed person. These factors lead to an individual debt assignment, which can entail violent shames. Older unemployed persons, those are more strongly concerned were accustomed for many years to firm work structure and unmarried men, who are inclined to increased isolation. Consequences can be depressions, craze illnesses and a increased Suizidneigung. So it can come to the abort of most social contacts. From this the feeling of the isolation, concerning results can to alcohol, drugs etc. turn. Straight one with young people is unemployment precariously, since such a means is missing to them for identity development. To the comparison: British unemployed persons (aluminium) are welcomed their labour offices by hand impact, as in a "exclusive club" (with 4,6% aluminium in the European Union, secondarylowest to Ireland). One talks about occupation chances instead of aluminium and regrets "complicated" situation in Germany. (FAZ, 10.12.2005)

Via depletion an exclusion takes place from the normal culture, which affects likewise also the following generation. The contradiction between the policy of "demanding" and promoting" on side and the apparent uselessness of the own efforts on the other one increases the problems. After several training courses indifference begins. Many clasp themselves at each straw, the chance for occupation offer.

High unemployment affects individually also the workers, the work has. There is a strong psychological pressure, if one constantly lives in the fear of losing the job. That leads also to the fact that jobs are changed more rarely because of the associated risk. One remains in (as highly as possible) a paid, safe activity, which makes one (likewise) ill and depressive, often because of the job market situation in the above mentioned concern ever more Mobbing. Many become aggressively, also some unemployed persons (even among themselves). Hatred of foreigners has in the middle class increased, since then it is more concerned. Unemployment leads, apart from other causes, to the renouncement of children, also with many, which fear unemployment.

Current numbers to unemployment

The current numbers to unemployment are as diagram represented at the Federal Statistical Office under

Unemployment ratios in Germany in November 2005

Source: Federal agency for work dye of the table takes place in 4-Prozent-Schritten.

To the diagram: Federal Ministry for work and social (BMAS), statistic paperback work and social statistics 2005

BMGS statistic paperback international unemployment rates

Unemployment in Austria in September 2005

Source: Job market service Austria

See also: The job market data of the statistics Austria

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