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This 4 page paper discusses the effects of long term unemployment on mental and physical health. It also discusses the fact that after some point, most people adjust to being unemployed, and their health improves. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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seems. This paper discusses some of the findings of research dealing with the effects of long-term unemployment. Discussion It has long been believed that long-term unemployment can have serious effects
on a persons health and well-being. A 2004 survey of employed persons shows that they "overwhelmingly believe that the effects of long-term unemployment are seriously bad for a persons relationships,
health, self-respect, self-confidence, and general interest in life" (Tickner). This finding may be somewhat surprising, as the general opinion seems to be that working people are resentful or contemptuous of
the unemployed; this has not been proven out (Tickner). Instead, more than 90% of those employed believe that being unemployed for a significant period of time is "very damaging and
demoralising to those who can not find work" (Tickner). The actual figures of the survey show that "92% of participants in the workforce say it is very likely or quite
likely that long-term unemployment would reduce a persons self-confidence"; 89% believe it would cause problems in relationships; 90% believe it would "reduce a persons self-respect"; 88% believe it could cause
the unemployed to lose interest in activities and things they usually enjoy"; and 80% say it could have a negative impact on a persons health" (Tickner). The implication of this
survey is of political interest; says Tickner: "Disparaging attacks on long term unemployed people by some commentators and public figures clearly are not supported by the wider community." Tickner
notes that long-term unemployment is "potentially catastrophic" with regard to the individual, but when many individuals who have been out of work for a long time live in the same
area, it can have an "even more damaging effect on the community." The response of the working people to the unemployed appears to be a genuinely humane response to distress,
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