Government Study: Unemployed More Likely To Go Shopping Than Look For A Job
Something is incredibly wrong here and most sane Americans should agree that
something needs to be done...
(CNSNews) On the average day, an unemployed American is more likely to be shopping—for things other than groceries and gas---than to be looking for a new job, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Only
18.9 percent of Americans who were unemployed (in surveys conducted from 2009
through 2013) spent time in job search and interviewing activities on an average
day, according to BLS. Yet 40.8 percent of the unemployed did some kind of
shopping on the average day--either in a store, by telephone, or on the
Internet. 22.5 percent of the unemployed, according to BLS, were shopping for
items other than groceries, food and gas.
The BLS conducts a study called the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) which tracks how Americans spend their time doing various activities during a given day. “The goal of the survey is to measure how people divide their time among life’s activities,” explains the BLS. "Individuals are randomly selected from subset of households that have completed their eighth and final month of interviews for the Current Population Survey (CPS). ATUS respondents are interviewed only one time about how they spent their time on the previous day, where they were, and whom they were with."
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(CNSNews) On the average day, an unemployed American is more likely to be shopping—for things other than groceries and gas---than to be looking for a new job, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Only
18.9 percent of Americans who were unemployed (in surveys conducted from 2009
through 2013) spent time in job search and interviewing activities on an average
day, according to BLS. Yet 40.8 percent of the unemployed did some kind of
shopping on the average day--either in a store, by telephone, or on the
Internet. 22.5 percent of the unemployed, according to BLS, were shopping for
items other than groceries, food and gas.The BLS conducts a study called the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) which tracks how Americans spend their time doing various activities during a given day. “The goal of the survey is to measure how people divide their time among life’s activities,” explains the BLS. "Individuals are randomly selected from subset of households that have completed their eighth and final month of interviews for the Current Population Survey (CPS). ATUS respondents are interviewed only one time about how they spent their time on the previous day, where they were, and whom they were with."
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A nation of gimme gimme takers and on the other side....producers....real tax payers. perfect example of why welfare should be eliminated completely and another thing.... if you're on welfare you should not be able to vote or have any say about tax money that is paid by producers..... at least not for 2 years of the solid employment that would change everything. ...got work ethic...learn it, live it, love it Americans.
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