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DonaldJumper

TuskegeeUniversity

September21,2010


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Abstract

Thepurposeofthispaperistoshowthedramaticincreaseintheunemployment

ratefortheleadingindustriesintheUnitedStates.Thedatainthispaperwillalsocompareandanalyzegenderinconjunctionwiththeseindustriestodeterminewhat

genderiseffectedthemostbyunemploymentandtowhatmagnitudedoesgender

haveinunemployment.Thispaperwillconcludethatallindustriessufferwith

unemploymentandthegendergapvariesdependingontheindustry.


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1.Problemidentification.Statethegeneralproblemtopic

Thegeneralproblemtopicisontheincreasingunemploymentrateasit

pertainstogenderandethnicityintodaysleadingworkforceindustries.AnotherproblemisthattherehasnotbeenaneffectivesolutionputforbyeithertheObama

administrationorBushadministrationthathassuccessfullytackledtheriseinthe

unemploymentrate.

ThesecondgeneralproblemwouldbethattheAfricanAmericanracehas

doubletheunemploymentratethenallotherethnicitiesandinalmostevery

categoryhasthehighestdeficitofemployedworkingcitizens.13%ofallsingleblack

AfricanAmericanmalesareunemployedand12%forallAfricanAmericanwomen.

2.ProblemDescription.Writeanexpansiveparagraphortwothatdescribethe

problemtopic.

A.HowdoestheproblemaffectthesurvivalandpropagationofAfrican

Americans?(RefertotheQuantitativeProblem-SolvingModelinthe

Appendix)

B.Doyouhaveanyideasaboutwhatcanbedoneorwhatchangesare

neededtoalleviatetheproblem?

TheproblemamongAfricanAmericaniscriticalandneedstobeaddressed.

14.5%ofallAfricanAmericanswhohaveattainedlowerthenahighSchooldiploma

areunemployedandonly34%ofourAfricanAmericanpopulationisemployedas

shownintheGraph.Alsoin200910%ofallwidowed,separatedandordivorced

AfricanAmericanwomenwereunemployed.Thesefactsaloneshowthatthe

unemploymentrateintheAfricanAmericansocietyisaseriousissue.

Somechangesthatcouldbemadetohelpalleviatetheproblemisenforcing

educationbecausethedataalsoshowsthat80%ofAfricanAmericanswhohas

achievedabachelorsdegreeorhigherareemployed.Alsotheseratesneedtobe


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madepublicandbroughttotheattentionofAfricanAmericansineffortsthatwecan

eliminatethesehighunemploymentrates.Educationiskeyandifwecankeep

studentsinschoolandgetthemtofinishcollegethechancesofthembecominga

statistictounemploymentisextremelylow.

3.Findings.Describethedatatablesyoulocatedwithreferencestothefollowing

quantitativeaspect.Youmustlocateatleastonedatatableforeachofthefour

aspects(i.e.thereisaminimumoffourdatatables.)ThedatamustbeinPDFfile,as

explainedintheAPPENDIX

Allofmygraphanddatatablesexplaindifferentaspectstomyresearchand

providesupportingfactsaboutunemployment.Forexampleoneofmydatatables

breaksdowntheunemploymentratebyrace,genderandmaritalstatus.While

anothergraphbreaksdownEmploymentstatusoftheciviliannoninstitutional

population25yearsandoverbyeducationalattainment,sexandrace.

Alsoonegraphbreaksdownunemploymentratebyindustry,genderand

racethereforeitgivesdatatodifferentiateweathermoremalesorfemalesare

unemployedpertainingtoindustryandrace.Thisdatatablewasusefulin

determiningwhichraceisbeingaffectedfromunemploymentthemost.Althoughall

graphsanddatatablesdealwiththegeneraltopicincreasingunemploymentrateas

itpertainstogenderandethnicityallthedatatablesandgraphshavethereown

specificpointofinterestandspecification.

Thesedatatablesprovidevariousinformationtohelpmedeterminewhich

genderwasactuallyunemployedandtakingeffortstoseekworkforexampleone

graphshowsthat57.1%ofallwomenunemployedactuallyhavefilledout

applicationsandsentinresumesthismethodwasusedtodeterminethenumberofjobseekersbetweenthetwogenders.Asformalesonly51.8%ofallunemployed

maleshavesentinapplicationsandresumes,whichclassifiesthemasunemployed

jobseekers.


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Furthermoreanotherdatatablebreaksdownunemploymentbygender,

industry,andclassofworkersoitgivesmoredetailthenmyotherdatatable,which

specifiesinjustindustry.Thisdatatableexplainsthat8.1%ofwomenare

unemployedsalaryworkerscomparedto10.8%formen.Howeverthelargest

unemploymentforgenderbyindustryandclassofworkerwasbeverageand

tobaccowomenareunemployed17.2%comparedto9.8%formen.

A).Magnitude

1.Howlargeorsevereistheproblem

AsitpertainstounemploymentintheUnitedStatesthedatashowsthatthis

isanissuethanmustbeaddressed.Themagnitudeofthisproblemhasgrowntobe

oneofthemostimportantissuesfacingournationtoday.Thepopulationtowhich

theproblemeffectisnolongerjustAfricanAmericansorHispanicswhiteAmerican

isalsobecomingastatistictounemploymentbythethousands.

2.)Howmanypeopledoesitaffect?

AsIpreviouslystatedthemagnitudeofthisproblemhasgrowntoaffectall

ethnicitiesandbothgenders.Thedatashowsthatalmost4millionofallhighschool

graduateswithnocollegeexperienceareunemployed.Also5.8millionwomenare

separatedandordivorcedandunemployed.Thereforethisproblemisnotjust

limitedtoraceorgenderbutitisbecomingthemostimportanteconomicissues

today.

3.)Whatarethecostsoftheproblemsexpressedinthetermsofmoney.(Morbidity

ormorality?Dataonmagnitudeareusuallyunivariateandsometimesconsistof

rankorderList). Theunemploymentrateisdefinitelyoneoftheleadingcausestoourrecent

recession.TheUnitedStatesgovernmenttreasurydepartmentputsoutmillionsof

dollarstoserviceunemploymentprogramsandassisttheunemployedinfinding

work.Thesesameunemployedjobseekersreceivepaymentstohelpthemgetby

financiallyforatemporaryperiodoftime.Thedatashowsthatthepeoplewho


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madethemostmoneybeforetheywerelaidoffreceivehigherpaymentsfromthe

federalgovernmentwhileunemployedtomeettherelivingstandardsIassume.

B.)Scope

1.)Howwidespreadistheproblem

Accordingtothedatatheproblemisextremelywidespreaditaffectsevery

cultureandeverygender.Womenmaybemostaffectedbyunemploymentbutwith

thesehighnumbersofunemployedAmericanswemustacceptthisasaproblemfor

everycitizen.Thisproblemhasnolimitsorboundaries.

2.) What percentages of selected population are affected? (E.g. nations, states,

regions,etc.)Thesedataareusuallyasratesorratios

TheAfricanAmericanpopulationisaffectedthemostasIstatedearlierthe

amountofunemployedAfricanAmericanaredoubledanyotherrace.African

Americanshavea14.5%unemploymentratecomparedtootherracesaveragingout

at8.5%.TheunemploymentrateforAfricanAmericanswithabachelorsdegreeor

higheris7.3%.Whichisequaltootherethnicitiesoverallunemploymentrate.

C.)Changes:Howhastheproblemvariedorchangedovertime

Theproblemhaschangeddrasticallyovertimein20085.4percentofwomen

wereunemployedthisnumberhasskyrocketedto8.1%in2009injust1yearthat

samepercentagewas4.1in2000.Futhernoreothercategoriesarejustalike

unemploymentcontinuestoriseacrosstheboardoverthepast5yearsthese

numbershaveincreasedtonumbersandpercentssohighevenpresidentObama

hadtoputunemploymentonhisagenda.

D.)Disparities:Aretheredifferencesintheproblemintermsrace,age,SES,sexual

orientation,ordisability?

ThebiggestdisparitieswaswithAfricanAmericansIassumebecauseofthe

dropoutrateitultimatelyresultsinstudentsnotbeingabletofindjobsbecausethe

marketissolimitedforsomeonewithoutevenahighschooldiploma.Therefore


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theyfallintotheunemploymentpoolwhichbacksmyargumentIstatedatfirstthat

eventhoughsomeeducatedscholarsareunemployedtheonlysecuritytoavoid

becomingstatisticistofurtheryoureducationandmakeyourselfirreplaceable.

4.)DataTablestobeupload

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ReferencesPage

Table1

U.S.BureauofLaborStatistics,EmploymentandEarningsOnline,January2009;

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