| Because of low hours (8-10hrs)per week - feel should be on full time emp. only |
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| Because there are some people who cannot sign on. |
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| Doesn't differerentiate between permanent, temporary and contract employment - misleading |
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| Doesn't understand how the Government can keep up to date with the figures |
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| Don't take it off benefits associated with unemployment - only off JSA benefits |
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| Figures do not reflect what is happening in the local area |
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| Government do not include people on benefit courses |
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| I dont think the figure includes all the categories of people who are unemployed eg lone parents of working age but have noyt registered with us people who dont qualify for benefits others |
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| It records only those who collect benefit while others seeking work/employable but do not collect benefit |
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| Not all unemployed people are counted in the statistical sample. |
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| People not accounted for - lost in the system. |
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| People who are registered as unemployed actually are working and they dont do anything about it |
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| Respondent does not work yet he is not unemployed and thinks there must be many like him |
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| SAME,SHOULD ALWAYS QUESTION STATS. |
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| SEEMS TO BE UP FOR EMPLOYED AND DOWN IN WINTER |
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| SOME PEOPLE ONLY HAVE TEMP.JOBS. |
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| See note! |
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| Sometimes the government keeps the figures back |
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| Statistics change daily |
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| Summer jobs give a misleading figure |
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| The way they collect them is alright but the end product is open to question,a/e no |
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| There are people who are not in the system |
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| They contradict every time. |
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| They don't take into account people on Government training schemes,casual workers or students.a/e no |
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| They fiddle the figures |
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| They only count those who are on benefit and not everyone who is not working. a/e no |
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| a lot of people are not being counted as unemployed |
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| a lot of people are signing on when in fact there are so many fraudsters around |
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| a lot of people are working and still claiming benefit |
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| a lot of people out of work but dont go to the job centre |
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| a lot of people take holiday jobbs but these dont last |
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| add somepeople to the list somes times take people away the goal post keep moving |
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| all statistics can be played with and only bring out ones want to been seen at the time/got seasonal unemp and short term contracts are still unemployed depends on which figures want to show |
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| all statstics cannot be accurate |
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| alot of casual labour here,still claiming |
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| alot of people on work programmes do not get included in the figures |
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| as far as I am concerned MPs are working for themselves not for us |
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| as spec7 |
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| because a lot of people are not unemployedand claim benefit |
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| because of schemes which cause groups of unemployed people to not be counted. e.g. youth training schemes. |
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| because of where i work |
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| because there are people who argue against this esp people in small businesses |
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| because there is a black economy people who are on the unemployment list are in fact working |
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| because time difference between collection and publication. anumber of poeple registered because of the financial benefit |
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| believes in benefit dodgers |
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| black economy/non registered cases. |
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| cant believe that proper jobs are being created-more schemes than jobs |
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| certain percentage that moonlight |
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| changes in ways collected |
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| concentrated in areas,nature of unemployment,ie part time working,the press simpliflies etc |
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| data base changed from time to time which makes for anapparent increase or decrease |
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| day to day unemployment changes |
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| definition of unemployment changes which makes it confusing |
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| depends on circumstances, eg. temporay |
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| depends on the time of year |
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| diff people say diff things about them |
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| diff sections not counted any more eg i could be but i dont sign on |
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| do not take all job schemes into account |
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| do not take everything into account, general figures do not reflect what is happening in individual areas |
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| does not include the number of poeple who are not seeking work but would like to do so |
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| does reflect the trends but does not go into detail for certain groups, training for work and between answer 2 & 3. |
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| doesnt include black econo,y |
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| don't take in to account people doing voluntary unemployment or giving up to look ofter family |
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| dont include people over 60 so they are distorting the figures |
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| dont take into account students , peole who come off courses then dont find jobs |
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| each government changes the rules on how they report the unemployment figures |
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| each government finds a different way of calculkating them |
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| fail to count those who cant work |
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| fiddling/black market not recorded |
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| figures are gained with different criteria each year |
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| figures are inaccurate because people can't be bothered to go out to work |
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| figures do not include all people |
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| figures do not tyake nto account those who are in full time work self employed but currently do not have work also figure are only dependent when people claim benefit |
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| figures not always up to date |
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| figures only account for those whon sign on |
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| find it strange because she often can not find staff to work |
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| from debates on tv which say govt include part groups |
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| from what i hear off other people |
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| goverment put people in categorie ie newdeal which takes them off the figures. |
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| govt dont always give right figures |
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| gray area people working and not declaring jobs down south not the same as up north |
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| grey economy |
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| hearing others in press express concern about them |
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| higher figs to motivate |
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| i think there are a lot of people who are not registered |
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| inacurate as does not include seasonal workers, students etc |
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| it is easy for stastics to make things look better than they really are |
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| its been proved to get it a 100% correct is almost impossible, a general guide there. |
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| its more complex issue |
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| keep changing measuring criteria /sometimes only those signing on keep moving goal posts all the time seem to change on an annual basis |
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| lot of hidden unemployment whivcch does not figure |
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| lot of people who dont sign on;lot dont claim benefits and are not shown in stats |
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| lots of schemes mask unemployment figures |
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| many unemployed people are not counted |
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| media coverage |
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| missing figures/interview the people who really know |
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| mix up about part time work |
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| more information on stats required by public - more explanation |
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| never believe all the papers print |
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| no constant over time so difficult to judge |
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| not a full picture |
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| not every body who registers as unemployed is unemployed |
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| not everyone signs on also a lot of people are on training schemes not proper jobs |
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| not give full picture especially students |
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| not measuring the right things |
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| only people registered as u/e get counted, not people like me |
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| paople who are working and claiming they are not working |
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| part time jobs distort figures/ |
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| people are switched to other groups ie sick to make the figures look better |
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| people don,t tell truth |
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| people in summer jobs and on schemes arent employed and they are included as employed |
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| people on training scheme are counted as employed so that boosts the employment figures up |
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| people who sign on may actually be working, figures are not always correct |
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| prople on training courses are not counted in the figures and this is terribbly misleading. |
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| q |
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| random sample cant be weighed up |
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| reality & published figures dont seem to match |
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| respondent choses 234 |
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| say there are lots of jobs but yet they cant get them |
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| seasonal changes distort figures |
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| seasonal differences are not taken into account |
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| seasonal employmennt,youth schemes etc are included |
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| seasonal workers make the figures incorrect |
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| seasonally adjusted is misleading |
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| see note |
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| short term schemes affect figures |
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| some are registered but working |
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| some claim benefits but are employed |
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| some dont match -ie technically one while really the other |
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| some on benefit and looking but not counted as unemployed-eg jobseekers allowance |
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| some people are not included in the figures |
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| some people are on training courses without prpoer jobs |
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| some people could get a job if they wanted |
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| some people do not declare as they should |
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| some people don't want to work and get counted |
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| some people working and claiming benefits |
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| students and casual workers are not taken into account. |
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| the figure includes people who are working and claiming benifits |
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| the figures are totally incorrect they manipulate the figures |
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| the media give wron g impression |
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| the seasonal figures are not taken into account |
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| the shift of figures of people going in & out of work can be misleading |
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| the time that lapses in publishing figures seems too long |
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| the wehole story is not given and seasonal adjustment is a cop out |
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| there are jobs out there but i don't know whether people really want to take them or not. |
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| there are peoplke drawing benefit who are working or have no intention of working |
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| they are based on claimants the qualifaications changed from job seeker basis to claimant basis |
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| they come up with these figures and how do we know its true or not and when you are on training you are not signing on |
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| they give out one figure and then the opposition give out another figure |
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| they mask over unemployment by putting people on training schemes |
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| they only publish statistics just before children leave school and they dont include them. |
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| they say thet the figures are coming down but they arent often proper jobs -usually low paid and probably in the service industry |
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| thinks many people not genuinely out of work if they made an effort |
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| too much black market stuff |
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| unable resist |
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| underl6ying facts disabled asre not included |
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| using training schemes to cook the books |
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| various govt change to suit their own ends |
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| very difficult because it changes so much |
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| when a person goes pqast a job centre this doesnt really reflect the true nature of the situation |
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| when a person is made unemployed then put on a scheme they immediatley come off the unemployed figures but they are not working |
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| when you see the numbers hanging around begging etc |
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| xcv |
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| you do not know the definition of the unemploed the way in which figs used and how theu are \reported |
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