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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;