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The document summarizes a student's research on the impact of unemployment in their community of Commodore, which has a population of 550. Some key findings from the research include: 1) Based on a survey of 20 residents, 70% of the community is unemployed with the main reasons being a lack of available jobs and lack of skills or education. 2) Unemployed persons were identified as responsible for 85% of criminal activities in the area, most notably praedial larceny. 3) 40% of families reported being unable to provide basic needs due to unemployment and 25% said they depended on illegal activities to survive.

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Business Cognate SBA

The document summarizes a student's research on the impact of unemployment in their community of Commodore, which has a population of 550. Some key findings from the research include: 1) Based on a survey of 20 residents, 70% of the community is unemployed with the main reasons being a lack of available jobs and lack of skills or education. 2) Unemployed persons were identified as responsible for 85% of criminal activities in the area, most notably praedial larceny. 3) 40% of families reported being unable to provide basic needs due to unemployment and 25% said they depended on illegal activities to survive.

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CSEC

BUSINESS COGNATE
SBA

Name: Latoya Lawrence

Topic: The impact of unemployment on my community


CONTENTS

Topic

Objectives

Background/Overview

Methodology
Description of Sample
Data Type
Data collection strategies
Data Collection Instrument
Presentation and Analysis of data
Limitations
Presentation and Analysis of data

Conclusion

Recommendations

Bibliography

Appendices
Topic
The impact of unemployment on my community

Objectives
1. To determine the level of unemployment in my community
2. To find out how unemployment affect family life in the community
3. To verify the relationship between unemployment and crime in the community
Background/Overview
Commodore is a community located in East Portland with a population of approximately 550
residents. A large amount of the adult population are returning residents. The main economic
activity is Agriculture which includes crops and animal rearing. This is mostly done by persons
over forty years old. Most of the Youth who have completed school remain idle or leave the
community to seek employment or study. There has been an upsurge in criminal activities
within the past 4 years, particularly praedial larceny.
Methodology

Description of Sample
The sample for this study included 20 selected residents. There were 10 males and 10 females
and a mixture of youth, young adults and senior citizens. Employed and unemployed persons
were included.

Data Type
The data type was quantitative.

Data collection strategies


A total of 20 questionnaires were used in order to collect information from members of
the community to ensure accurate conclusions on “ effects of unemployment within the
community of Commodore.”

The persons were carefully selected to represent a wide cross section from the
community to cater for all the requirements necessary. The researcher chose 50% male
and 50% female to ensure fairness. They were then supplied with the questionnaires
and arranged for a time to collect them within ten (10) days
Data Collection Instrument
Questionnaire

Kindly answer each question by ticking the response of your choice

1. What is your Age Group?


50 and over [ ] 35-49 [ ] 20- 34 [ ] Below 20 [ ]

2. Are you employed?


Yes [ ] No [ ]

3. How many members are there in your household?


1-4 [ ] 5-6 [ ] 7-10 [ ] More than 10 [ ]

4. How many adult members in your family are unemployed?


1 [ ] 2-4 [ ] more than 4 [ ]

5. What percentage of the community would you say is employed?


Less than 20% [ ] 20- 40% [ ] 40 – 60% [ ] More than 60% [ ]

6. What is the main reason for unemployment?


Limited working opportunities [ ]
Lack of skills or knowledge [ ]
Lack of Interest [ ]

7. Who do you think is mainly responsible for criminal activities in the community?
Persons from outside community [ ]
Unemployed persons in the community [ ]
Employed persons who want more than their share [ ]

8. How are families affected by unemployment?


Low standard of living [ ]
Unable to provide basic needs [ ]
Dependent on hand outs and government assistance [ ]
Dependent on illegal activities [ ]

9. How do unemployed families survive in the community?


Family assistance [ ]
Government assistance [ ]
Proceeds from illegal activities [ ]
10. Dou you think the crime level would fall if more employment opportunities are
created?
Yes [ ] No [ ]
Limitations
Presentation and Analysis of data
Fig 1 : Picture graph showing number of persons employed

Responses Number of Responses


Unemployed
Employed

KEY- = 5%

The data above indicates that 70% of the community is unemployed and 30% are employed

Figure 2. Pie chart showing reasons for unemployment


10%
15%
Lack of interest

Limited Working
Opportunities

Lack of Skills or
knowledge

75%

Figure 2 is a pie chart showing reasons for unemployment. Figure 2 indicates that of the 20
respondents, 75% said there are not enough jobs available while 15% said they are not qualified
and 10% said they are not interested in the jobs available.

Fig. 3 Bar graph showing number of persons in each household


9

5
1 to 4
4 5 to 6
7 to 10
3
more than 10
2

0
1 to 4 5 to 6 7 to 10 more than 10
Family size

The bar graph above shows that 5 persons (25%) live in family size of 1 to 4 persons, 8 persons

( 40%) have families of between 5 and 6 and 6 persons (30%) live in households with 7 to 10

persons. Only 1 person (5%)lived in household with more than 10 persons.

Fig 4. Pie Chart showing persons responsible for crime in community


Persons responsible for Crime in Community
Unemployed persons Personsd outside community
Employed who want more

5%
10%

85%

The chart above shows that 85% of the crimes committed are done by unemployed persons
while persons from outside the community account for 10%. Only 5% of the crimes are done by
employed persons who crave for more.

Fig 5: table showing how families are affected due to unemployment


How families are impacted Percentage
Low standard of living 20%
Unable to provide basic needs 40%
Dependent on hand outs and government assistance 15%
Dependent on illegal activities 25%

Conclusion
Recommendations

Bibliography

Appendices

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