Distribution of social goods
Unemployment

Experience of unemployment: people affected in % of total population by country

Question wording: ‘Have you ever been unemployed and seeking work for a period of more than three months?’; ‘Have any of these periods been within the past 5 years?’.

Sample size: ESS 2006: 1804–2916; weighted data.

Source: ESS 2006.

Data for the indicator or in excel.

Description and explanation in the corresponding chapter of the Social Report 2008.