unemployed
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Last month, there were 245,000 people between the ages of 20 and 24 with no prior work experience who were unemployed, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
"We measured outcomes like whether someone became employed or unemployed, whether they got married or divorced, and standard indicators of mental health," he said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Continuing claims, which scale with the total size of the unemployed population, totaled 1.73 million in the week through Sept. 5, sliding by 39,000 from the downwardly revised total a week earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
There were more unemployed young men than young women - 252,000 men compared with 141,000 women.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Soon the number of patients being treated by Socios en Salud jumped to about fifty—students, housewives, street vendors, health workers, unemployed youth.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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