Zakres długookresowego bezrobocia w powiecie żywieckim i metody jego ograniczania (1998-2001)

Abstract

Process of constitutional transformation began in Poland in 1989 and brought about a lot of essential changes in people's life, especially in sphere of employment. Impetuous increasing number of unemployed in the beginning of transformation process made unemployment was one of the most important problem in reforming state. This publication shows characteristics and methods of limitation of long-term unemployment in administrative district of Żywiec in 1998-2001. This period of time was chosen because then the level of unemployment considerably increased. In 1998 unemployment was 9% and in 2001 - 14,3%. The publication contains questionnaire researches which made possible to obtain extra information about life situation and material status of the unemployed. Questionnaire researches was made by the author of this article what let unemployed to understand better the sense of questions because all doubts were immediately explained. Besides, “face-to-face” conversation with people without work provided a lot of additional information about their life. That information made this article more interesting and reliable. Study of living condition of unemployed make possible to prepare programmes of limitation of long-term unemployment and growing poverty among people without work. This programme should tend to occupational activation unemployed people on studing region. Especially it concerns people from villages who account for 54% of total unemployed.