Parents are often unemployed, ill, divorced, or even incarcerated.

And about a quarter of 16 19 year olds in the labor force are unemployed.

The majority of people with severe disabilities are unemployed and most of them have never held steady jobs.

In 2001 the employment rate for the labor force (71 of those 15 ) was 66 employed and 34 unemployed.

In these age groups more than 90 of men are either working or unemployed.

More than half of those who are of working age are jobless, according to a new International Labor Organization report.

From 2002 to 2007, the unemployment rate increased by 65 (270,500 unemployed citizens in 2002, 448,600 unemployed citizens in 2007).

Today s Kenya bears little resemblance to this vision 48 of Kenyans live in poverty and 75 of young people are unemployed.

Those remaining in Jerusalem had to pay at least 35 per cent of their income in taxes to the municipality of Jerusalem.8 Seventy five per cent of the population in East Jerusalem were now living under the poverty line and 40 per cent were unemployed.

Among all men and women with a university degree 1.2 and 3.4 respectively are unemployed.

Protest marches by unemployed workers in Gaza on 1 May highlight the need for urgent action to generate employment.

In order to improve aspiring business owners prospects, some countries have begun to offer start up subsidies to unemployed workers, sometimes in lieu of unemployment benefits.

Disarmament and demobilization have concluded, and the warring factions have been officially dissolved, but most ordinary Liberians are jobless and upset that they have not seen substantial improvements in their living conditions. Systematic corruption is eroding confidence in the democratic process and donor support.

STOCKHOLM With Swedish cities roiled for weeks now by rioting by unemployed immigrants, many observers see a failure of the country s economic model.

It is estimated that there are 2 million people living with disabilities in Afghanistan 84 per cent are believed to be unemployed and only 25 per cent are disabled as a result of war, either by direct participation in the war or as a result of landmines.

Monetary union was always a risky bet, but it did not necessarily have to produce mass unemployment (more than half of all young people in Greece and Spain do not have a job). A significant part of the problem reflects the eurozone's flawed design, and that failure, too, is political.

Today s Kenya bears little resemblance to this vision 48 of Kenyans live in poverty and 75 of young people are unemployed. Urban slums like Nairobi s Kibera  home to over one million people remain largely untouched by government services.

In 2005, over 200 million young people are living in poverty 130 million are illiterate 88 million are unemployed and something that was not, perhaps, fully foreseen 10 years ago 10 million young people are now living with HIV AIDS.