2.2m Aussie men 'not in workforce'

[Julian2]

2.2m Aussie men 'not in workforce'

Wednesday Jan 24 06:39 AEDT

 

Nearly 30 per cent of working-age male Australians - more than 2.2 million of them - were not in a job at any one time in the past year, it has been revealed.

 

The rate at which men are outside the labour force, neither in work nor looking for work, has increased fourfold in the past century, a Productivity Commission report found.

 

The report said some of this could be put down to the ageing of the workforce, something that is expected to have an even greater impact in the future.

 

But other factors include young men spending longer in education and men being more involved in child care than in the past.

 

The commission's research found that many prime-aged men left the labour market due to injury, ill-health, disability or premature retirement, with about half the men aged 25-64 years who are not in the workforce receiving the disability support pension.

 

"Inactive men are more likely to be living alone, to be poorly educated and of Indigenous or non-English speaking migrant background," the report said.

 

"For example, a man aged 45-54 living alone is about four times more likely to be outside the labour force than one who is married or who has a partner."

 

[Julian2]

I can't believe this type of defeatist, pro-communist, soft on terrorism trashy journalism. Honest John says unemployment is at it's lowest in decades so it must be true.

[Torneyboy]

How do they get these crazy stats ....

"For example, a man aged 45-54 living alone is about four times more likely to be outside the labour force than one who is married or who has a partner."

 

 

Beats me

[Julian2]

It's called a census form.

[Torneyboy]

They must use darts to get the results ..imo