My Social

Studies

S.B.A

Name of Candidate: Donavan Somerset

School: The Manning’s School

Centre number:

Candidate Number:

Year of examination: 2021

Teacher: Mr.J.Williams
Title: Unemployment
Table of Content

Content Page

Acknowledgement 1
Introduction 2

Statement of problem 3

Research questions 3

Reason for selecting area of research 4

Method of Data Collection 5-6

Letter of notice to participants 6

Instrument of data collection 7-9

Procedures for Collection of Data 9

Presentation of Data 10-14

Analysis and Interpretation of Data 15

Statement of findings 16

Recommendations and Implementation strategy 17-18

Conclusion 18-19
Bibliography 20
Acknowledgement

It is within my greatest interest to display much gratitude to all those who have contributed in

some way to the success and/or completion of this project.

Firstly, I would like to dedicate much thanks to God for providing strength, good health and

knowledge in order for me to complete this assignment.

Secondly, I would like to thank all of my family members who have provided assistance to

the researcher wherever necessary.

Last but not least, the researcher would like to present much appreciation to the teacher who

has provided necessary assistance and explained all areas that were unclear.
 Introduction

Unemployment is a term that is used to refer to individuals who are employable and is

without a job or seeking a job.

The Darliston community is a small community in the parish of Westmoreland and is in

the county of Cornwall. It consists of a clinic, police station, post office, supermarket etc. I

have been a resident of the Darliston community for the last (8) eight years. During recent

times I have been observing the increasing levels of unemployment in the community and

wider environment. The researcher would therefore like to conduct a study on the primary

causes and effects of unemployment on youths and others within the community. There is a

variety of information that will be discussed in order to facilitate the investigations and to

draw on conclusions.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

What are the major causes and effects of unemployment in the Darliston community?

Research Questions

1) What are the main push factors of unemployment in the Darliston community?

2) What are the strategies that can be put in place to lessen the level of unemployment in

the
 Darliston community?

3) What are the effects of unemployment on the residents of the Darliston community?

REASONSONS FOR SELECTING

AREA OF RESEARCH

There have been several reports of robberies and other criminal activities. I have been

anxious, enquired and decided to do a quick observation.

I have discovered a continual increase in the level of unemployment in the Darliston

community and wider environment in the past and near present, there are also situations

where residents of the community find it hard to find food and clothing and even money to

send the smaller ones to school. There are observations revealing that health related problems

such as depression have been caused by unemployment.

There are reasons to believe that this is as a result of unemployment, thus I endeavour to

investigate the matter to uncover the principal causes of the issue and the possible solutions

to reduce and control the issue.

METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION

The method of investigation will be in the form of a questionnaire . The questionnaire was

structured containing fifteen (15) quality questions that will aid in the purpose of achieving a

well accurately executed research to satisfy the researcher and his understanding or view on

the topic.

A Questionnaire is a set of questions (printed, written etc.) for obtaining personal view and

information from individuals for the purpose of a survey or statistical study, according to

enoxforddictionaries.com.
With using this method:

It is easier to collect and analyse the data that has been issued to respondents.

And also large amounts of data can be collected from a wide number of people in

a very short, short period of time, effective for time management and quick

completion of the research.

However there are some disadvantages that may affect the method that may affect the

research include:

❖ Individuals may deliberately not respond to certain questions which may be vital to

the research and collection of data.

❖ The respondent(s) may not interpret all questions well and as a result unintentional

information entered.

LETTER TO CORRESPONDENTS
Dear Respondents,
 My name is Donavan Somerset and I am a student of The Manning’s School and I

am conducting this task in order to gather information for my Social Studies School Based

Assessment (S.B.A). I will be given a certain grade for this task upon the completion of this

task.

Please note that your information or identity contributed, will be kept confidential and

it’s vital to always be honest in answering any question. You are also asked to remain calm

and tensionless throughout answering all questions, as this is not a test. You are required to

answer questions as stated by the instructions on the questionnaire (insert a tick in the boxes

provided indicating your answer). Thank you for your cooperation.

Yours truly,

_______________

Donavan Somerset
 DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENT

Questionnaire

Please put a tick in the box provided indicating your answer. Please be reminded that this
is not a test!
1) Sex?

Male Female

2 ) What is your age group?

16-21 22-27 28-33 34 and over

3) Have you completed school?

Yes No No

4) If yes, which institution did you attend last?

Tertiary High school Training centre

5) How long have you been residing in the Darliston community?

Under 1 year 1-6 years

6-11 years Over 11 years

 6) Are you employed?

Yes No

7) Do you think there is any need for government strategies?

Yes No

8) What are the causes/factors of unemployment?

Lack Of Education Lack Of Parental Control Lack Of Job Opportunities

Economic Recessions

9) Do you seek help for the ones around you who are affected by unemployment?

Yes No

10) What strategies should be put in place for victims of unemployment?

Provide More Job Opportunities Provide Educational

Opportunities Provide More Skill Training Provide values and attitude

programme
11) What are the effects of unemployment on the residents of the community?

Difficulties Paying Bills Opportunities Lost

Decline In Standard Of Living

12) What skills do you have?

Carpentry Cosmetology Time Management Barbering

13) How does unemployment make you feel?

Sad Happy Stressed

14) In what age stage do you think unemployment rate is least common?

18- 23 23- 28 28 And Over

15) Are there any Government services offered to the residents of the community that are
affected?

Yes No
 PROCEDURE FOR DATA COLLECTION

In collection of the data, fifteen (15) questions were created by the researcher. 17 copies

were printed and 14 of these copies were handed to a person who strongly requested to assist,

while the researcher handed out the other copies.

The questionnaire was distributed to residents in the community. The respondents were

allotted a period of (3) and a half days to fully complete the questionnaire. At the end of such

a given period, all individuals returned the questionnaire completed to the designated area, to

the volunteering assistant who tallied to ensure all were collected. The collected

questionnaires were then handed to the researcher to continue analysis. The questionnaires

were distributed on the 7 of March 2021 and were relatively collected on the 10th of March

2021 ( according to the above process ).

From the evaluation of the data it was revealed that 60 % were males and 40% (of the

individuals) were females.

 PRESENTATION OF DATA

The data presented below are a representation of the information collected from the
questionnaires distributed

Pie chart showing % of person that are males / females

Figure 1. shows the comparison between males and females. It can observed that 60% is male
and 40% is female.
 9%
10%

lack of education
lack of parental control
lack of job opportunities
23% 59% economic recessions

Figure 2.shows causes of unemployment. 58% of respondents stated lack of education, 23%
stated lack of parental control , 10% stated lack of job opportunities, while another 9% stated
economic recessions.
 Decline in standard of liv-
ing
11%

Opportunities lost Difficulties paying bills

25% Opportunities lost
Difficulties paying bills Decline in standard of living
64%

Figure 3.shows the effect of unemployment on the resident in the community .

 8%

92%

No Yes

Figure 4. display respondents view on the need of Government intervention on

unemployment, 92% of the respondents robustly stated that they support the government’s
input on unemployment while only 8% proposed it was not of much importance (i.e no).
Figure 5. highlight the strategies should put in place based on the result collected

ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

Figure 1 , according to information , majority of the sample stated that 60% of the

respondents were male and 40% were female ,which means that there are more males than

females that toke part in answering the questionnaire.

According to analysis from figure 2 , displays the views of respondents to the major causing

of unemployment. 59% stated lack of education . . 23% stated that it is a cause of lack of

parental control . Lack of job opportunities was posed by only 10 % and economic

recessions represented by 12%.

Based on the information that was collected figure 3, majority of the sample said the impact

unemployment has on the resident is they are having difficulties paying bills 64%

stated .25% said opportunities lost and decline in standard of living posted by 11 %.
Figure 4. 92% of the residents in community strongly support the intervention of the

Government while 8% of the residents disagree .

Figure 5. 53% of the residents of the community stated that they need to provide more job

opportunities while 40% said that they need to provide more educational opportunities.

Provide values and attitude progamme post 7% and Provide more skill training ,which the

residents strongly don’t agree to posted 0%.

 STATEMENT OF FINDINGS

In completing the research, a variety of information and specific conclusions in concern with

the issue, unemployment were acquired. Some of which include the following:

● The most crucial cause of unemployment is a result of Lack of education.

● Most of the residents stated that the effect of unemployment is having difficulites

paying bills.
 RECOMMENDATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION

STRATEGY

A variety of strategies may be implemented by the Government ( and individuals) to lessen

and eliminate the negative effects of unemployment on any person today. The following are

recommended strategies that may be effective if used.

A recommendation is to reduce unemployment in the circulate in schools should reflect on

emphasis on techinal subjects such as welding etc.

Government should provide provide programme for those who has been affected by
unemployment.

CONCLUSION

From the research conducted, it can be concluded that:

The unemployment rate in the Darliston community and those within its residents are

drastically affected by its negative effects. It is also fair to say that many residents of the

community interact with those who unemployment prey on. There is adequate evidence that

there may be negative effects if this issue is not solved within a short period of time.

However, from the data evaluated, even though few in number there are persons within the

community who will uplift and encourage those who are affected.
 BIBLIOGRAPHY

Book Source

Waterman, I. & Fisher, J. (2010) Social Studies for CSEC Examinations. Malaysia.
Macmillan Publishers

Internet Source

Pepper, K, ‘The logic Scientific Discovery’ (2004). Routledge. Retrieved

fromURL:www.libweb.surrey.ac.uk