Ali Meyer of the Washington Free Beacon highlights interesting data about the daily activities of the unemployed.
Unemployed Americans are more likely to shop for things other than food and gas than to look for a new job on an average day, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Only 18 percent of unemployed Americans spent time searching or interviewing for a job on an average day, while 41.1 percent shopped online, in store, or by phone. About one in five unemployed Americans, or 21.2 percent, went shopping for items other than food and gas.
Nearly all of the unemployed, or 96.6 percent, socialized, relaxed, or took part in leisure activities, and 83 percent watched television and movies on an average day. Twenty-five percent of unemployed Americans played sports, exercised, or took part in recreation activities, while 19 percent took part in education, which may have included taking classes for a degree.
Unemployed individuals are defined as those who are jobless, available for work, and actively looking for a job, but the job hunt may not be the most time-consuming activity unemployed Americans take part in on an average day. They may not have looked for a job at all.
