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The aim of this survey was to provide information on: (a) the educational, training and employment backgrounds of the long-term unemployed to indicate their potential for work and training; (b) the social, physical and psychological factors affecting their ability to take up work or training; and (c) their attitudes towards various Manpower Services Commission programmes.

Main Topics:

Personal details, previous exployment histories, health, experience of unemployment, job search activities, attitudes towards job-seeking and unemployment, awareness and experience of Manpower Services Commission schemes, attitudes towards training and Manpower Services Commission schemes.

Multi-stage stratified random sample

(a) Employment offices selected with probability proportional to number of long-term unemployed

Face-to-face interview