Unemployment and its Negative Effects on Society

Abstract

The study investigates the unemployment and its negative effects on society, by adopting survey method and questionnaire as a tool of data collection. The study targeted the fresh unemployed graduates of nine administrative towns of Lahore including both males and females. The main objective of the study was to explore the effects of unemployment on mental health of fresh graduates.

The data was analyzed through descriptive statistics and inferential statistics such as  Chi-square, Pearson correlation and Independent sample t-test were used for data analysis. The results show the significant association and positive correlation between unemployment and mental health unemployment affects the mental health of fresh graduates they feel depression, anxiety and low self-esteem. It has also proved that mental health of male graduates affected more as compare to females.