INTRODUCTION

According to research, unemployment is one of the main problems in Jamaica. This paper seeks to examine the effects of unemployment on families in the community of Eltham View. This study is being researched because there tends to be a growing trend of unemployment in this community mostly with the main breadwinners of the families and to find out the effects that this unemployment has on the families affected by unemployment. The effects of unemployment on families are generally varied but also universally negative. This therefore means that unemployment really as a negative effect on the members of a family emotionally, physically and psychologically, and also aids in the reduction in the financial capacity of the family. In some causes it can lead to divorce which can heavily impact the mental health and welfare of the child/ children.

LITERATURE REVIEW
Research previously done on this study indicates that unemployment negatively affects a familys way of life several different ways to all the members within that family. In an article written by Precious Silva (2010), she suggested that the effects of unemployment on families are invariably a negative one. The effects include reduction in the financial capacity of the family, physical, psychological and emotional impacts. In some cases it can lead to divorces which can heavily impact the mental health and welfare of the children.

QUESTIONNAIRE
Topic: The Effects of unemployment on family lives. This questionnaire is about finding out how unemployment causes family instability and relationship problems.

1) Gender Female Male

2) Are you employed? Yes I) No

If yes, what type of employment? (a) Self- employed (b) Temporary employed (c) Permanently employed

3) If unemployed, what resulted in the loss of your job? I) II) III) IV) Company downsizing Company closure Retirement Other

4) How has unemployment affected you? (a) Not being able to meet my basic requirements (b) Not being able to support my family (c) Not being able to further my education

5) How has unemployment affected the maintenance of the family? (a) Not having enough to eat (b) Not being able to pay the bills (c) Not being able to send child/ children to school

6) Would you work for a lesser salary until you can get what you truly want? Yes No

7) How has unemployment affected the stability of your family? (a) It has not affected the stability of my family (b) It has so what affected the stability of my family (c) It has severely affected the stability of my family

8) Do you think that parents being unemployed will affect their childs/ childrens performance and attitude at school? Yes No

9) If yes, how would childrens performance at school be affected by their parents being unemployed? (a) They would not be affected (b) They would be some what a little affected (c) They would perform poorly because of the stress at home

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