HALF OF UNEMPLOYED IN ARMENIA PEOPLE WITHIN 35-50 YEARS OLD
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Sept 28 2007
YEREVAN, September 28. /ARKA/. Almost half of the unemployed in Armenia
are people within 35-50 years old, said Consultant of Armenian "Ameria"
Company Karen Martirosyan, when presenting the results of the research
on the country’s labor market.
"According to the Company’s research, people within 35-50 years old
are 51% of citizens who have the status of unemployed. 55.7% fell to
citizens of this age who have been looking for job over 3 years, 33.5%
– disabled, and 31.7% – people who look for work for the first time,"
he said.
Martirosyan said that the research was conducted in seven so-called
risk groups that these people belong to: those who seek work for the
first time, disabled people, previous prisoners, demobilized from army,
children that reached labor age and are left without parents’ care,
people who have the status of unemployed over 3 years, unemployed,
registered in the territorial employment centers.
According to the data provided by Martirosyan, 45.9% of citizens
involved in risk groups had secondary education, 28.7% – specialized
secondary education, 12.6% – higher education, 0.1% – scientific
degree, 2.1% – had no education.
"17.5% of citizens of the risk group have working experience of 10-15
years, 16.3% – 15-20 years, 15.4% – 5-10 years, 14.2% – 20-25 years.
The majority were citizens with the working experience 30-35 years
(5.6%), another 5.5% – over 35 years," the expert said.
According to the Armenian National Statistical Service, the
average number of unemployed in Armenia was 84,900 people (7.3%)
in January-August.
The research of "Ameria" was conducted in February-March 2007
in Yerevan and all the regions of Armenia. 1,200 citizens, 520
organizations and 25 experts participated in the survey.
"Ameria" is a group of companies providing complex professional
services. It specializes in four main sectors of professional activity:
consulting management, audit, bookkeeping and tax consulting, legal
consulting, investment-banking services.