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OutOfBreathOutOfBreath Posts: 1,804
edited November 2006 in A Moving Train
In less than an hour I am having my oral exam defending my master's thesis in sociology: "Unemployment - a temporary risk, or a step towards lasting marginalization for the individual". So we'll see if I in less than 2 hours can rightfully call myself a sociologist. Fingers crossed! :)

Peace
Dan
"YOU [humans] NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME?" - Death

"Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty." - Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965
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  • lgtlgt Posts: 720
    Good luck! :)
  • spongersponger Posts: 3,159
    You're saying that a person never fully recovers from unemployment?
    reigning champion

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  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    good luck dude!
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    Best of luck... let us know how it went!!!
  • OutOfBreathOutOfBreath Posts: 1,804
    sponger wrote:
    You're saying that a person never fully recovers from unemployment?
    No, I'm checking whether those unemployed at one point remain so at another. Alternatively there are a lot of replacement of people in the statistics. My findings indicate that the vast majority get out of unemployment within the first months. even if the same numbers are reported for unemployment at two points in time, it doesn't mean it's the same people. As my findings indicate, even if they are as many in numbers, it is not at all the same individuals. This applies to Norway, of course, as I have only used norwegian data.

    As for the result, I got my C and is quite pleased with that. (Mind you, we are a lot stricter with our letter grades than you americans. Perhaps 1 in 30 gets an A) A C is a good grade, which shows that I am competent concerning my subject, and has shown so satisfactorily. As and Bs are for more or less outstanding achievements.

    So I am now officially a sociologist! :)

    Now to get a job..... :p

    Peace
    Dan
    "YOU [humans] NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME?" - Death

    "Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty." - Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965
  • spongersponger Posts: 3,159
    So, your conclusion is that unemployment is a temporary risk rather than a step towards lasting marginalization?
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  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    OutOfBreath wrote:
    So I am now officially a sociologist! :)

    Congratulations!!!
    OutOfBreath wrote:
    Now to get a job..... :p

    Another good luck! :D
  • Riot_RainRiot_Rain Posts: 348
    Congratulations!

    I did some Sociology when I studied journalism and yesterday I picked up my (very heavy!) sociology book for the first time in years. I'd forgotten how much I like the subject! The book is pretty good, it's the one by Macionis & Plummer.

    Hope you find a job that you like!

    :D
    OutOfBreath wrote:
    No, I'm checking whether those unemployed at one point remain so at another. Alternatively there are a lot of replacement of people in the statistics. My findings indicate that the vast majority get out of unemployment within the first months. even if the same numbers are reported for unemployment at two points in time, it doesn't mean it's the same people. As my findings indicate, even if they are as many in numbers, it is not at all the same individuals. This applies to Norway, of course, as I have only used norwegian data.

    As for the result, I got my C and is quite pleased with that. (Mind you, we are a lot stricter with our letter grades than you americans. Perhaps 1 in 30 gets an A) A C is a good grade, which shows that I am competent concerning my subject, and has shown so satisfactorily. As and Bs are for more or less outstanding achievements.

    So I am now officially a sociologist! :)

    Now to get a job..... :p

    Peace
    Dan
    Like a cloud dropping rain
    I'm discarding all thought
    I'll dry up, leaving puddles on the ground
    I'm like an opening band for the sun
  • inmytreeinmytree Posts: 4,741
    Good luck...and give us an update when it's over...
  • memememe Posts: 4,695
    Best of luck to you.
    You already are a great sociologist in my book :)
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • breakmarysfallbreakmarysfall Posts: 368
    Congratulations!!!

    I am glad you made it to an sociologist.
    more of your kind are needed to solve our enlarging cultural and social problems!!
    you gave me hope today, thanks.
    there is no way to peace, peace is the way!
    ...the world is come undone, I like to change it everyday but change don't come at once, it's a wave, building before it breaks.
  • OutOfBreathOutOfBreath Posts: 1,804
    sponger wrote:
    So, your conclusion is that unemployment is a temporary risk rather than a step towards lasting marginalization?
    Pretty much. Or rather I find that a smaller group seems to be in a position to be having longer lasting problems, but I have not checked all possible background info such as health history, drug abuse, ethnicity etc. So there may be an explanation behind those too. In short, the benefits are supposed to be temporary and short-term, and I have found that for the vast majority, such is the case.

    Any clearer? :)

    Peace
    Dan
    "YOU [humans] NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME?" - Death

    "Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty." - Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965
  • OutOfBreathOutOfBreath Posts: 1,804
    Thanks for the kind words people. Much appreciated. :)
    As for a job, I may get a temp job doing market surveys and the like, which would be right up my ally, since statistics is what I relly know how to do. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed there. Otherwise, I'm gonna just enjoy being done with it, and having come through in one piece, with the grade I was expecting. As I said, a C in norway isn't a bad grade. I could have done better by spending more time, and going even longer past the original deadline, but my priority was being done with it.

    So you may now refer to me as a sociologist. :) I may make a thread next week concerning my findings for you guys to debate. right now, I'm gonna go get myself a beer. :D

    Thanks again for all the kind words people!

    Peace
    Dan
    "YOU [humans] NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME?" - Death

    "Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty." - Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965
  • inmytreeinmytree Posts: 4,741
    OutOfBreath wrote:
    Thanks for the kind words people. Much appreciated. :)
    As for a job, I may get a temp job doing market surveys and the like, which would be right up my ally, since statistics is what I relly know how to do. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed there. Otherwise, I'm gonna just enjoy being done with it, and having come through in one piece, with the grade I was expecting. As I said, a C in norway isn't a bad grade. I could have done better by spending more time, and going even longer past the original deadline, but my priority was being done with it.

    So you may now refer to me as a sociologist. :) I may make a thread next week concerning my findings for you guys to debate. right now, I'm gonna go get myself a beer. :D

    Thanks again for all the kind words people!

    Peace
    Dan

    great job, Dan...oh, I mean, Mr. Sociologist..!! :D
  • VictoryGinVictoryGin Posts: 1,207
    congratulations, dan! that's fabulous.

    i could crack a joke about your thesis title and being a sociologist, but i always hated those jokes when i was studying soc in school. :)

    i hope you get your dream job.
    if you wanna be a friend of mine
    cross the river to the eastside
  • spongersponger Posts: 3,159
    OutOfBreath wrote:
    Any clearer? :)

    wtf. if you hate explaining things, then don't. smiley face or not, your question denotes a hint of frustration.
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  • OutOfBreathOutOfBreath Posts: 1,804
    sponger wrote:
    wtf. if you hate explaining things, then don't. smiley face or not, your question denotes a hint of frustration.

    Well, it wasn't meant as frustration or anything. But when it comes to this I can do the long long explanation of everything, or I can try to boil it down to a few compact sentences, which is what I tried given the time I had and felt inclined to use. The smiley was to be nice, and to express my general mood. Underlying it I thought that maybe my explanation given wasn't very explanatory. So maybe the smiley was kinda apologetic as well. That's other as valid interpretations of that.

    I'll try a short explanation again:
    I have tested people that were registred unemployed and eligible for benefits in the time-period 1989-1995 in Norway. Rather than having two different samples at different times, which is pretty usual, I had data which allowed me to check the status of the individuals at different points in time. This emables me to say something about the process for the individuals, rather than just allowing me to say how many at different times.

    Now, I found that for the vast majority, they receive benefits for a limited period, 6 months tops, and they go out from my data, presumably because they go back to work. Which means that although the unemployed numbers may be fairly stable, it is not the same people making up those numbers over time. So when it comes to projected long-term problems of unemployment, it is only valid for a much smaller group of the unemployed. And they may have health/drug problems and so on, that I have not tested for.

    So my finding shows that most people receiving benefits does so for a limited time only, and the long-term marginalized group that people theorize and express concerns about, may be smaller than feared in the case of Norway.

    Now, was that any clearer? :)

    Peace
    Dan
    "YOU [humans] NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME?" - Death

    "Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty." - Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965
  • lgtlgt Posts: 720
    OutOfBreath wrote:

    So I am now officially a sociologist! :)

    CONGRATS! :)
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