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15%的失业者表示,没法工作是因为心理问题

15%的失业者表示,没法工作是因为心理问题

Nicole Goodkind 2021-12-16
疫情对员工心理健康产生了巨大的负面影响。

一项新调查显示,近15%的失业者认为没法工作是因为心理健康问题。根据调查结果,美国人心理健康问题日益严重,所以很多人无法工作。

咨询公司麦肯锡(McKinsey)周一的调查发现,将心理健康问题列为失业首要原因的人数比3月上升了2个百分点。

该项调查对象为5000名美国人,由此可见疫情对心理健康的巨大负面影响以及对就业的拖累。据凯撒家庭基金会(Kaiser Family Foundation)报道,疫情期间美国每10名成年人约有四人报告有焦虑或抑郁症状,而2019年1至6月期间,每10名成年人仅有一人称存在此类症状。

疫情期间精神健康问题严重的另一个迹象是,超过十分之一成年人表示,疫情爆发以来开始喝酒或喝得越来越多。过量服用药物致死人数也在增加,主要滥用药品为合成类阿片。据报道,2020年约有9.3万人死于药物过量,是有史以来最高记录,比2019年增加了30%。

调查显示,总体而言健康是导致失业的重要原因,而身心健康是找工作的最大障碍。被问及为什么失业时,30%的受访者(高于3月的27%)表示身体健康是原因之一。

放弃找工作的人们也认为健康问题是失业的主要原因。

调查还发现,难以获得价格低廉的医疗服务是影响人们健康的最大障碍,紧随其后的是难以获得营养食品。很难获得医疗服务的受访者当中,约40%被诊断出患有精神健康问题或存在药物滥用障碍。

总体来说,失业率已经从疫情期间的峰值恢复至疫情前的水平,最近的失业报告显示失业率已将至4.2%。失业率降低有助于提升员工的乐观情绪,目前近一半人表示能找到好工作,比起3月占比上升了7个百分点。

尽管如此,并不是每个人都过得很好。失去全职工作的人数仍高于疫情爆发前的2020年2月。长期失业人数占总失业人数的32%,变化不大。

此外,麦肯锡发现,大多数美国人处于财务危机边缘。今年秋天,声称如果失业能支付两个月以上费用的受访者只有48%,略低于3月的50%。

造成这一情况的原因是通货膨胀达到40年来最高水平,大大增加了生活成本。与此同时,员工薪资增加并没跟上消费品价格上涨的幅度。(财富中文网)

译者:夏林

一项新调查显示,近15%的失业者认为没法工作是因为心理健康问题。根据调查结果,美国人心理健康问题日益严重,所以很多人无法工作。

咨询公司麦肯锡(McKinsey)周一的调查发现,将心理健康问题列为失业首要原因的人数比3月上升了2个百分点。

该项调查对象为5000名美国人,由此可见疫情对心理健康的巨大负面影响以及对就业的拖累。据凯撒家庭基金会(Kaiser Family Foundation)报道,疫情期间美国每10名成年人约有四人报告有焦虑或抑郁症状,而2019年1至6月期间,每10名成年人仅有一人称存在此类症状。

疫情期间精神健康问题严重的另一个迹象是,超过十分之一成年人表示,疫情爆发以来开始喝酒或喝得越来越多。过量服用药物致死人数也在增加,主要滥用药品为合成类阿片。据报道,2020年约有9.3万人死于药物过量,是有史以来最高记录,比2019年增加了30%。

调查显示,总体而言健康是导致失业的重要原因,而身心健康是找工作的最大障碍。被问及为什么失业时,30%的受访者(高于3月的27%)表示身体健康是原因之一。

放弃找工作的人们也认为健康问题是失业的主要原因。

调查还发现,难以获得价格低廉的医疗服务是影响人们健康的最大障碍,紧随其后的是难以获得营养食品。很难获得医疗服务的受访者当中,约40%被诊断出患有精神健康问题或存在药物滥用障碍。

总体来说,失业率已经从疫情期间的峰值恢复至疫情前的水平,最近的失业报告显示失业率已将至4.2%。失业率降低有助于提升员工的乐观情绪,目前近一半人表示能找到好工作,比起3月占比上升了7个百分点。

尽管如此,并不是每个人都过得很好。失去全职工作的人数仍高于疫情爆发前的2020年2月。长期失业人数占总失业人数的32%,变化不大。

此外,麦肯锡发现,大多数美国人处于财务危机边缘。今年秋天,声称如果失业能支付两个月以上费用的受访者只有48%,略低于3月的50%。

造成这一情况的原因是通货膨胀达到40年来最高水平,大大增加了生活成本。与此同时,员工薪资增加并没跟上消费品价格上涨的幅度。(财富中文网)

译者:夏林

Nearly 15% of unemployed people blame their lack of work on mental health problems, according to a new survey highlighting a growing problem that is keeping many Americans from getting jobs.

The number of those who cited mental health issues as their top cause of unemployment is up 2 percentage points from March, the survey by business consulting firm McKinsey on Monday found.

The findings, based on a survey of 5,000 Americans, show the pandemic's huge toll on mental health and its impact on employment. During the pandemic, about four in 10 adults in the U.S. reported symptoms of anxiety or depressive disorder, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. That’s up from one in 10 adults who reported these symptoms from January to June 2019.

In another sign of mental health struggles during the pandemic, more than one in 10 adults have reported starting or increasingly use alcohol since COVID arrived. Deaths from drug overdoses also grew, largely due to synthetic opioids. About 93,000 drug overdose deaths were reported in 2020, the highest on record and a 30% increase from 2019.

Health, in general, is playing a huge role in unemployment, with physical and mental health representing the biggest barrier to finding work, according to the survey. When asked why they were currently unemployed, 30% of respondents (up from 27% in March) cited physical health as a reason.

Those who had stopped looking for work altogether also cited health concerns as the main cause of joblessness.

The survey also found that access to affordable healthcare is the greatest barrier to people's wellbeing, followed by access to nutritious food. About 40% of respondents who struggle with access to healthcare reported having been diagnosed with a mental-health issue or substance abuse disorder.

Overall, unemployment rates have recovered from their spike during pandemic, returning to a pre-COVID-era low of 4.2% in the most recent unemployment report. The low rate is helping to fuel increasing optimism among workers, with nearly half now saying good jobs are available to them, up 7 percentage points from March.

Still, not everyone is thriving. The number of people who have lost permanent jobs is still higher than it was in February of 2020, just before the pandemic. And the number of long-term unemployed, who make up 32% of total unemployment, is little changed.

Additionally, McKinsey found that most Americans are teetering on the financial brink. Just 48% of respondents said this fall that they could cover more than two months of expenses if they lost their jobs, a slight decline from 50% in March.

That decline comes as inflation reached a 40-year high, increasing the cost of living considerably. Worker’s wages, meanwhile, have not risen to keep up with the higher prices of consumer goods.

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