Social Focus on the Unemployed is the fifth in a series of publications which brings together unemployment statistics from a wide variety of sources to paint a picture of different groups of people in British society. This edition looks at unemployed people in the United Kingdom and the experience of unemployment, both economically and socially, for the individual, their household and their family.

Social Focus on the Unemployed contains commentary, tables, charts and maps covering the following topics: structure, focus groups, households, macro risks and solutions, micro risks and solutions, unemployment experiences, income, expenditure, homes, social impact of unemployment, and health.