The WeekThe Week Vol. 1, No. 2, 8 January 1964Very High Rate of Youth Unemployment in Merseyside _———— Er Sey Side
The Week Vol. 1, No. 2, 8 January 1964 · p. 5 of the scan · 107 words
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The rate of youth unemployment on Merseyside is almost nine times higher than in the Greater London area, This remarkable figure emerges from a study of the statistics for November published in the Minist of Labour Gazette. Despite the great difference betwoen the populations of the two areas, more boys and girls under the age of 18 were without jobs on Merseyside than in London, 2,642 compared with 2, 348.
Other blackspots for unemploym.nt amongst youth ares Tyneside (1,716); Glasgow (1,541); Toesize (1,134 or more than one in five of the total unemployed); and the Highlands & Islands (761) more than one in six of the total).