The unemployed and the crises of the nineteen thirties - Applicants for unemployment relief in Stockholm 1928-1936
This survey forms part of the project 'Kris och krispolitik i Norden under mellankrigstiden' at the Department of History at Stockholm University. The study deals with the social conditions for unemployed during the depression in the thirties; who became unemployed, the circumstances of the entry into unemployment, the influence of unemployment on living condition, and possibilities to go back to work when the crisis is over. The dataset includes information on the situation of the unemployed at five different occasions during the thirties; 1930, the year of unemployment, 1933, year unemployment came to an end, and 1935.
Fürth, T. (1979) De arbetslösa och 1930-talskrisen : en kollektivbiografi över hjälpsökande arbetslösa i Stockholm 1928-1936(The unemployed and the crises of the nineteen thirties. A collective biography of applicants for unemployment relief in Stockholm 1928-1936; with a summary in English). Stockholm: Stockholms kommunalförvaltning. ISBN: 91-85676-02-0.
Data on unemployment rates and statistics, employment programmes and schemes, duration and frequency of unemployment, social and psychological impact of unemployment etc.
Use note: In addition to this broader topic, use another topic for historical data. Example: for data on the working environments of family doctors in the 1960s, use HISTORY and 'Working conditions' plus 'Health care services and policies'. Use the HISTORY topic on its own only if a more specific topic cannot be found in this vocabulary.
THIS TERM IS USED FOR DATA ON GENERAL ILL HEALTH.
A HOUSEHOLD INCLUDES EITHER ONE PERSON LIVING ALONE OR A GROUP OF PEOPLE, NOT NECESSARILY RELATED, LIVING AT THE SAME ADDRESS WITH COMMON HOUSEKEEPING, I.E. SHARING AT LEAST ONE MEAL PER DAY OR SHARING A LIVING OR SITTING ROOM.