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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 924621" data-attributes="member: 12952">Jobless rates for young and female vets climbed in late 2011Growing numbers of young and female veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan&nbsp; remain jobless despite an overall decline in unemployment and an&nbsp; infusion of new federal programs aimed at providing them jobs.One&nbsp; out of three veterans ages 18 to 24 were without work the last quarter&nbsp; of 2011, double the rate of civilian peers, according to the Bureau of&nbsp; Labor Statistics. One in five young veterans were without work in the&nbsp; last quarter of 2010.Nearly 22 percent of female veterans - or an estimated 50,00&nbsp; women - who served during both wars were unemployed in December,&nbsp; according to the data. The jobless rates for Iraq and Afghanistan female&nbsp; veterans in the first through fourth quarters last year were 9.8&nbsp; percent, 8.6 percent, 11.3 percent and 16.8 percent, respectively.&quot;In&nbsp; November and December these (unemployment figures) really shot up,&quot;&nbsp; says Adriana Kugler, chief economist for the Department of Labor.&nbsp; &quot;Certainly something happened.&quot;<a href="http://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/jobless-rates-for-young-and-female-vets-climbed-in-late-2011-1.165391" target="_blank">Jobless rates for young and female vets climbed in late 2011 - Veterans - Stripes</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 924621, member: 12952"] [B]Jobless rates for young and female vets climbed in late 2011[/B] Growing numbers of young and female veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan remain jobless despite an overall decline in unemployment and an infusion of new federal programs aimed at providing them jobs. One out of three veterans ages 18 to 24 were without work the last quarter of 2011, double the rate of civilian peers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. One in five young veterans were without work in the last quarter of 2010. Nearly 22 percent of female veterans - or an estimated 50,00 women - who served during both wars were unemployed in December, according to the data. The jobless rates for Iraq and Afghanistan female veterans in the first through fourth quarters last year were 9.8 percent, 8.6 percent, 11.3 percent and 16.8 percent, respectively. "In November and December these (unemployment figures) really shot up," says Adriana Kugler, chief economist for the Department of Labor. "Certainly something happened." [url=http://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/jobless-rates-for-young-and-female-vets-climbed-in-late-2011-1.165391]Jobless rates for young and female vets climbed in late 2011 - Veterans - Stripes[/url] [/QUOTE]

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