SOC100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gross Domestic Product, Visible Minority, Social Capital
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Even recent university graduates are frequently jobless: since 2006, unemployment for all university graduates has risen. Their ability to find work related to their fields has dropped. Allowing for inflation, average salaries have also declined: these facts tend to cause extreme anxiety. More undergrads report traumatic emotional problems in the last 12 months n= 43, 780 students, 41 canadian colleges and universities. They all experienced anxiety and depression inflicted by a number of different reasons: sociologists are interested in the connections between inequality, unemployment and anxiety. It is about connecting the dots between important social and political trends. People tend to manifest stress due to social and environmental factors. Ex: if someone experiences a perpetual symptom, it may be inflicted by something in their environment. Happiness: what accounts for the distribution of happiness in the world. The world"s most happy countries are found in scandinavia and the least are found in africa- riddled with war and poverty.
