Unemployment among the educated has significant social consequences that extend beyond the individual to affect families, and society as a whole. Explain.

Consequences of unemployment

I) For individual → poverty, lower incomes → increased vulnerability to rising prices → low motivation, poor perception of self.

II) For Families → low standard of living → inability to access quality healthcare, education → reproduction of poverty - oscar lewis' culture of poverty persists. → Relative deprivation creating structural strain. → feminisation of poverty - women face higher burden → lack of nutritious food, lack of access to education for girl child.

III) For society → Promote deviance due to inability to access socially approved means → Increased inequalities leading to reduced social solidarity → Politicisation of poverty - using poverty alleviation programs to maintain visibility of governments (Anand Kumar) → lead to juvenile delinquency, higher crime rates.