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IV. Unemployment situation

In 2022, there were 282,597 people in the indigenous labor force;

10,808 of which were unemployed and made up an unemployment rate of

3.82%. Compared to the 2022 unemployment rate of 3.67% for the entire

population, the unemployment rate for indigenous people is slightly higher

by 0.15 percentage points.

1. Number of weeks unemployed: Indigenous unemployed persons

were unemployed for an average of 16.84 data-standard weeks.

2. Jobseeking channels for the unemployed: Of all job seeking

channels used by indigenous unemployed people in 2022,

"applying through civil job banks (including online websites)"

represented the highest percentage (44.92%); this was followed

by "introduction by relatives, friends, or mentors" (41.46%), "self-

referrals and inquiries" (10.92%), and "looking for a job from a

public employment service (including websites)" (10.22%), and

"looking at the employment classifieds in the newspaper" (8.08%).

3. Employment opportunities: In 2022, 43.35% of unemployed

indigenous people found job opportunities during their job search.

For the unemployed indigenous people who encountered a job

opportunity but did not take the job, "compensation not in line

with expectations" was the main reason that represented the

highest percentage (44.59%); this was followed by "poor working

conditions" (20.87%), "unsuitable working hours" (18.16%),

"workplace being too far from home" (13.84%), and “educational

background not relevant” (10.39%).
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