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Table 5. Main reason for not applying for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits among persons marginally attached to the labor force who had worked in the past 12 months, 2022

Table 5. Main reason for not applying for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits among persons marginally attached to the labor force who had worked in the past 12 months, 2022
[Numbers in thousands]
Main reason for not applying for UI benefits Marginally attached (1) who did not
apply for UI benefits
Total Percent
distribution

Total, 16 years and over

423 100.0

Eligibility issues

237 56.0

Job separation type (quit, misconduct, etc.) or work not covered by UI

144 34.0

Insufficient past work

60 14.3

Previous exhaustion of benefits

- -

Any other reason concerning eligibility

33 7.7

Attitude about or barrier to applying for UI benefits

43 10.2

Do not need the money or do not want the hassle

22 5.1

Negative attitude about UI

3 0.8

Do not know about UI or do not know how to apply

11 2.6

Problems with application process

7 1.6

Other reasons for not applying for UI benefits

117 27.7

Expect to start working soon

36 8.5

Did not apply for personal reasons

18 4.4

Plan to file soon

17 4.1

All other reasons

46 10.8

Reason not provided

26 6.1

(1) Data refer to the subset of persons marginally attached to the labor force who have worked in the past 12 months. (Persons marginally attached to the labor force are those who are neither employed nor unemployed, who want a job, have searched for work during the prior 12 months, and were available to take a job during the reference week, but had not looked for work in the 4 weeks prior to the survey.)

NOTE: Estimates are an average of data collected in February and May 2022. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

Last Modified Date: March 29, 2023