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This study is an exploration of some of the factors important in determining a man's subjective reaction to the experience of unemployment. Goldberg's General Health Questionnaire was used as a normative measure of mental health, and a Present Life Satisfaction Scale was used as a measure of subjective well‐being. Length of unemployment was inversely correlated with mental health and well‐being; and semi‐skilled and unskilled men had poorer psychological well‐being during unemployment than those of higher occupational status. The best single predictor of mental health during unemployment was whether or not a man felt his time was occupied.
Sue Hepworth (1980) studied this question.