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Re:First government survey of hikikomori by Ultramanoid on Sunday March 31, 2019 @08:00AM (#19535164)
There are European countries with 5%, 10%, 15% unemployment numbers. It'd be insane if they had that percentage of completely recluse population. And they obviously don't.
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Re:First government survey of hikikomori by MagnumOpus on Sunday March 31, 2019 @08:12AM (#19535188)
He said 1:1 correlated, not 1:1 equal. I.e. if for the sake of argument one in five unemployed are shut-ins but nearly no employed people are, then you have a good starting point to estimate populations.
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Re:First government survey of hikikomori by igi3ql on Sunday March 31, 2019 @09:41AM (#19535528)
Unemployment of the youth in Spain is at >33% now.
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