Zum Stigmabewusstsein Arbeitsloser

Eine Mixed-Methods-Analyse

authored by

Thomas Gurr, Sebastian Lang

Abstract

This article addresses the question what factors have an impact on specific dimensions of being conscious of the stigma referring to being unemployed (awareness, denial, disaffiliation). We use a Mixed Methods Design which sequentially combines qualitative and quantitative methods. On a theoretical level, Goffman's stigma concept is used as a sensitizing concept to derive the hypotheses from the qualitative interview material. The hypotheses are tested using data from the German panel study ‘Labour Market and Social Security’. The analyses show that receiving unemployment assistance (ALG II) correlates with a higher degree of awareness compared to receiving unemployment benefit (ALG I) or no benefits at all. Moreover, we find higher values of awareness, denial and disaffiliation if the unemployed ascribe additional value to being employed besides material worth. Greater material deprivation is also associated with a higher value on all three dimensions of being conscious of stigma.

Organisation(s)

Sociology Department

External Organisation(s)

German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW)

Type

Article

Journal

Soziale Welt

Volume

69

Pages

252-292

No. of pages

41

ISSN

0038-6073

Publication date

2018

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Sociology and Political Science

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.5771/0038-6073-2018-3-252 (Access: Closed)