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Job Worries and Family Well-Being in Utah Valley

, Sociology

Geneva Steel began to close down in late 2001 and by March 2002 had laid off almost twelve hundred workers.  A survey was conducted in June and July of 2002 showing that 42% of those workers were still unemployed.  Research is now being collected as to study the impact of joblessness and uncertainty on the family well-being among these steel workers.