J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2021 Sep-Oct;61(5):e90-e95. doi: 10.1016/j.japh.2021.05.022. Epub 2021 Jun 2.
Prior national surveys have quantified unemployment in the pharmacy workforce, and recent surveys have occurred in a changing environment, with increased numbers of pharmacists in the labor market.
We sought to investigate the rate of unemployment and situations of unemployed pharmacists.
Data from the 2019 National Pharmacist Workforce Survey were analyzed, focusing on an initial question about employment status and follow-up questions for unemployed respondents about whether they were seeking a job, the reason they were unemployed, and how long they had been unemployed.
Overall, 4.4% of the respondents were unemployed, with higher rates occurring for female pharmacists, older pharmacist cohorts, and respondents of color, with the highest rate occurring (9.3%) for Black pharmacists. Most (74.4%) of the unemployed pharmacists were seeking a job in pharmacy, but 16.6% were not seeking any job. Nearly two-thirds of the unemployed pharmacist respondents had left the workforce involuntarily, with men at higher rates than women. The youngest cohort of unemployed pharmacists was the least likely to be forced to leave and more likely to leave for workplace-related or personal reasons. Black pharmacists had the overall highest rate of leaving the workforce involuntarily. On average, the unemployed pharmacists had been out of work nearly 2 years (19.2 months), and the periods out of work ranged widely. Those seeking a job in pharmacy predominantly (75.7%) had been unemployed for 1 year or less. More than half of the pharmacists involuntarily unemployed had been unemployed for 6 months or less.
An increased rate of unemployment and a higher proportion of those unemployed seeking work occurred in this most recent national survey of the pharmacist workforce. Differences in the extent of unemployment and whether leaving the workforce was voluntary or involuntary occurred in pharmacists of color and in some age cohorts.
先前的全国性调查已经量化了药剂师劳动力中的失业情况，而最近的调查是在不断变化的环境中进行的，劳动力市场中的药剂师人数有所增加。
我们旨在调查失业率和失业药剂师的情况。
分析了 2019 年全国药剂师劳动力调查的数据，重点关注关于就业状况的初始问题，以及针对失业受访者的后续问题，包括他们是否正在寻找工作、失业的原因以及失业时长。
总体而言，有 4.4%的受访者失业，女性药剂师、年龄较大的药剂师群体和有色人种的失业率较高，黑人药剂师的失业率最高（9.3%）。大多数（74.4%）失业的药剂师正在寻找药剂师工作，但有 16.6%的人不寻求任何工作。近三分之二的失业药剂师受访者是被迫离开劳动力市场的，男性的比例高于女性。失业药剂师中最年轻的群体最不可能被迫离开，而更有可能因工作场所相关或个人原因离开。黑人药剂师总体上最有可能被迫离开劳动力市场。平均而言，失业药剂师失业近 2 年（19.2 个月），失业时间范围广泛。那些正在寻找药剂师工作的人主要（75.7%）失业时间在 1 年或更短。超过一半被迫失业的药剂师失业时间在 6 个月或更短。
在最近对药剂师劳动力的全国性调查中，失业率有所上升，寻求工作的失业人数比例也有所上升。有色人种药剂师和一些年龄群体的失业程度和是否自愿离开劳动力市场存在差异。
