Poll: Know someone who's been unemployed 6 months?
The long-term unemployment rate remains persistently high. (Sept. 6, 2012) Credit: Getty Images
Long-term unemployment -- that is, being without a job for more than six months -- has remained a persistent problem, four years after the recession.
Do you know someone who's been out of a job for more than six months?
Vote and leave a comment; results and a selection of comments will appear in next Sunday's business section.
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