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5 distinct categories represented by percentage and just eyeballing it i get about 150%.
What am i doing wrong?

[RWGinger]

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I thought it looked strange but didn’t try to figure it up like you did.

Good catch

But I can see why more educated people would be long term unemployed. The jobs available are much lower paying jobs and I htink the natural and understandable view is that taking a much lower paying job would hurt the chances of getting a job similar to what they has.
The sad reality is those kinds of jobs are not likely coming back.

I don’t know the answer

[Paladin2]

"What am i doing wrong?"

That part of the plot was a WTF? for me too.

[Stegall Tx]

I was going to make the same point. 5 categories. Each is supposed to make up 30% or so of the overall unemployed. Perhaps they are double-counting those who have “all of the above” or something.

Any way you slice it, they are manipulating statistics to make a point. What did Twain say? “Lies, damned lies, and statistics”?

[super7man]

I agree with you. There is something wrong here.

I suspect the title should be “Percent of Longterm Unemployed within Category” but if that is what it is, then the chart is a “So what?” All categories are 30%+/-5%