The aim of the research was to study Finnish long-term unemployed people's social capital, coping and information behaviour, and the possible connections between them. The results indicate that the way long-term unemployment is experienced and coped with is considerably dependent on gender and age. Unemployment can also have a significant effect on an individual's health, social relations and information seeking behaviour. Another goal was to find out whether there are differences between Finnish- and Swedish-speakers in these three areas and a few distinct disparities were found. These varied from problems experienced in information seeking to social networks and the feeling of connectedness with Finnish society.