Adult population 2,189,000 Employed 1,043,000 Not in the labour force 723,000   How many adults are in the labour force? What is the unemployment rate? How many adults are unemployed? What is the labour force participation rate?

Use the following to answer questions 1-6: Working Age Population Labor Force # of Employed 1. What is the number of unemployed in year 1 in Table 6.1? (A) 60 million. (B) 5 million. 3. What is the unemployment (A) 57.1 percent. Population and labor force data Year 1 140 million 80 million 65 million 2. What is the number of unemployed in year 10 in Table 6.1? (A) 17 million. (B) 78 million. 4. What is the unemployment (A) 86.3 percent. (C) 15 million. (C) 13 million. (B) A positive relationship. (C) No relationship. (D) A negative relationship. rate in year 1 in Table 6.1? (B) 46.4 percent. (C) 18.75 percent. rate in year 10 in Table 6.1? (B) 13.7 percent. (C) 51.3 percent. 5. What is the labor-force participation rate in year 1 in Table 6.1? (A) 9.3 percent. (B) 81.3 percent. (C) 46.4 percent. 6. What is the labor-force participation rate in year 10 in Table 6.1? (A) 59.4 percent. (B) 8.1 percent. (C) 86.3 percent. Year 10 160 million 95 million 82 million (D) 75 million. (D) 65…

Which of the following is correct? The unemployment rate is a. (employed-unemployed)/labor force X 100 b. unemployed/population X 100 c. (employed-labor force)/employed X 100 d. (labor force - employed)/labor force X 100

In 2019 in the United Kingdom, the adult population was about 65 million, the labour force participation rate was 60 percent, and the unemployment rate was 6 percent. What was the approximate number of people unemployed? a. 2.3 million b. 0.7 million c. 1.7 million d. 6.5 million