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Computation of labor force,
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What are the three categories into which the Bureauof Labor Statistics divides everyone? How does theBLS compute the labor force, the unemployment rate,and the labor-force participation rate?
Based on the information in the table below, calculate the labor force participation rate, and the percentage or workers out of the labor force:
Total adult population over the age of 16
83 million
Total in the labor force
63 million
Total Employed
60 million
Total Unemployed
3 million
Total out of the labor force
20 million
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Participation rate: 24.1%, Out of the labor force: 92.5%
Participation rate: 75.9%; Out of the labor force: 24.1%
Participation rate: 5%,Out of the labor force: 15%
Participation rate: 24.1%, Out of the labor force:75.9%
The following scenarios have been taken from actual answers to the Current Population Survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In each case classify the individual as either employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force.
1. Walter White was laid off several months ago. He gave up looking for work and has not looked for two months.
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