Chapter 8.5, Problem 74E

To determine

To calculate: The probability of a person whose educational qualification was at least a high school diploma not being in the labor force, if the following table gives the employment figures in the U.S. for 2014, according to people’s educational qualifications. The numbers represent the civilians (in millions) aged 25 or above.

	Employed	Unemployed	Not in Labor Force	Total
Less Than High School Diploma	$9.9$	$1.0$	$13.2$	$24.1$
High School Diploma Only	$33.9$	$2.2$	$25.9$	$62.0$
Some College or Associate’s Degree	$35.3$	$2.0$	$18.4$	$55.7$
Bachelor’s Degree or Higher	$48.8$	$1.6$	$16.9$	$67.3$
Total	$127.9$	$6.8$	$74.4$	$209.1$