Marginally attached workers fall into which of the following population categories?
A: employed
B: unemployed
C: labor force
D: not in the labor force
A: employed
B: unemployed
C: labor force
D: not in the labor force
举一反三
- Which population category equals the sum of employed and unemployed people? A: working-age population B: labor force C: young and institutionalized D: not in the labor force
- All people in the working-age population can be divided into A: labor force participants. B: employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force. C: either over-employed or under-employed. D: potential employees.
- The unemployment rate is calculated as A: [(labor force) ÷ (population)] × 100. B: [(unemployment) ÷ (population)] × 100. C: [(unemployment) ÷ (labor force)] × 100. D: [(labor force) ÷ (unemployment)] × 100.
- If the number of people unemployed is 100, the number of people employed is 1000, and the working-age population is 1400, then the labor force participation rate is A: 78.6 percent. B: 71.4 percent. C: 64.3 percent. D: 66.6 percent.
- Suppose the population is 220 million people, the labor force is 150 million people, the number of people employed is 130 million and the working-age population is 175 million people. What is the labor force participation rate? A: 0.68 percent B: 68 percent C: 85.7 percent D: 86.7 percent