>> A much more significant figure is the percentage of working age adults who
>> have jobs. This figure is not generally reported. There is a name for
>> it--"employment population ratios." Looking at 1960 to 1996, this figure has
>> held fairly steady for both sexes. Within these figures males have dropped,
>> females have risen. This may have resulted in males claiming that the
>> numbers have been falsified.
>
>Does this figure accounts for the extra numbers
>on the labour market due to the rise in population
>in the US?
>Eva
It accounts for the change in population each year, and the number of adults
of working age each year. In 1996, 63% of all sexes of working age were
employed. In 1960, this figure was 56%
For women only, it is 56% in 1996 and 35% in 1960, For men, the figures are
71% and 80%
Alan Scharf, Futurist and President
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