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To: newfreep
What is number of “dropped out”?

Labor Force Participation is now at the lowest rate since 1978:



The labor force participation rate is the percentage of working-age persons in an economy who:

Typically "working-age persons" is defined as people between the ages of 16-64. People in those age groups who are not counted as participating in the labor force are typically students, homemakers, and persons under the age of 64 who are retired. In the United States the labor force participation rate is usually (average in the past) around 67-68%.
35 posted on 10/03/2014 7:26:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind

TOTAL dropped out = 92 MILLION
WOMEN dropped out = 55 MILLION

comrade obamatollah is leading the REAL war on women.


69 posted on 10/03/2014 8:43:14 AM PDT by newfreep ("Evil succeeds when good men do nothting" - Edmund Burke)
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