If our government ever intended to give us a full accounting of the employment picture in the US, they’d include a few other categories in their labor statistics.
1. Working age Americans not working and receiving public assistance.
2. Homemakers in a working, tax paying family.
3. Working age Americans not working due to physical or mental disabilities.
And, of course, there are the familiar categories of those working and the unemployed, but seeking work. And there are other useful categories.
The stats are probably readily available and our government could give a full accounting of the working age population, if they so desired. And it would tell us a lot more than the current labor statistics that are released.
in my community, the young people do not want to work
there are plenty of jobs, but no work ethic