Consider a small economy composed of six people: yakov, ana, charles, dina, juanita, and gilberto. each person's employment status is described in the following table.
based on the criteria used by the bureau of labor statistics (bls), identify each person’s status as employed, unemployed, "not in the labor force" if not in the civilian labor force but still part of the adult population, or "not in the adult population" if not in the civilian adult population.
person status
a. yakov is a 20-year-old professional tennis player. when he's not competing, he works as a coach at a local tennis club.
b. ana is a 42-year-old autoworker who was just laid off by her employer. she is trying to find any kind of job to make ends meet.
c. charles is a 41-year-old graphic designer who is taking 2 years off from work to care for his small daughter.
d. juanita is a 29-year-old who lost her job as an associate producer for a radio station. after spending a few weeks out of work and interviewing for several other positions, she gave up on her job search and decided to go back to grad school. she made that decision a few months ago.
e. gilberto is a famous novelist. he is spending the summer at his lake house in upstate new york, doing a little writing each day but mostly spending his time gardening and reading.
f. dina is a 10-year-old student at southside middle school. she baby-sits her younger sister and does other chores for which her parents give her an allowance of $20 per week.
there are status = employed / not in the labor force / not in the adult population / unemployed
according to this formula, what is the labor force participation rate of this economy of six people?
a. 33.33%
b. 40%
c. 50%
d. 60%
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