987,156 Currently Working 23,000 volunteer workers 9845 (ages 13-14) looking for work 12,000 (ages 15) looking for work 45,600 Part-Time workers 56 family workers who worked 15 hours a week 234 Self-Employed 6543 discouraged workers 67,432 (ages 23-25) looking for work 67,890 laid off receptionists looking for work 544,321 (ages 16-20) looking for work Current population is 6,000,000 5654 Temp Workers 5000 armed forces 543 recent university graduates that are going back to graduate school 3500 institutionalized a. Using the following data calculate: (i) The Labour Force Participation rate. (ii) The “official” unemployment rate.

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987,156 Currently Working 

23,000 volunteer workers 

9845 (ages 13-14) looking for work 

12,000 (ages 15) looking for work 

45,600 Part-Time workers 

56 family workers who worked 15 hours a week 

234 Self-Employed 

6543 discouraged workers 

67,432 (ages 23-25) looking for work

67,890 laid off receptionists looking for work 

544,321 (ages 16-20) looking for work 

Current population is 6,000,000

5654 Temp Workers 

5000 armed forces 

543 recent university graduates that are going back to graduate school 

3500 institutionalized 

a. Using the following data calculate:

(i) The Labour Force Participation rate. 

(ii) The “official” unemployment rate. 

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