Using the following data calculate: (i) The number of persons employed.  (ii) The number of persons unemployed.  (iii) The labour force.  (iv) The Labour Force Participation rate. (v) The “official” unemployment rate.  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 hrs 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

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Using the following data calculate:

(i) The number of persons employed. 

(ii) The number of persons unemployed. 

(iii) The labour force. 

(iv) The Labour Force Participation rate.

(v) The “official” unemployment rate. 

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 hrs 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

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