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Not in labor force

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-001312

Not in labor force includes all people 16 years old and over who are not classified as members of the labor force. This category consists mainly of students, housewives, retired workers, seasonal workers interviewed in an off season who were not looking for work, institutionalized people, and people doing only incidental unpaid family work (less than 15 hours during the reference week).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-001312
FieldEconomic statistics
ReferencesU.S. Census Bureau Glossary
See alsoLabor force
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-001312",
  "term": "Not in labor force",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "Not in labor force includes all people 16 years old and over who are not classified as members of the labor force. This category consists mainly of students, housewives, retired workers, seasonal workers interviewed in an off season who were not looking for work, institutionalized people, and people doing only incidental unpaid family work (less than 15 hours during the reference week).",
  "see_also": [
    "Labor force"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/not-in-labor-force/"
}

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