Unemployed

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-002011",
  "term": "Unemployed",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definitions": [
    "People who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work at that time, and had made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week.\n\nNote: People who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not be looking for work to be classified as unemployed.\n\nSee also alternative measures of labor underutilization.",
    "All civilians 16 years old and over are classified as unemployed if they (1) were neither \"at work\" nor \"with a job but not at work\" during the reference week, and (2) were actively looking for work during the last 4 weeks, and (3) were available to accept a job. Also included as unemployed are civilians who did not work at all during the reference week, were waiting to be called back to a job from which they had been laid off, and were available for work except for temporary illness."
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Alternative measures of labor underutilization",
    "Employed",
    "Employment status",
    "Labor force"
  ],
  "references": [
    "BLS Glossary",
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/unemployed/"
}