Question

6. According to the February 2019 report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (available at http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf there were 157,392,000 adults (20 years or older) in the U.S. labor force out of which 83,632,000 were men. The unemployment rate for adult men was 3.5 percent while the overall unemployment rate for adults was about 3.45 percent. Out of the total adult labor force members, 82,467,000 were married and 45,893,000 were married men. The unemployment rate for married adults was about 2.1 percent while the unemployment rate for married male adults was 1.9 percent. The unemployment rate for adult college graduates (bachelor's degree or higher) was 2.2 percent. About 33 percent of the adult labor force members were college graduates (with bachelor's degree or higher). Please answer the following questions based on the given information. [Hint: Summarize and use only the information you need to answer each question separately] a) If an adult member of the U.s. labor force is unemployed, what is the probability that she is a female? Please show the necessary steps. unemployed and unmarried? Please show the necessary work. married nor unemployed? Show the necessary work. (3 points) (3 points) (2 points) b) What is the probability that an adult member of the U.S labor force is both c) What is the probability that an adult member of the U.S labor force is neither If a member of the U.S. labor force is unemployed, what is the probability that the person doesn't have a college degree? Show the necessary steps . (3 points)

Answer 1

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