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That is not at all what the labor force participation rate means.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CIVPART

> The Labor Force Participation Rate is defined by the Current Population Survey (CPS) as “the number of people in the labor force as a percentage of the civilian noninstitutional population […] the participation rate is the percentage of the population that is either working or actively looking for work.”




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