Question

Question 1A

Which of the following groups of people would NOT be considered employed?

A) Government representatives earning a fixed salary every month

B) Teachers in public School

C) Paid Workers in the agricultural sector of a country

D) Housewives or households raising kids at home

I got D

Question 1b

____ are a part of the potential labor force of a country

A) People on active duty in the military

B) Children aged 15 and under

C) Civilian non-institutionalized people aged 16 years and over

D) Institutionalized people

I got C

Question 1c

A worker is said to be unemployed if he _____

A) does not have a job and is not actively looking for a job

B) does not have a job, has been actively looking for one in the prior 4 weeks, and is available for work

C)is working from home and drawing a salary

D) has been working part-time and has been actively looking for full time work

I got B

Question 1d

Which category do underemployed workers fall under

A) Employed workers

B) Not in the labor force

C) Potential Workers

D) All of the above

I got A

Answer 1

1-housewives or households raising kids at home would not be considered employed because they are not working as paid .

So option D is the correct statement.

2- Civilian non institutionalised people aged 16 years and over are a part of the potential labour force of a country.

So option C is the correct statement.

3-a worker is said to be unemployed if he does not have a job and has been actively looking for one in the prior 4 weeks and is available for work.

So option B is the correct statement .

4-For this question we should have labor statistics.

If the employed worker is less than the potential worker and labor force then underemployed worker falls under employed workers.