Based on What We Know About the Unemployment Rates of Adult

question 41

Multiple Choice

Based on what we know about the unemployment rates of adult males and females over the last five decades, which of the following is true?

• A)the female unemployment rate was consistently higher than the male rate
• B)the male unemployment rate was consistently higher than the female rate
• C)after 1980, males experienced much more drastic changes in unemployment than females
• D)the unemployment rate for males never exceeded 10 percent
• E)none of the above

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