Table 15-2
2009 Labor Data for Baltivia -Refer to Table 15-2

question 232

Multiple Choice

Table 15-2
2009 Labor Data for Baltivia
$\begin{array}{|l|l}\hline \text { Number of adults } & 20,000 \\\hline \text { Number of adults who are paid employees } & 8,000 \\\hline \text { Number of adults who work in their own businesses } & 1,600 \\\hline \text { Number of adults who are unpaid workers in a family member's business } & 1,000 \\\hline \text { Number of adults who were temporarily absent from their jobs because of an earthquake } & 400 \\\hline \text { Number of adults who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off } & 200 \\\hline \begin{array}{l}\text { Number of adults who do not have a job, are available for work, and have tried to find a job } \\\text { within the past four weeks }\end{array} & 1,400 \\\hline \begin{array}{l}\text { Number of adults who do not have a job, are available for work, but have not tried to find a job } \\\text { within the past four weeks }\end{array} & 780 \\\hline \text { Number of adults who are full-time students } & 3,000 \\\hline \text { Number of adults who are homemakers or retirees } & 3,620\end{array}$

-Refer to Table 15-2. What was Baltivia's unemployment rate in 2009?

• A)8.0 percent
• B)12.7 percent
• C)15.9 percent
• D)22.1 percent

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