If the Number of Discouraged Searchers Decreases Because Many of Them

question 41

Multiple Choice

If the number of discouraged searchers decreases because many of them start to look for work, everything else remaining the same, then the

• A)unemployment rate will increase.
• B)employment-to-population ratio will decrease.
• C)labour force participation rate will increase.
• D)labour force participation rate will decrease.
• E)both A and C

---

Definitions:

Scale Items

Individual questions or statements in a survey or questionnaire that are scored to measure a particular construct or variable.

Readability

The ease with which text can be read and understood by its intended audience.

Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA)

A statistical technique used to identify underlying variables, or factors, that explain the pattern of correlations among measured variables.

Factor Structure

The way in which the underlying variables or factors are organized and interrelated within a set of observed data.