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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Definitions:

Part-Time Work

Employment with fewer hours per week than a full-time job, often offering flexibility but with reduced benefits compared to full-time positions.

Legitimate

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Power

The aptitude or competence to sway the decisions of individuals or alter the flow of occurrences.

Force

An interaction that, when unopposed, changes the motion of an object, described in terms of magnitude and direction.