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question 111

Multiple Choice

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Table 7.1: U.S. Employment Status (in thousands)
$$\begin{array} { l r r } & \text { Jan 2012 } & \text { Jan 2013 } \\\hline \text { Civilian noninstitutionalized } & & \\\text { population } & 242,269 & 244,663 \\\text { Unemployed } & 12,748 & 12,332 \\\text { Employed } & 141,608 & 143,322 \\\text { Not in Labor Force } & 87,913 & 89,008 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-Consider Table 7.1. Between January 2012 and January 2013, the employment population ratio ________ to/at ________.

• A) fell; 58.5 percent
• B) rose; 8.3 percent
• C) stayed more or less the same; 58.6 percent
• D) fell; 7.9 percent
• E) rose; 58.6 percent

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Definitions:

Short-term Hospitalization

A brief period of medical or psychiatric treatment and care in a hospital setting.

Institutionalization

The process of embedding something within an organization, social system, or society, making it a permanent feature.

Aftercare

Support or care provided after the initial treatment of an illness or discharge from a facility, aiming to assist in recovery or manage symptoms.

Community Mental Health Act

A significant law passed in the United States in 1963, aimed at providing federal funding for the development of community-based mental health care facilities.