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United States
Unemployment rate of parents
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Note: Non-consecutive years appear adjacent in the trend line
because one or more years have been deselected.
because one or more years have been deselected.
Definition and Source
PROVIDER
Definition
The unemployment rate of parents is the total number of parents unemployed divided by the total number of parents in the labor force. Parents who are not working and are not looking for work are not considered to be in the labor force, and so are not included in the unemployment rate.
Data Source
PRB analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Basic Monthly Data Files.
Notes
N.A. - Data not available.
Last Updated
August 2024