Unemployment rates are severely under tracked.

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Tanstalas said:

superchunk said:

Tanstalas said:

Unemployment rate just shows the % of people who do not have a job and are looking for a job.  Does not count the people who are not looking.

Should show:
the % of people that have a job
the % of people who are retired
the % of people who are under the age of majority

100% - the above 3 things = the true unemployment number

Nope. You can't count the tons of homeless people or house wives/husbands who have no interest in looking for work. To do so would incorrectly state the figure too high.

They are still unemployed :P

If you lost your job and had no family and you were forced to live on the street but were looking for a job then you shouldn't count? :P

And are homeless people even counted in a census?  Like the population of Canada is 34 million, does that count the homeless?  If not then it doesn't matter if you count them as an unemployment stat.  Stay at home parents though are iffy, I can see your reasons why you shouldn't count them, but my main reason is to show the TRUE unemployment rate.  Just because you don't WANT to work doesn't mean you are employed...  

I did forget a few people though

% of people incarcerated
% of people in Post-Secondary

A person who is not willing to look for a job should not count. Homeless who aren't trying to do better, housewives/husbands, full time students not wanting to work, etc should all be ignored.

Your logic is like saying I should be in the running for the lottery jackpot even though I haven't bought a ticket.