I would like to see an absolute figure about who has a job and who doesn't. Of course you'll find plenty of people that either don't need to work because they run the household or their parents and richs and thus they don't need to work. So I understand the desire to find the number of people that are looking to work as opposed to people not looking. But as I said an overall figure would be great to see aswell.
I know plenty of people that stopped looking for work for long periods of time becuase they simply couldn't get a job for various reasons (mostly their own fault, not always however). But even though they didn't have the desire to work, doesn't mean they aren't a burden to the economy.
Hence why both figures would be useful. I'd love to see how many people in the economy actually are employed contrasted with who aren't (for whatever reason). It'd be illuminating to contrast the two figures for emloyment rate and would give you a far better view of the economy as a whole.
