**Person Status**

1. **Manuel:** A 41-year-old autoworker laid off 6 months ago. He is frustrated with his inability to find a full-time position. Last week, he took a part-time job but was given only 3 hours of work.

2. **Poornima:** A 23-year-old recent college graduate. She did not work for pay last week but had two job interviews.

3. **Shen:** A 29-year-old retired professor who enjoys volunteering at the local public library.

4. **Caroline:** A 29-year-old who lost her job as an associate producer for a radio station. After spending a few weeks out of work and interviewing for several positions, she gave up her job search and decided to go back to grad school a few months ago.

5. **Antonio:** A famous novelist spending the summer at his lake house in upstate New York, doing a little writing each day but mostly gardening and reading.

6. **Valerie:** An 11-year-old student at West Valley Middle School. She babysits her younger sister and does other chores for which her parents give her an allowance of $20 per week.

**Tasks:**

1. **Complete the equation** to reflect the labor force participation rate reported by the BLS:

Labor Force Participation Rate = _______

According to this formula, what is the labor force participation rate of this economy of six people?
- a. 33.33%
- b. 40%
- c. 50%
- d. 60%

2. **Complete the equation** to reflect the unemployment rate reported by the BLS:

Unemployment Rate = _______

According to this formula, what is the unemployment rate of this economy of six people?
- a. 33.33%
- b. 50%
- c. 40%
- d. 60%