Yes, according to official bls definitions, institutionalized means mental
institutions, jails, or any place where you might be incarcerated against your
will. Employment statistics also omit military, students, anyone voluntarily
unemployed (as in retired), and anyone who has not looked for a job in the last
couple of months. maggie coleman
Jim Devine wrote:
> At 03:58 PM 6/4/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> >>What's the difference between the EPR and the participation rate?
> >
> >EPR = employed/adult population.
> >
> >LFPR = (unemployed+employed)/adult population.
> >
> >Adult pop = noninstitutionalized (i.e., not jailed) and 16 and over.
>
> question: doesn't non-institutionalized also mean "not in a mental
> institution" (and by that I don't mean a university)?
>
> (Of course, here in California there are few mental asylums, since the wise
> citizens of the state voted to solve the problem of the shortage of
> homeless by emptying the asylums. Of course, the promised community
> supports for the mentally ill either didn't happen or were grossly
> under-funded.)
>
> Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
