labour force participation rate

基本解釋

America's labour-force participation rate rose to a near four-year high.
美國勞動力參與度幾乎達到四年來的最高值。
One important qualification to these numbers is that China’s labour-force participation rate-ie, those in work or seeking it-fell to 65% in 2005 from 69% in 2000.
中國勞動力參與比率-工作的人和找工作的人-對以上數(shù)據(jù)有著重要的影響，這一比率從2000年的69%下降到2005年的65%。
A recent study* suggests that America's trend rate of labour-force participation could drop by a further 1.4 percentage points in the next four years, to just over 64%.
最近的一項研究則表明美國的趨勢勞動力參與率將會在未來四年內(nèi)再下降1.4個百分點剛好達到64%。

One important qualification to these numbers is that China's labour-force participation rate—ie, those in work or seeking it—fell to 65% in 2005 from 69% in 2000.
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Some of this is due to an ageing population and some to a rising share of that population in the labour force: the so-called participation rate has jumped a percentage point, to 40%, while slipping for the population as a whole.
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The participation rate, the share of the labour force either working or looking for work, has declined steadily since 2007, though it ticked up ever so slightly in September, to 63.6% (see chart).
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