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Women's Rights & Issues

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3. You're welcome, glad you found it useful -- it helps explains a lot of why

Reply to niyad (Reply #2)

Sun Feb 19, 2023, 12:30 AM

Feb 2023

there are so many sectors of the economy where there are severe shortages of workers -- in comparing the prime age (25 - 54 yo) links to the corresponding "all" (age 16+) -- lots of us are aging out.

Covid-related is thought to have caused about a 1.5 percentage point drop all by itself, at least per one article I remember.

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labor force participation rate has fallen from high point of about 67.3% in 2000 to 62.4% now progree Feb 2023 #1

Thank you for posting this important information. niyad Feb 2023 #2

You're welcome, glad you found it useful -- it helps explains a lot of why progree Feb 2023 #3