The employment rate/就业率

时间：2007-05-09 06:35:06

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The employment rate—also called the employment-to-population ratio—is the percentage of working-age people who have jobs. For example, in 2001, there were 24.6 million Canadians of working age (aged 15 years and up). Of those, 15.1 million were employed full-time1 or part-time. The employment rate was therefore 61.2%.

The employment rate denominator is the source population, not the labour force. The source population includes all working-age people not in the military or institutions, but the labour force includes only those persons who either have a job or are looking for one. In 2001, the latter number was 16 million people. (See Labour force.) While the source population grows fairly steadily2 from one year to the next, the labour force tends to fluctuate as persons become encouraged or discouraged by prevailing3 economic conditions.
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1 full-time SsBz42     
adj.满工作日的或工作周的，全时间的
参考例句：
  • A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
  • I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。
2 steadily Qukw6     
adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地
参考例句：
  • The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
  • Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。
3 prevailing E1ozF     
adj.盛行的；占优势的；主要的
参考例句：
  • She wears a fashionable hair style prevailing in the city.她的发型是这个城市流行的款式。
  • This reflects attitudes and values prevailing in society.这反映了社会上盛行的态度和价值观。

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