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Ok, I might misinterpret this, it's US data. Colors may be confusing as I started with the red quarters cause I wanted to compare the current with last month, but then later realized that green and blue might be more interesting but I also didn't do the work to delete the red quarters.
So compared to October 2023 (BLUE) the MALE "not in labor force" is ironically and luckily (for this comparison) exactly the same as October 2024 (also blue)
But the "TOTAL" "not in labor force" has increased by 900k in 1 year (top bracket).
The "not in labor force"-Male above 20 even decreased in 1 year.
Meanwhile the female "16 and above" balloons up by 990k from october 23 to october 24.
I also tried to compare August 24 to October 24 as in between those months the "Not in labor force"-data for adults between 16-19 (Bottom) is also exactly the same (green to red) so that the difference for TOTAL-not in labor force mainly is attributed to females above 20
I started with the red quarters as I wanted to compare first the current with last month, but then later realized that green and blue might be more interesting but I also didn't do the work to delete the red quarters. But you can also see there that the female values for above 20 go up strong, while the male even slightly decreases.
The "Not in labor force" for Men and Women between 16-19 rises from oct 23 to oct 24 by about 600k. I first thought that increase between those years in "TOTAL" might be because of old people, but it seems to be young people.
In any case, the increase for "Not in labor force" clearly is attributed to women in the past year as I said in the beginning the male value is the same.
So wtf is this "NOT IN LABOR FORCE"-bullshit?
