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Labor Force Participation Rate - Women (LNU01300002)

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Feb 2025: 57.5
Updated: Mar 7, 2025 7:47 AM CST
Feb 2025:  57.5  
Jan 2025:  57.3  
Dec 2024:  57.2  
Nov 2024:  57.4  
Oct 2024:  57.5  

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Bar 1 - Labor Force Participation Rate - Women Vintage: 2025-02-07
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(a) Labor Force Participation Rate - Women, Percent, Not Seasonally Adjusted (LNU01300002)
To obtain estimates of women worker employment, the ratio of weighted women employees to the weighted all employees in the sample is assumed to equal the same ratio in the universe. The current month's women worker ratio, thus, is estimated and then multiplied by the all-employee estimate. The weighted-difference-link-and-taper formula (described in the source) is used to estimate the current month's women worker ratio. This formula adds the change in the matched sample's women worker ratio (the weighted-difference link) to the prior month's estimate, which has been slightly modified to reflect changes in the sample composition (the taper). The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNU01300002

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    Bar 1 - Labor Force Participation Rate - Women Vintage: 2025-02-07
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    (a) Labor Force Participation Rate - Women, Percent, Not Seasonally Adjusted (LNU01300002)
    To obtain estimates of women worker employment, the ratio of weighted women employees to the weighted all employees in the sample is assumed to equal the same ratio in the universe. The current month's women worker ratio, thus, is estimated and then multiplied by the all-employee estimate. The weighted-difference-link-and-taper formula (described in the source) is used to estimate the current month's women worker ratio. This formula adds the change in the matched sample's women worker ratio (the weighted-difference link) to the prior month's estimate, which has been slightly modified to reflect changes in the sample composition (the taper). The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNU01300002

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      Title Release Dates
      Labor Force Participation Rate - Women 2011-09-02 2025-03-07
       
      Source    
      U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2011-09-02 2025-03-07
       
      Release    
      Employment Situation 2011-09-02 2025-03-07
       
      Units    
      Percent 2011-09-02 2025-03-07
       
      Frequency    
      Monthly 2011-09-02 2025-03-07
       
      Seasonal Adjustment    
      Not Seasonally Adjusted 2011-09-02 2025-03-07
       
      Notes    
      To obtain estimates of women worker employment, the ratio of weighted women employees to the weighted all employees in the sample is assumed to equal the same ratio in the universe. The current month's women worker ratio, thus, is estimated and then multiplied by the all-employee estimate. The weighted-difference-link-and-taper formula (described in the source) is used to estimate the current month's women worker ratio. This formula adds the change in the matched sample's women worker ratio (the weighted-difference link) to the prior month's estimate, which has been slightly modified to reflect changes in the sample composition (the taper).

      The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)'

      The source code is: LNU01300002

      		2011-09-02 2025-03-07

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