Figure 3. Percent out of the labor force, by gender, January 2005–June 2014
Date	Men	Women
2005, week 1	9.15	20.41
2005, week 2	8.93	19.84
2005, week 3	8.89	19.84
2005, week 4	8.80	19.99
2005, week 5	8.90	19.88
2005, week 6	8.95	19.96
2005, week 7	8.85	19.99
2005, week 8	8.96	19.96
2005, week 9	8.97	19.70
2005, week 10	9.06	19.73
2005, week 11	8.81	19.68
2005, week 12	8.92	19.66
2005, week 13	8.73	19.43
2005, week 14	8.79	19.66
2005, week 15	8.76	19.57
2005, week 16	8.67	19.80
2005, week 17	8.61	19.73
2005, week 18	8.56	19.55
2005, week 19	8.47	19.75
2005, week 20	8.45	19.59
2005, week 21	8.47	19.66
2005, week 22	8.45	20.07
2005, week 23	8.58	20.42
2005, week 24	8.83	20.51
2005, week 25	8.94	20.67
2005, week 26	8.85	21.04
2005, week 27	9.22	21.21
2005, week 28	9.27	21.05
2005, week 29	9.23	21.08
2005, week 30	9.33	20.99
2005, week 31	9.32	20.90
2005, week 32	9.21	20.83
2005, week 33	9.22	20.37
2005, week 34	9.20	20.07
2005, week 35	9.29	19.96
2005, week 36	9.27	19.49
2005, week, 37	9.07	19.37
2005, week 38	9.22	19.38
2005, week 39	9.29	19.44
2005, week 40	9.37	19.48
2005, week 41	9.40	19.47
2005, week 42	9.37	19.43
2005, week 43	9.48	19.40
2005, week 44	9.30	19.30
2005, week 45	9.40	19.28
2005, week 46	9.51	19.23
2005, week 47	9.51	19.40
2005, week 48	9.57	19.51
2005, week 49	9.73	19.52
2005, week 50	9.72	19.58
2005, week 51	10.05	19.80
2005, week 52	10.38	19.99
2006, week 1	10.32	20.00
2006, week 2	10.03	19.94
2006, week 3	9.96	19.90
2006, week 4	9.96	19.84
2006, week 5	9.82	19.83
2006, week 6	10.06	19.83
2006, week 7	9.84	19.80
2006, week 8	9.77	19.90
2006, week 9	9.88	20.05
2006, week 10	9.70	20.12
2006, week 11	9.80	19.87
2006, week 12	9.45	19.94
2006, week 13	9.58	20.22
2006, week 14	9.70	20.25
2006, week 15	9.65	19.83
2006, week 16	9.69	19.84
2006, week 17	9.52	19.85
2006, week 18	9.51	19.78
2006, week 19	9.71	19.93
2006, week 20	9.92	19.76
2006, week 21	10.00	20.07
2006, week 22	9.86	20.55
2006, week 23	9.92	20.99
2006, week 24	9.99	21.56
2006, week 25	9.91	21.70
2006, week 26	9.75	21.71
2006, week 27	9.74	21.90
2006, week 28	9.73	21.87
2006, week 29	9.74	21.75
2006, week 30	9.84	21.90
2006, week 31	9.79	21.57
2006, week 32	9.87	21.48
2006, week 33	9.67	21.35
2006, week 34	9.42	21.02
2006, week 35	9.29	20.40
2006, week 36	9.13	19.90
2006, week 37	9.06	19.49
2006, week 38	9.02	19.56
2006, week 39	9.01	19.67
2006, week 40	9.12	19.73
2006, week 41	9.05	19.64
2006, week 42	9.02	19.40
2006, week 43	9.05	19.27
2006, week 44	9.13	19.44
2006, week 45	9.09	19.43
2006, week 46	9.10	19.49
2006, week 47	9.13	19.90
2006, week 48	9.42	20.03
2006, week 49	9.23	19.98
2006, week 50	9.12	20.12
2006, week 51	9.17	20.66
2006, week 52	9.49	20.84
2006, week 53	9.50	20.45
2007, week 1	9.39	20.03
2007, week 2	9.34	19.98
2007, week 3	9.49	19.83
2007, week 4	9.56	19.57
2007, week 5	9.58	19.46
2007, week 6	9.68	19.25
2007, week 7	9.65	19.28
2007, week 8	9.84	19.56
2007, week 9	9.80	19.41
2007, week 10	9.67	19.26
2007, week 11	9.70	19.41
2007, week 12	9.55	19.38
2007, week 13	9.63	19.59
2007, week 14	9.56	19.61
2007, week 15	9.55	19.51
2007, week 16	9.53	19.37
2007, week 17	9.59	19.55
2007, week 18	9.62	19.53
2007, week 19	9.45	19.65
2007, week 20	9.56	19.71
2007, week 21	9.65	20.26
2007, week 22	9.80	20.82
2007, week 23	9.83	21.46
2007, week 24	9.98	21.83
2007, week 25	10.00	21.78
2007, week 26	10.22	21.92
2007, week 27	10.20	21.94
2007, week 28	10.32	22.07
2007, week 29	10.39	21.89
2007, week 30	10.34	21.76
2007, week 31	10.43	21.69
2007, week 32	10.27	21.28
2007, week 33	10.23	20.96
2007, week 34	10.11	20.60
2007, week 35	9.94	20.41
2007, week 36	9.82	20.09
2007, week 37	9.71	19.87
2007, week 38	9.75	20.00
2007, week 39	9.93	19.71
2007, week 40	9.91	19.83
2007, week 41	10.06	19.59
2007, week 42	10.15	19.60
2007, week 43	10.16	19.58
2007, week 44	10.35	19.68
2007, week 45	10.17	19.68
2007, week 46	10.23	19.79
2007, week 47	10.11	19.68
2007, week 48	9.99	19.51
2007, week 49	10.09	19.53
2007, week 50	10.35	19.96
2007, week 51	10.44	20.37
2007, week 52	10.76	20.45
2008, week 1	10.52	19.77
2008, week 2	10.47	19.70
2008, week 3	10.59	19.79
2008, week 4	10.53	19.74
2008, week 5	10.46	19.71
2008, week 6	10.37	20.01
2008, week 7	10.37	20.00
2008, week 8	10.28	19.92
2008, week 9	10.16	19.77
2008, week 10	10.26	19.70
2008, week 11	10.09	19.54
2008, week 12	9.98	19.32
2008, week 13	9.88	19.09
2008, week 14	9.85	19.04
2008, week 15	10.03	19.06
2008, week 16	10.03	19.30
2008, week 17	10.15	19.45
2008, week 18	9.88	19.39
2008, week 19	9.81	19.37
2008, week 20	9.77	19.63
2008, week 21	9.75	19.74
2008, week 22	9.64	20.48
2008, week 23	9.56	20.82
2008, week 24	9.77	21.06
2008, week 25	9.81	21.26
2008, week 26	10.14	21.28
2008, week 27	10.17	21.38
2008, week 28	10.06	21.54
2008, week 29	10.09	21.47
2008, week 30	10.13	21.39
2008, week 31	10.01	21.38
2008, week 32	9.73	21.37
2008, week 33	9.64	21.02
2008, week 34	9.59	20.61
2008, week 35	9.64	20.17
2008, week 36	9.59	19.86
2008, week 37	9.47	19.76
2008, week 38	9.66	19.94
2008, week 39	9.66	20.00
2008, week 40	9.58	19.88
2008, week 41	9.63	19.72
2008, week 42	9.68	19.62
2008, week 43	9.52	19.62
2008, week 44	9.72	19.74
2008, week 45	9.68	19.73
2008, week 46	9.80	19.64
2008, week 47	9.84	19.77
2008, week 48	9.94	19.72
2008, week 49	10.08	19.72
2008, week 50	10.12	19.77
2008, week 51	10.31	20.11
2008, week 52	10.46	20.19
2009, week 1	10.54	20.29
2009, week 2	10.50	19.71
2009, week 3	10.64	19.71
2009, week 4	10.71	19.86
2009, week 5	10.81	19.76
2009, week 6	10.72	19.77
2009, week 7	10.69	19.66
2009, week 8	10.72	19.80
2009, week 9	10.91	19.78
2009, week 10	10.73	19.79
2009, week 11	10.70	19.77
2009, week 12	10.78	19.92
2009, week 13	10.64	19.83
2009, week 14	10.38	19.98
2009, week 15	10.58	19.88
2009, week 16	10.72	20.14
2009, week 17	10.90	20.17
2009, week 18	10.84	20.35
2009, week 19	10.77	20.28
2009, week 20	10.72	20.44
2009, week 21	10.85	20.57
2009, week 22	10.98	21.00
2009, week 23	11.26	21.61
2009, week 24	11.39	22.18
2009, week 25	11.37	22.35
2009, week 26	11.36	22.27
2009, week 27	11.30	22.69
2009, week 28	11.25	22.48
2009, week 29	11.25	22.64
2009, week 30	11.33	22.63
2009, week 31	11.52	22.63
2009, week 32	11.27	22.43
2009, week 33	11.11	22.38
2009, week 34	10.90	21.83
2009, week 35	10.83	21.54
2009, week 36	10.80	20.86
2009, week 37	10.87	20.66
2009, week 38	10.84	20.78
2009, week 39	11.00	20.95
2009, week 40	11.06	20.82
2009, week 41	11.07	20.71
2009, week 42	11.10	20.88
2009, week 43	11.25	20.94
2009, week 44	11.37	21.01
2009, week 45	11.47	21.26
2009, week 46	11.51	21.37
2009, week 47	11.59	21.38
2009, week 48	11.70	21.44
2009, week 49	11.94	21.37
2009, week 50	12.00	21.36
2009, week 51	12.30	22.12
2009, week 52	12.49	22.32
2010, week 1	12.40	22.30
2010, week 2	12.26	22.06
2010, week 3	12.25	22.23
2010, week 4	12.43	22.16
2010, week 5	12.17	22.13
2010, week 6	12.09	22.16
2010, week 7	12.09	22.23
2010, week 8	12.18	22.22
2010, week 9	12.16	22.20
2010, week 10	12.18	22.04
2010, week 11	12.15	21.82
2010, week 12	12.07	21.80
2010, week 13	12.39	21.95
2010, week 14	12.39	22.08
2010, week 15	12.30	21.98
2010, week 16	12.49	22.01
2010, week 17	12.48	22.06
2010, week 18	12.42	22.07
2010, week 19	12.36	22.15
2010, week 20	12.35	22.32
2010, week 21	12.29	22.45
2010, week 22	12.31	22.68
2010, week 23	12.33	23.32
2010, week 24	12.45	23.63
2010, week 25	12.61	23.73
2010, week 26	12.71	24.01
2010, week 27	12.70	24.08
2010, week 28	12.92	23.73
2010, week 29	12.89	23.88
2010, week 30	12.91	23.96
2010, week 31	12.95	24.00
2010, week 32	13.00	23.96
2010, week 33	12.78	23.47
2010, week 34	12.50	23.25
2010, week 35	12.41	22.56
2010, week 36	12.44	22.23
2010, week 37	12.51	22.05
2010, week 38	12.53	22.25
2010, week 39	12.41	22.31
2010, week 40	12.49	22.42
2010, week 41	12.51	22.42
2010, week 42	12.62	22.28
2010, week 43	12.62	22.29
2010, week 44	12.71	22.27
2010, week 45	12.64	22.07
2010, week 46	12.56	21.91
2010, week 47	12.60	22.09
2010, week 48	12.51	22.21
2010, week 49	12.50	22.21
2010, week 50	12.60	22.26
2010, week 51	12.54	22.86
2010, week 52	12.52	22.93
2011, week 1	12.67	22.93
2011, week 2	12.66	22.47
2011, week 3	12.59	22.57
2011, week 4	12.56	22.54
2011, week 5	12.44	22.37
2011, week 6	12.57	22.47
2011, week 7	12.48	22.36
2011, week 8	12.51	22.42
2011, week 9	12.62	22.29
2011, week 10	12.53	22.37
2011, week 11	12.40	22.26
2011, week 12	12.41	22.29
2011, week 13	12.55	22.35
2011, week 14	12.43	22.28
2011, week 15	12.35	22.20
2011, week 16	12.21	22.19
2011, week 17	12.23	22.20
2011, week 18	12.15	22.05
2011, week 19	12.22	22.11
2011, week 20	12.15	22.23
2011, week 21	12.23	22.46
2011, week 22	12.11	22.65
2011, week 23	12.22	23.21
2011, week 24	12.33	23.45
2011, week 25	12.52	23.50
2011, week 26	12.64	23.75
2011, week 27	12.71	23.84
2011, week 28	12.73	23.77
2011, week 29	12.77	23.87
2011, week 30	12.81	23.91
2011, week 31	12.82	23.83
2011, week 32	12.78	23.77
2011, week 33	12.82	23.70
2011, week 34	12.65	23.20
2011, week 35	12.78	22.90
2011, week 36	12.55	22.62
2011, week 37	12.57	22.56
2011, week 38	12.54	22.66
2011, week 39	12.47	22.66
2011, week 40	12.49	22.79
2011, week 41	12.61	22.78
2011, week 42	12.56	22.74
2011, week 43	12.68	22.79
2011, week 44	12.64	22.78
2011, week 45	12.61	22.95
2011, week 46	12.70	22.93
2011, week 47	12.74	23.00
2011, week 48	12.93	23.04
2011, week 49	12.95	23.17
2011, week 50	13.01	23.24
2011, week 51	13.18	23.69
2011, week 52	13.42	23.91
2011, week 53	13.42	23.89
2012, week 1	13.57	23.42
2012, week 2	13.41	23.17
2012, week 3	13.31	23.14
2012, week 4	13.50	23.34
2012, week 5	13.56	23.28
2012, week 6	13.37	23.36
2012, week 7	13.32	23.36
2012, week 8	13.36	23.38
2012, week 9	13.33	23.24
2012, week 10	13.25	23.40
2012, week 11	13.29	23.67
2012, week 12	13.44	23.75
2012, week 13	13.48	23.75
2012, week 14	13.62	23.72
2012, week 15	13.67	23.65
2012, week 16	13.67	23.63
2012, week 17	13.72	23.72
2012, week 18	13.67	23.61
2012, week 19	13.74	23.57
2012, week 20	13.84	23.82
2012, week 21	13.95	24.19
2012, week 22	13.90	24.77
2012, week 23	13.89	24.99
2012, week 24	14.14	25.15
2012, week 25	14.24	25.20
2012, week 26	14.51	25.61
2012, week 27	14.40	25.71
2012, week 28	14.41	25.67
2012, week 29	14.39	25.92
2012, week 30	14.42	25.98
2012, week 31	14.26	26.22
2012, week 32	14.19	25.56
2012, week 33	14.46	25.19
2012, week 34	14.60	25.17
2012, week 35	14.39	24.87
2012, week 36	14.47	24.93
2012, week 37	14.64	24.85
2012, week 38	14.53	24.61
2012, week 39	14.70	24.52
2012, week 40	14.93	24.72
2012, week 41	15.05	24.68
2012, week 42	15.20	24.61
2012, week 43	15.18	24.78
2012, week 44	15.25	24.98
2012, week 45	15.08	24.90
2012, week 46	15.27	24.93
2012, week 47	15.35	24.95
2012, week 48	15.41	25.02
2012, week 49	15.25	25.17
2012, week 50	15.24	25.47
2012, week 51	15.54	25.75
2012, week 52	15.64	25.82
2013, week 1	15.67	25.29
2013, week 2	15.72	25.08
2013, week 3	15.67	25.20
2013, week 4	15.86	25.11
2013, week 5	15.92	25.40
2013, week 6	15.78	25.31
2013, week 7	15.69	25.34
2013, week8	15.58	25.42
2013, week 9	15.70	25.47
2013, week 10	15.54	25.42
2013, week 11	15.61	25.46
2013, week 12	15.67	25.48
2013, week 13	15.73	25.69
2013, week 14	15.63	25.83
2013, week 15	15.61	25.59
2013, week 16	15.64	25.60
2013, week 17	15.45	25.49
2013, week 18	15.41	25.47
2013, week 19	15.39	25.48
2013, week 20	15.56	25.58
2013, week 21	15.56	25.68
2013, week 22	15.54	26.37
2013, week 23	15.57	26.60
2013, week 24	15.67	26.88
2013, week 25	15.64	26.88
2013, week 26	15.62	27.20
2013, week 27	15.55	27.24
2013, week 28	15.57	27.04
2013, week 29	15.79	27.14
2013, week 30	15.69	27.19
2013, week 31	15.76	27.17
2013, week 32	15.67	26.91
2013, week 33	15.71	26.46
2013, week 34	15.49	26.38
2013, week 35	15.48	26.07
2013, week 36	15.58	25.76
2013, week 37	15.45	25.51
2013, week 38	15.54	25.65
2013, week 39	15.50	25.94
2013, week 40	15.68	25.88
2013, week 41	15.61	25.74
2013, week 42	15.66	25.85
2013, week 43	15.95	25.78
2013, week 44	15.82	25.76
2013, week 45	15.82	25.78
2013, week 46	15.88	25.87
2013, week 47	15.81	25.69
2013, week 48	15.77	25.58
2013, week 49	15.91	25.81
2013, week 50	15.90	25.99
2013, week 51	16.08	26.35
2013, week 52	16.18	26.33
2014, week 1	16.18	26.36
2014, week 2	16.19	26.26
2014, week 3	16.39	26.39
2014, week 4	16.38	26.36
2014, week 5	16.23	26.25
2014, week 6	16.21	26.38
2014, week 7	16.37	26.40
2014, week 8	16.48	26.67
2014, week 9	16.39	26.67
2014, week 10	16.44	26.43
2014, week 11	16.27	26.63
2014, week 12	16.37	26.67
2014, week 13	16.44	26.74
2014, week 14	16.32	26.68
2014, week 15	16.15	26.73
2014, week 16	16.26	26.85
2014, week 17	16.34	26.88
2014, week 18	16.34	26.84
2014, week 19	16.40	26.79
2014, week 20	16.47	27.08
2014, week 21	16.61	27.06
2014, week 22	16.70	27.68
2014, week 23	16.79	28.00
2014, week 24	16.64	28.38
2014, week 25	16.96	28.56
Source: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979.