Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: re: unemployment rate

[Doug Henwood]

Jim Devine wrote:

>question: doesn't non-institutionalized also mean "not in a mental 
>institution" (and by that I don't mean a university)?

Yup. Here's the official def: "Civilian noninstitutional population. 
Included are persons 16 years of age and older residing in the 50 
States and the District of Columbia who are not inmates of 
institutions (e.g., penal and mental facilities, homes for the aged), 
and who are not on active duty in the Armed Forces." There were about 
4m such people in the 2000 Census. About half of them are behind bars.

Doug