Show Where Do the Numbers Come From How does docs the Bureau of Labor Statistics figure out the unemployment unemployment un un- un employment rate Each month interviewers from the Census Bureau do a sample survey urvey of households T The e interviewer asks a member of the household questions about the employment status of every member of the family over 16 years of of age The answers would determine whether the member member mem memo ber would be classified as employed unemployed or not in the labor force The defines a person as employed if he or she did work for pay during the survey week or worked at least 15 hours without pay in a family operated family operated business A person who did no work during made made a specific effort to rk during work would the preceding fo four r weeks andryas available to generally be classified as unemployed |