relation between literacy and labor force including woman paricipation rate

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2. Population size, growth, and structure affects the
development goals and objectives that are on top of
national development agenda. In economic terms a rapid
increase in population growth creates pressure on
resources, employment opportunities, income
distribution, poverty and social protection projects.
Introduction
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3. According to the standard definition employed
by Statistics Canada,
“the employed are persons having a job or
business, whereas the unemployed are without
work, are available for work, and are actively
seeking work. Together the unemployed and the
employed constitute the labor force.”
What is Labor force?
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4.  The two categories that comprise our Labor Force,
Employed and Unemployed, are explained as follows:
 Employed
 Unemployed
 Not in Labor force.
Types of labor Force:
Employed
Unemployed
Not in
Labor force
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5. An individual must meet at least one of the following
criteria:
 To be paid for at least 1 hour of work with in the last
week.
 Worked at least 15 hours in week , without pay, at a
family business.
 Have jobs but did not work because of illness, time off,
or job related conditions beyond their control.
Employed
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6. An individual must be Temporarily unemployed
 Have Looked for a Job within the last 4 weeks.
Unemployed
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7. 
 Who does not have a job, and are not actively seeking
one, they are not counted as unemployed!
 Examples of this could be stay at home moms and full-
time students.
Not in labor force
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8. Unemployment and literacy
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9. The participation rate is a measure of the active
portion of an economy's labor force.
It is necessary to analyze the participation rate
in conjunction with the unemployment rate.
Labor Force Participation Rate:
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10. Labor Force Participation Rate = LF / P
where:
 P = total eligible population (both the economically
inactive and active populations)
Calculation Labor force Participation rate
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11. Statistics on labor force participation
Labor force participation rate in between 1970 to
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12.  Essential Skill
 Traditionally understood as the ability to read, write,
and use arithmetic.
 The modern term's meaning has been expanded .
Literacy
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13.  The total percentage of the population of an area at a particular
time aged 15 years or above who can read and write with
understanding.
Literacy Rate
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14. Literacy Rate
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15. Literacy Rate by male and Female
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16.  Adult literacy rate of Bangladesh increased from 29.2 % in 1981 to 61.5 %
in 2015 growing at an average annual rate of 21.09 %.
Literacy rate of Bangladesh
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17.  Directly or indirectly 75 percent of the civilians are
included in labor force. Only 12 percent is engaged in
industry. Unemployment is estimated at around 18.5
percent.
 To the 21st century, it aims at accelerated economic
growth, human resource development and self-reliance.
Labor force of Bangladesh
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18. Labor force in villages Labor force in industry
Labor force other countries 18

19. Literacy and the Labor Force
Literacy skills are essential
A highly
skilled
work force
to get into
the high-
tech
workforce
Globalization
technology
drive the
work
environment
Demand of
high
literacy
skills
Low-level
jobs are
being
automated
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20.  Mean literacy proficiencies on all three scales — prose,
document, and quantitative — were higher for adults
participating in the labor force than for those outside of
the labor force.
 40 to 43 percent of the labor force scored at the lowest
levels of literacy proficiency.
 Younger adults (age 16 to 35) who were not in the labor
force had higher literacy proficiencies than older adults
(over the age of 65) on average.
Literacy Proficiencies in the Labor
Force
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21.  Skills required for jobs increase and change,
 literacy becomes more important to getting and
keeping a job.
 Need a way for people to take advantage of life long
learning and training.
 Demands of constant change in the workplace are
driven by technology.
 The higher levels of literacy participates more in the
community and society
Literacy And the Employment
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22.  There is a strong link between a person’s literacy level and
his or her ability to get a job.
♦ Unemployment leads to poverty and financial strain. This
can make it harder for people to learn or get into learning
programs.
♦ Poverty can lead to health problems. Health problems
affect our ability to get and keep stable jobs.
 Education is only one factor. Not using our skills can lead
to lower literacy. It’s the “use it or lose it” principle.
Literacy and Unemployment
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23.  The potential labor force continues to contain more and
more high school and college graduates over time.
 Growth in the share of the workforce with only a high school
education has slowed in recent,
 the share of the workforce with a four-year college
education continues to rise sharply.
 A steady increase in the labor force participation rates of
women .
 An equally steady but less dramatic decline has
characterized male labor force participation.
 The combination of these two trends has been a clear
increase in the overall size.
Changes in labor force by literacy rate :
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24. This figure shows prime age male labor force participation by
educational attainment
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25.  The basic skills requirements of the workplace are increasing.
 Women are entering the work force in larger numbers.
 Women's success in the labor force and their economic self-
sufficiency depend upon both literacy improvement and
employability training.
 Minority women's labor force participation has been increased One
in Three women workers including one in two single mothers.
 Almost all of the jobs created by the year 2020 will be in the service
sector.
Literacy on Female labor force
participation
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26.  We need programs that will increase literacy and
prepare people for learning new skills so they can get
and keep jobs.
 We must lobby the business community to create
stable jobs with opportunities for lifelong learning at
all literacy levels.
 This will create a highly skilled work force.
 All learning must be respected.
Challenges to Improve literacy to Increase
labor force
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27.  Labor force has a great relationship with literacy. Both
are together factors of a countries development, and a
major study topic for the students of population
geography, economics, and also statistics.
Conclusion:
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28. 
 Literacy in the Labor Force. Results from the National
Adult Literacy Survey.
https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED435841
 Literacy in the labor force
http://www.bartonreading.comwww.bartonreading.com/
wp-content/ uploads/2015/03/19994702.pdf
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