Paper 3 · Population and Labour
Which of the following people forms part of a country's labour force?
Aa full time university student aged twenty who still lives at home
Ba retired teacher aged seventy living on a pension
Ca child of twelve who helps on the family plot
Da mechanic who has been laid off and is looking for work
Explanation: The labour force is everyone of working age who is willing and able to work, which means the employed together with the unemployed who are searching. A laid-off mechanic seeking work is in it; students, the retired and children below working age are not.
Derived from ZIMSEC Economics 4050/3 Paper 3, June 2023, Q2