Not only will they represent an important
part of the labor force in the near future, but they will also be the parents of an important proportion of the new generation of citizens.
The labor force participation rate, which is the percentage of people 16 and older who are
part of the labor force, has been trending down for nearly twenty years:
According to the «Full Participation Report,» about 55 percent of women globally are
part of the labor force, compared with 82 percent of men, and the gap between men and women has not changed significantly since 1995.
A tenuous stability has fallen on coal country since the downturn, but the reality of being
part of the labor force in the Powder River Basin is anything but stable.
As matters stand, only about 30 % of Saudi Arabians who could be
part of the labor force are working.