非ひ労ろう働どう力りょく人じん口こう

noun

non-labor force population; working-age people not in the labor force

A technical term used in labor statistics and economics. Refers to people aged 15 and over who are neither employed nor unemployed (i.e., not actively seeking work).

• 非ひ労ろう働どう力りょく人じん口こうには、学がく生せいや専せん業ぎょう主しゅ婦ふ、高こう齢れい者しゃなどが含ふくまれる。

  The non-labor force population includes students, full-time homemakers, the elderly, and others.

• 総そう務む省しょうの統とう計けいによると、非ひ労ろう働どう力りょく人じん口こうは増ぞう加か傾けい向こうにある。

  According to statistics from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the non-labor force population is on the rise.