Janet, an 18-year-old fresh out of high school, is available to work and wants to work. She looked for a job over the past year, but in the last four weeks before the Current Population Survey, she has stopped looking for employment. Why is she not considered part of the labor force?
A) She is marginally attached.
B) She does not have a current job.
C) She has been unemployed for too long.
D) She is too young.

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Janet is considered marginally attached – a subset of individuals who are not in the labor force but have recently looked for work in the past 12 months and are available to work but have not actively looked for work in the past four weeks.

Janet, an 18-Year-Old Fresh Out of High School, Is Available