Chapter 8.5, Problem 71E

To determine

To calculate: The conditional probability that a person has attained a bachelor’s degree or higher, given that the person got employed from the given table depicting the employment figures in the U.S. for 2014 according to the level of education attained. The numbers given are in millions and depict the civilians who are 25 and above in age,

	Employed	Unemployed	Not in Labor Force	Total
Below High School Diploma	$9.9$	$1.0$	$13.2$	$24.1$
Only High School Diploma	$33.9$	$2.2$	$25.9$	$62.0$
Some College or Associate’s Degree	$35.3$	$2.0$	$18.4$	$55.7$
Bachelor’s Degree or Higher	$48.8$	$1.6$	$16.9$	$67.3$
Total	$127.9$	$6.8$	$74.4$	$209.1$