Chapter 8.5, Problem 73E

To determine

To calculate: The probability that a person whose educational qualification was not a bachelor’s degree or higher, was not in the labor force, from the following table that shows the employment figures in the U.S. for 2014, according to people’s educational qualifications. The numbers represent the civilians (in millions) aged 25 or above.

	Employed	Unemployed	Not in Labor Force	Total
Less Than High School Diploma	$9.9$	$1.0$	$13.2$	$24.1$
High School Diploma Only	$33.9$	$2.2$	$25.9$	$62.0$
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	$127.9$	$6.8$	$74.4$	$209.1$