claim: "the labor force participation rate -- the share of the potential workforce that is actually working or looking for work-- currently stands below 63%, the lowest level since the 1970s."
author: dave brat
evidence_1: the labor force participation rate is the proportion of the working-age population  that is either working or actively looking for work. ... this article describes  historical trends in labor force participation on the basis of estimates from the  current .... percent, or 23.7 percentage points lower than the rate for their male  counterparts.
evidence_2: "the labor force participation rate -- the share of the potential workforce that is  actually working or looking for work-- currently stands below 63%, the lowest  level ...
evidence_3: jan 4, 2019 ... the labor force participation rate is the labor force divided by the population. ...  refers to the number of people available for work as a percentage of the total  population. ... where the labor force = employed + unemployed ... they had  been laid off are counted as unemployed, even if they didn't look for work.
evidence_4: the historically low percentage of americans in the workforce will likely also ... by  extension, the determinants of labor force growth--changes in the lfpr ... u.s.  labor force participation hovered from 58%-60% until the early 1970s, ... three  americans 16 and older were either working or actively seeking work (see chart 3 ).
evidence_5: the civilian labor force participation rate is the number of employed and  unemployed but looking for a job as a percentage of the population aged 16  years and ...