when calculating the u 6 rate the marginally attached group is added to both the numerator total unemployed and denominator total labor force in addition part time workers are added to the numerator only since they have already been included as part of the labor force 
the u 6 rate is considerably higher than the u 3 figure and is arguably a better reflection of the health of the american workforce at the time the unemployment rates are not based on the numbers of people who have applied for unemployment they are based on a survey of households in every region of the u s since march 2020 the bureau of labor statistics has added several questions to its household survey in order to measure the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on jobs here s some of what it found in january 2022 