BLS states that CPI-U is designed to measure inflation for the U.S. urban population and may not accurately reflect people living in rural areas. It also does not produce official inflation rates for specific subgroups such as older America
In the 2024 American Community Survey, the median selected monthly owner cost for U.S. owner-occupied homes without a mortgage was $664. Census owner-cost measures include expenses such as real-estate taxes, insurance, utilities, condominiu
The 2024 American Community Survey reported that median selected monthly owner costs for households without a mortgage equaled 11.4% of household income.
In a randomized controlled trial using standardized patients, antidepressant prescribing changed substantially depending on whether the patient made a medication request. A later systematic review concluded with moderate confidence that dir
In Kravitz and colleagues’ randomized standardized-patient trial, physicians prescribed antidepressants to 55% of patients portraying adjustment disorder who made a brand-specific request, compared with 10% of otherwise comparable patients
The official U.S. unemployment rate is the number of unemployed people divided by the civilian labor force. To be classified as unemployed in the Current Population Survey, a person generally must have had no employment during the reference
A person can have no job and still be classified as not in the labor force rather than unemployed. Under the Current Population Survey, people without work generally must have actively looked for work during the prior 4 weeks and be availab
In the Current Population Survey, a person is classified as employed if they worked at least 1 hour for pay or profit during the survey reference week. People temporarily absent from a job can also count as employed, and unpaid family worke
Because the unemployment rate equals unemployed people divided by the labor force, the rate can fall if unemployed people stop actively looking for work and therefore leave the labor force, even if they do not become employed.
The labor-force participation rate is the labor force divided by the civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and older. The labor force includes people who are employed plus people who meet the definition of unemployed.
