The U6 unemployment rate counts not only people without work
seeking full-time employment (the more familiar U-3 rate), but
also counts "marginally attached workers and those working
part-time for economic reasons." Note that some of these
part-time workers counted as employed by U-3 could be working as
little as an hour a week. And the "marginally attached workers"
include those who have gotten discouraged and stopped looking,
but still want to work. The age considered for this calculation
is 16 years and over
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