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FWIW I see "non-farm employment" rather often when anything related to unemployment happens. From what I gather, it's how all the data has been categorized fore
by IfOnlyYouKnew 7y ago
FWIW I see "non-farm employment" rather often when anything related to unemployment happens. From what I gather, it's how all the data has been categorized forever.
So while I can't give you the reasoning behind it, and don't know if it's still valid or now just being done to make the data comparable, I can assure you choosing this statistic wasn't a bad-faith attempt to manipulate.
- freepor 7y agoFarm employment has always been more informal, harder to track, and rife with illegal practices (child labor, illegal immigrants, minimum wage violations) that make reported data hard to trust/reason from.
- grawprog 7y agoEven here in Canada farm related employment is classed separately for a variety of things including taxes and employment insurance. I've never really thought much about it, but every employment related government form I've ever filled out is like that.