To be counted as unemployed, you must be engaging in job search. In all other cases, the individual must have been engaged in at least one active job search ac

To be counted as unemployed, you must be engaging in job search. In all other cases, the individual must have been engaged in at least one active job search activity in the 4 weeks preceding the interview and be available for work (except for temporary illness) in order to be counted as unemployed. Otherwise, you’re just idle. That’s why we have various unemployment indexes such as U1, U3, U5 and U6. Me think the author of article is conflating various terms. https://www.thoughtco.com/statistical-measures-of-unemployment-1148112 https://www.thoughtco.com/statistical-measures-of-unemployme...