Total number of people who between minimum a maximum age limits and who are willing to after their labour during a particular period of time to produce goods and services which have economics value expecting a salary/wage or an economic gain are known as labour force.
Persons who are not included in Labour force
Housewives
Full time students
Totally disabled
Voluntarily idle
When calculating labour force in Sri Lanka only minimum age limit that is 10 years is considered but maximum age limit is not taken to account.
All employed and unemployed people who are expecting a salary or an economic benefit( it one week before counting) are included in the lobour force in Sri Lanka.
All the individuals who are above 10 years of the total population of Sri Lanka and who are able to work are considered to be in working age population.
Partivipation Rate
Indicating labour force as a percentage of people who are able to work is labour force partivipation rate.
The factors which determine the labour force are as follows:
