People who don&#x27;t have a job and aren&#x27;t interested in getting one, like housewives, are not included in unemployment numbers. What is measured is how much of the labour force is currently unemployed. If you&#x27;re not in the labour force, you&#x27;re neither employed nor unemployed. You&#x27;re just not covered by those particular statistics, just like children and pensioners.<p>If you&#x27;re interested in how large a fraction of the working age population is employed, see employment rate.