We talk a lot about the power of work and how life changing it can be. Here are the numbers to back just how powerful it is, and the work that’s left to be done in Alabama.
Data + research from the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama.
Alabama shows lower rates than other states for individuals with disabilities participating in our workforce, with national participation averages at 41%.
Data + research from the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama.
Alabamians participating in the workforce with less than a high school diploma significantly trail the national participation average of the same subgroup (61%).
Data + research from the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama.
Labor Participation average for ages 60 to 64 is 10 percentage points lower in Alabama than it is in the rest of the country: 46% of Alabamians ages 60-64 participate in the labor force compared to 56% nationally.
Life Satisfaction and Employment Correlation
“On average, the life satisfaction of employed respondents is 6.4, while the life satisfaction of unemployed respondents is markedly lower at 5.2. This is a sizable difference of 1.2 points, equivalent to 60 percent of a standard deviation in life satisfaction.”