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GLOSSARY
Labour force – is defined as the sum of employed and unemployed persons.
Labour the force participation rate expresses the labour force as a percent of the relevant aged population.
Larceny – unlawful taking of the personal property of another person or business.
Life expectancy at birth – the average number of years that a newborn could expect to live if he/she were to pass through life subject to the age-specific mortality rates of a given period.
Live birth – complete expulsion or extraction from its mother a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy, that after such separation breathes or shows any other evidence of life – e.g., beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord or definite movement of voluntary muscles – whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached. Each product of such a birth is considered to be live-born.