Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Part I. Framework of the Study -- CHAPTER 1. Introduction: Scope, Organization, and the Labor Force Concept -- CHAPTER 2. The Conceptual Framework and Method of Analysis -- Part II. Explaining Labor Force Participation -- CHAPTER 3. Prime-Age Males: Individual Characteristics -- CHAPTER 4. Prime-Age Males: Labor Market Conditions -- CHAPTER 5. Married Women: Individual Characteristics -- CHAPTER 6. Married Women: Labor Market Conditions -- CHAPTER 7. Trends in the Participation of Married Women -- CHAPTER 8. Single Women 25-54 -- CHAPTER 9. Older Persons: Individual Characteristics -- CHAPTER 10. Older Persons: Labor Market Conditions -- CHAPTER 11. Trends in the Participation of Older Persons -- CHAPTER 12. Younger Persons: Individual Characteristics -- CHAPTER 13. Younger Persons: Labor Market Conditions -- CHAPTER 14. Younger Males: Trends in Participation, Enrollment, and Activity Rates -- Part III. Unemployment and Labor Force Participation -- CHAPTER 15. Unemployment and Labor Force Participation: Cross-Sectional Relations -- CHAPTER 16. Unemployment and Labor Force Participation: Time-Series Relations -- CHAPTER 17. Unemployment and Labor Force Participation: Some Evidence from the 1963-1967 Boom -- Chapter Appendices -- General Appendices -- Index