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More parents choosing to care for kids rather than look for work would decrease the reported (headline) unemployment rate. That number of persons would be subtracted from both the numerator (unemployed) and the denominator (labor force) which would reduce the fraction (unemployment rate).
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1989 3.2 Carrera coupe; 1988 Westy Vanagon, Zetec; 1986 E28 M30; 1994 W124; 2004 S211
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