Current Underemployment rate and how to add onto Unemployment rate (1 Viewer)

[__candy]

The current Unemployment rate is 4.6% and the current underemployment rate is 5.3% (I think)
So to add them together do i just add them together to make 9.9%?
Please help
Thank you!

 

[Sparcod]

Yeh..um...it means that 9.9% want to work more hours.

 

[onebytwo]

The current Unemployment rate is 4.6% and the current underemployment rate is 5.3% (I think)
So to add them together do i just add them together to make 9.9%?
Please help
Thank you!

just remember that the underemployed are actually employed, but would like to work more hours. however, unemployed would like to work but cant find a job. so the two are quite different