You have been asked to prepare a brief statement about the labor force participation rate for men and women (percentage of population age 15-64 years). Using statistics from the following table obtained from the GLOBAL13SSDS data set, write a paragraph about labor force participation rates throughout the world. In your answer, be sure to identify at least two explanations for your findings.

Labor Force Participation Rates	Participating Countries	Mean	Standard Deviation
men	70	79.44	6.20
women	70	57.02	18.54