In the five years before the pandemic, about 72 percent of prime-age women here were either working or looking for work, compared with 75 percent nationally. This difference in  See U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2022), “Population—With a Disability, 16 Years and Over,” retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, August 5, https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNU00074597.
16  - 10 labor force participation is primarily explained by illness or disability and existed long before the onset of COVID. There is no magic wand that will draw workers back into the labor force, especially when generous government benefits programs are provided for those who are capable of working.