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Agricultural
Database
Labour Force in
Bangladesh :
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Table
2.02 : Agricultural Labour
Force
(
Employed persons above 9 years)
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In
Thousand
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Year
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Total
Labour Force
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Agricultural
Labour Force
|
Parcent
To Total
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1983-84
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27978
|
16448
|
58.79
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1986-86
|
30562
|
17478
|
57.19
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1989
|
50147
|
37032
|
73.85
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1995-96
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40300
|
20600
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51.12
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Source
: BBS Labour Force Survey , April 1992.
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Table
2.02 a : Employment Status of
Agricultural Labour Force by Sex ,1989
( Employed persons above 9
years)
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In
Thousand
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|
Status
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Total
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Urban
|
Rural
|
|
Both
Sex
|
Male
|
Female
|
Male
|
Female
|
Male
|
Female
|
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Employer
|
267
|
258
|
9
|
13
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|
245
|
9
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Self-Employed
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8,759
|
7,064
|
1,695
|
227
|
76
|
6,837
|
1,619
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Un-paid
Family Helper
|
21,784
|
5,057
|
16,727
|
182
|
808
|
4,875
|
15,919
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Employee
|
278
|
244
|
34
|
11
|
1
|
233
|
33
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Day
Labour
|
5,944
|
5,636
|
308
|
131
|
5
|
5,505
|
303
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Total
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37,032
|
18,259
|
18,773
|
564
|
890
|
17,695
|
17,883
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Source
: BBS Labour Force Survey , April 1992.
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Table
2 .02b : Employed Persons 10
Years and Over by Gender and Broad Economic Sector.
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(
As per LFS, 1995-96.)
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Broad
economic sector
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Both
Sex(%)
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Male(%)
|
Female(%)
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Total
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100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
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Agriculture
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63.2
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54.4
|
77.4
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Non-agriculture
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36.8
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45.6
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22.6
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Services
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27.3
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34.9
|
14.9
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Industry
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9.5
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10.7
|
7.7
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Source
: BBS Labour Force Survey , December,1995-96.
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Table
2 .02c : Average Weekly Hours Worked
of Employed Persons
15 years and over by Employment status by sex, 1995-96
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Employment
status
|
Both
Sex
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Male
|
Female
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No.
in million
|
Av,
hrs worked
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No.
in million |
Av,
hrs worked
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No.
in million
|
Av,
hrs worked |
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Total
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49.1
|
39
|
30.4
|
48
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18.6
|
26
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Self-Employed/own
a/c worker
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15.8
|
46
|
14.3
|
48
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1.5
|
31
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Employer
|
0.1
|
42
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0.1
|
48
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0
|
16
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Employee
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5.8
|
52
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4.4
|
53
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1.4
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49
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Unpaid
family helper
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18.5
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25
|
3.9
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39
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14.6
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22
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Day
labourers
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8.8
|
48
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7.7
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50
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1.1
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37
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Source
: BBS Labour Force Survey , December,1995-96
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Table
2.02d: Persons
Aged 10 Years and Over by Current Activity Status, Sex and
Residence in Percentage
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Activity
status
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Bangladesh
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Urban
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Rural
|
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Both
Sex
|
Male
|
Female
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Both
Sex
|
Male
|
Female
|
Both
Sex
|
Male
|
Female
|
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Total
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100.0
|
100.0
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100.0
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100.0
|
100.0
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100.0
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100.0
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100.0
|
100.0
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Worked
for wages and salary
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19.0
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30.2
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7.3
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23.2
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33.6
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12.3
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17.8
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29.2
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5.8
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Self-employment/own
account work
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18.7
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32.8
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3.9
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16.6
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29.0
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3.7
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19.3
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34.0
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3.9
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Working
but not at work
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0.1
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0.1
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0.0
|
0.1
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0.1
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0.0
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0.1
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0.2
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0.1
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Crop
production as unpaid family helper
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2.9
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5.5
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0.2
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0.3
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0.5
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0.0
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3.7
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7.0
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0.3
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Farm
activities as unpaid family helper
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4.3
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4.5
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4.1
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1.9
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2.2
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1.6
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5.1
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5.2
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4.8
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Household
economic activities as unpaid
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16.5
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1.4
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32.5
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4.2
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0.5
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8.2
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20.3
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1.6
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39.9
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Cottage,
small trade activities etc.
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1.6
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1.7
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1.5
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2.0
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2.5
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1.4
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1.4
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1.4
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1.5
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Did
not work but available for work
|
1.6
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2.1
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1.1
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2.3
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3.1
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1.3
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1.5
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1.8
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1.1
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Household
work
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13.8
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0.2
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28.0
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21.8
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0.3
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44.3
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11.4
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0.1
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23.3
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Student
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17.2
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18.4
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15.9
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23.2
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24.2
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22.1
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15.3
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16.6
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14.0
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Retired/income
recipients
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0.8
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0.9
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0.7
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1.4
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1.7
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1.1
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0.6
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0.7
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0.6
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Beggers
and others
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3.4
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2.2
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4.6
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3.0
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2.3
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3.8
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3.5
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2.2
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4.8
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Source
: BBS Labour Force Survey , December,1995-96
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Table
2.02d: Persons
aged 10 years and over by current activity status, Sex and
residence
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Activity
status
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Bangladesh
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Urban
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Rural
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Both
Sex
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Male
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Female
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Both
Sex
|
Male
|
Female
|
Both
Sex
|
Male
|
Female
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Total
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86,432
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44,296
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42,136
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20,141
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10,303
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9,838
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66,289
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33,991
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32,298
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Worked
for wages and salary
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16,460
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13,381
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3,079
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4,670
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3,457
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1,213
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11,790
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9,925
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1,865
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Self-employment/own
account work
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16,156
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14,533
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1,623
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3,347
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2,985
|
362
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12,808
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11,547
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1,261
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Working
but not at work
|
86
|
65
|
21
|
17
|
13
|
4
|
68
|
51
|
17
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Crop
production as unpaid family helper
|
2,511
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2,423
|
88
|
57
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53
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4
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2,454
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2,370
|
84
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Farm
activities as unpaid family helper
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3,741
|
2,012
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1,729
|
392
|
231
|
161
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3,348
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1,782
|
1,566
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Household
economic activities as unpaid
|
14,283
|
601
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13,682
|
851
|
48
|
803
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13,432
|
553
|
12,879
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Cottage,
small trade activities etc.
|
1,361
|
750
|
611
|
401
|
260
|
141
|
960
|
489
|
471
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Did
not work but available for work
|
1,417
|
933
|
484
|
455
|
324
|
131
|
962
|
609
|
353
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Household
work
|
11,891
|
80
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11,811
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4,389
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34
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4,355
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7,573
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47
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7,526
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Student
|
14,838
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8,131
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6,707
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4,670
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2,494
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2,176
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10,168
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5,635
|
4,533
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Retired/income
recipients
|
711
|
398
|
313
|
281
|
170
|
111
|
430
|
229
|
201
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Beggars
and others
|
2,904
|
986
|
1,918
|
611
|
234
|
377
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2,296
|
754
|
1,542
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Source
: BBS Labour Force Survey , December,1995-96
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