4.01 Indicators of Labour And Manpower Sector
| Characteristics | LFS | LFS | LFS | |
| 1989 | 1990-91 | 1995-96 | ||
| 1. | Total Civilian Labour Force (Million) | |||
| Male | 29.7 | 31.1 | 34.7 | |
| Female | 21.0 | 20.1 | 21.3 | |
| Both Sex | 50.7 | 51.2 | 56.0 | |
| 2. | Active Civilian Labour Force (Employed Pop. Million) | |||
| Male | 29.4 | 30.5 | 33.8 | |
| Female | 20.7 | 19.7 | 20.8 | |
| Both Sex | 50.1 | 50.2 | 54.6 | |
| 3. | Unemployed Population (Million) | |||
| Male | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | |
| Female | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | |
| Both Sex | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.4 | |
| 4. | Not in Civilian Labour Force (Million) | |||
| Housewives | 18.2 | 9.6 | 12.0 | |
| Other inactives | 1.9 | 12.8 | 18.4 | |
| Children (0-9 years) | 37.3 | 35.5 | 35.4 | |
| 5. | Crude Activity Rate (percent) | |||
| Male | 53.1 | 54.5 | 55.8 | |
| Female | 40.2 | 38.6 | 35.7 | |
| Both Sex | 46.9 | 46.9 | 46.0 | |
| 6. | Labour Force Participation (Refined Activity) Rate | |||
| Male | 79.6 | 79.6 | 78.3 | |
| Female | 85.3 | 58.2 | 50.6 | |
| Both Sex | 74.7 | 69.6 | 64.8 | |
| 7. | Unemployment Rate (Excluding under employment) | |||
| Male | 1.3 | 2.0 | 2.7 | |
| Female | 1.0 | 1.9 | 2.3 | |
| Both Sex | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | |
| 8. | Child Labour (5-14 Yrs.) | |||
| Number (Million) | 6.1 | 5.8 | 6.5 | |
| Percent of total (C.L.F.) | 12.2 | 11.3 | 11.6 | |
| 9. | Youth Labour Force (15-29 yrs) | |||
| Number (Million) | 19.1 | 19.8 | 20.1 | |
| Percent of total C.L.F. | 37.7 | 38.7 | 35.9 | |
| 10. | 10. Female Labour Force | |||
| Number (Million) | 21.0 | 20.1 | 21.3 | |
| Percent of total C.L.F. | 41.4 | 39.3 | 38.0 | |
| 11. | 11. Employment by Broad Sector | |||
| Agriculture: | ||||
| Number (Million) | 37.0 | 34.4 | 34.5 | |
| Percent of total | 73.8 | 68.5 | 63.2 | |
| Non-Agriculture: | ||||
| Number (Million) | 13.1 | 15.8 | 20.1 | |
| Percent of total | 26.2 | 31.5 | 36.8 | |
| Note: A. In Labour Force Survey some specific activities such as ploughing/irrigation/ planting, weeding and hoeing, harvesting/collecting, threshing/cleaning, husking/ drying/boiling, growing vegetable and spices, processing and preservation of food, live stock raising, poultry raising etc. were included and considered as economic activity if one spent at least one hour in a week on any such activity. | ||||
| B. As the specific activities stated above are generally performed by the females in and out of the agriculturally based household in the rural areas and as the activities are considered as economic activities the total female labour force increased both at national and particularly at rural levels. | ||||
| Source: Labour Force Survey, 1989 ,1990 -91 and 1995-96, BBS. | ||||