4.02 Population by Economic Category, Sex and Residence
| (Million) | |||||||||
| 1989 LFS | 1990 -91 LFS | 1995-96 LFS | |||||||
| Economic category | Both sexes | Male | Fe- male | Both sexes | Male | Fe- male | Both sexes | Male | Fe- male |
| National | |||||||||
| Civilian L. F. | 50.7 | 29.7 | 21.0 | 51.2 | 31.1 | 20.1 | 56.0 | 34.7 | 21.3 |
| a) Employed | 50.1 | 29.4 | 20.7 | 50.2 | 30.5 | 19.7 | 54.5 | 33.9 | 20.8 |
| b) Un-Employed | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 |
| Not in civilian L.F | 57.4 | – | – | 57.9 | 26.0 | 31.9 | 65.8 | 27.5 | 38.3 |
| a) HW /HH Work | 20.1 | – | – | 9.6 | 0.1 | 9.5 | 12.0 | 0.1 | 11.9 |
| b) Inactive | 37.3 | – | – | 48.3 | 25.9 | 22.4 | 53.8 | 27.4 | 26.4 |
| URBAN | |||||||||
| Civilian LF. | 5.7 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 8.7 | 6.6 | 2.1 | 10.2 | 7.4 | 2.8 |
| a) Employed | 5.5 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 8.4 | 6.5 | 1.9 | 9.7 | 7.0 | 2.7 |
| b) Un-employed | 0.2 | – | – | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Not in civilian L.F | 10.5 | 4.1 | 6.4 | 13.4 | 5.4 | 7.9 | 16.6 | 6.3 | 10.3 |
| a) HW/ HH Work | – | – | – | 3.2 | 6.1 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 4.4 |
| b) Inactive | 4.9 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 10.2 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 12.2 | 6.3 | 5.9 |
| RURAL | |||||||||
| Civilian LF. | 45.1 | 25.6 | 19.5 | 42.5 | 24.4 | 18.0 | 45.8 | 27.3 | 18.5 |
| a) Employed | 44.6 | 25.3 | 19.3 | 41.7 | 23.9 | 17.7 | 44.8 | 26.7 | 18.1 |
| b) Un-Employed | 0.4 | – | – | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Not in civilian L.F | 46.8 | 21.7 | 25.1 | 44.5 | 20.5 | 24.0 | 49.3 | 21.2 | 28.1 |
| a) HW /HH Work | – | – | – | 6.5 | 0.1 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 0.1 | 7.5 |
| b) Inactive | 14.4 | 5.1 | 9.3 | 38.0 | 20.4 | 17.6 | 41.7 | 21.1 | 20.6 |
| Note: HW: Housewives; HH: Household; LF: Labour Force. | |||||||||
| MPLOYED PERSONS: Persons of age 10 years and above, who are either: | |||||||||
| (a) working one or more hours for pay or profit or working without pay in a family farm or enterprise during the reference period. | |||||||||
| (b) found not working but who has a job or business from which they are absent temporarily during reference period. | |||||||||
| UNEMPLOYED PERSONS: Persons 10 years of age and over involuntarily out of gainful employment during the reference period, but either: | |||||||||
| (a) have been actively looking for employment, or | |||||||||
| b) are willing to work but not looking for work because of being temporarily ill or believing no work is available. | |||||||||
| Source: Labour Force Survey , 1989 ,1990-91 and 1995-96, BBS . | |||||||||