| 4.11
Comparison of Civilian Labor Force and Other CharacteristicsUnder Extended
and Usual Definition, 1990-91 and 1995-96 |
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| Sl.
No. |
Characteristics
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Extended definition |
Usual definition |
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1990-91 LFS |
1995-96 LFS |
1990-91 LFS |
1995-96 LFS |
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1. |
Civilian labor force (million) |
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Both sexes |
51.2 |
56.0 |
35.9 |
41.7 |
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Male |
31.1 |
34.7 |
31.0 |
34.1 |
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Female |
20.1 |
21.3 |
4.9 |
7.6 |
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2. |
Employed population (million) |
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Both sexes |
50.2 |
54.6 |
34.9 |
40.3 |
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Male |
30.5 |
33.8 |
30.4 |
33.2 |
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Female |
19.7 |
20.8 |
4.5 |
7.1 |
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3. |
Unemployed population (million) |
|
|
|
Both sexes |
1.0 |
1.4 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
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Male |
0.2 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
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Female |
0.8 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
| 4. |
Employment
in broad economic sectors (million) |
|
|
|
Total |
50.2 |
54.6 |
34.9 |
40.3 |
|
|
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Agriculture |
34.4 |
34.5 |
18.0 |
20.6 |
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Non-agriculture |
15.8 |
20.1 |
16.9 |
19.7 |
| 5. |
Unemployment
rate |
|
|
|
Both sex |
1.1 |
2.5 |
1.9 |
3.4 |
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Male |
0.8 |
2.7 |
2.0 |
2.7 |
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Female |
3.3 |
2.3 |
1.9 |
6.3 |
| 6. |
Labor
force participation rate |
|
|
|
Both sex |
69.6 |
64.8 |
48.8 |
48.3 |
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Male |
79.6 |
78.3 |
79.6 |
77.0 |
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Female |
58.2 |
50.6 |
14.1 |
18.1 |
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| Note
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(1)
Extended activities definition of economically active population
refers to persons of age 10 and above who are either employed or unemployed
during the reference period. Also persons who engaged themselves in household
activities, such as threshing, cleaning, care of livestock and poultry,
food processing, boiling, drying etc. are considered as economically active
population. |
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(2)
Usual/conventional definition of economically active population or
civilian labor force, refers to persons of age 10 years and above who are
either employed or unemployed during the reference period of the survey.
Persons working less than 15 hours without pay or profit in the family farm
or enterprise (activities like care of livestock, poultry, processing, husking,
preservation of food etc.) are not considered as economically active population.
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| Source
: Labor force survey, 1990-91 and 1995-96, BBS. |
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