4.11 Comparison of Civilian Labor Force and Other  CharacteristicsUnder Extended and Usual Definition, 1990-91 and 1995-96  
 
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Characteristics

Extended definition Usual definition
1990-91 LFS 1995-96 LFS 1990-91 LFS 1995-96 LFS
1. Civilian labor force (million)
Both sexes 51.2 56.0 35.9 41.7
Male 31.1 34.7 31.0 34.1
Female 20.1 21.3 4.9 7.6
2. Employed population (million)
Both sexes 50.2 54.6 34.9 40.3
Male 30.5 33.8 30.4 33.2
Female 19.7 20.8 4.5 7.1
3. Unemployed population (million)
Both sexes 1.0 1.4 1.0 1.4
Male 0.2 0.9 0.6 0.9
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
Agriculture 34.4 34.5 18.0 20.6
Non-agriculture 15.8 20.1 16.9 19.7
5. Unemployment rate
Both sex 1.1 2.5 1.9 3.4
Male 0.8 2.7 2.0 2.7
Female 3.3 2.3 1.9 6.3
6. Labor force participation rate
Both sex 69.6 64.8 48.8 48.3
Male 79.6 78.3 79.6 77.0
Female 58.2 50.6 14.1 18.1
Note : (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.
(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.  
Source : Labor force survey, 1990-91 and 1995-96, BBS.