Kerala 2005 - of Planning Commission

CHAPTER 7
RECKONING CAUTION: EDUCATED UNEMPLOYMENT AND GENDER UNFREEDOM
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Table A7.3: Education Specific Work Participation Rates for Persons of Age 15 Years and Above
1987-88
Rural
Male
Rural
Female
Kerala
Urban
Male
Urban
Female
Rural
Male
Rural
Female
All India
Not Literate 76.9 45.9 71.9 30.3 91.1 91.1 52.6 29.2
Literate, up to Primary 85.1 46.2 82.4 24.1 89.0 80.0 39.1 17.5
Middle 72.3 31.7 73.2 22.4 73.9 73.9 28.6 11.3
Secondary 57.2 28.3 58.5 25.3 72.9 72.9 26.2 15.1
Graduate & Above 75.3 45.3 83.7 51.8 82.7 82.7 30.7 31.5
1993-94
Not Literate 77.9 37.2 74.2 28.6 91.8 54.0 87.0 30.0
Literate, up to Primary 89.1 39.6 84.1 31.3 90.9 41.6 85.0 20.3
Middle 78.9 24.9 77.2 22.0 77.0 29.0 72.3 13.1
Secondary 63.6 27.4 66.6 20.4 72.8 25.8 67.7 13.4
Higher Secondary 44.2 17.7 52.9 27.5 68.6 23.4 60.7 14.7
Graduate & Above 73.1 38.2 82.2 40.2 83.4 36.6 81.8 13.1
1999-2000
Not Literate 72.0 35.9 54.6 20.1 89.5 51.3 83.9 27.1
Literate, up to Primary 83.2 37.0 81.5 31.2 88.0 40.3 83.0 17.7
Middle 78.9 29.2 80.5 33.3 76.8 29.0 17.7 12.9
Secondary 68.7 24.4 68.2 27.3 73.7 25.7 66.8 12.4
Higher Secondary 56.7 19.6 48.8 21.6 71.3 70.6 60.8 12.4
Graduate & Above 81.5 32.1 86.9 36.8 83.6 31.0 80.6 27.3
Urban
Male
Urban
Female
Source: 1987-88: Sarvekshana, September 1990; 1993-94: Sarvekshana, July-September 1996; 1999-00: “Employment and Unemployment Situation in India”, 1999-2000,
Report No. 458,NSS 55th Round, NSSO, Government of India, May 2001 Sarvekshana.