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Table 11 Percentage of youth employment by father’s education and poverty status in india

From: Youth development in India: does poverty matter?

Education of Father

Wealth index (quintile)

Poorer

Poor

Middle

Richer

Richest

Total

Non-literate, literate with no formal schooling

10.2

7.4

7.4

10.4

9.0

8.8

1–7 years of schooling

12.2

12.3

14.7

15.6

16.0

14.3

8–11 years of schooling

27.9

27.2

21.6

22.0

26.2

24.4

12 and above years of schooling

28.6

37.1

39.4

36.2

35.4

35.9

Don’t know/missing

21.3

10.2

14.1

15.1

19.8

15.4

Total

13.0

12.0

13.1

16.1

22.3

15.0