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Table 12 Percentage of youth employment by father’s education and wealth index in six states

From: Youth development in India: does poverty matter?

Name of state

Wealth index (Quintile)

1st Quintile

2nd Quintile

3rd Quintile

4th Quintile

5th Quintile

Total

Rajasthan

 Illiterate

3.7

3.2

3.3

5.2

3.0

3.7

 1–7 years of schooling

3.9

8.8

2.7

6.7

8.3

6.4

 8–11 years of schooling

0.0

7.4

3.9

11.3

12.5

9.9

 12 and above years of schooling

0.0

7.8

9.9

22.3

18.4

17.2

 Don’t know/missing

0.0

0.0

0.0

7.6

14.5

5.4

 Total

3.4

4.2

3.3

7.3

9.8

6.0

Bihar

 Illiterate

16.2

13.5

26.5

46.4

46.6

18.7

 1–7 years of schooling

21.6

19.1

36.8

29.4

6.6

23.5

 8–11 years of schooling

42.3

39.9

38.4

29.9

53.1

39.8

 12 and above years of schooling

36.3

44.5

81.6

68.9

72.3

63.1

 Don’t know/missing

32.0

14.5

31.1

38.1

29.7

25.9

 Total

21.7

21.5

36.4

40.1

53.5

28.2

Jharkhand

 Illiterate

11.7

12.9

21.0

33.1

43.1

14.9

 1–7 years of schooling

22.1

19.1

30.1

32.7

34.5

24.9

 8–11 years of schooling

28.5

28.1

31.9

32.1

41.0

32.8

 12 and above years of schooling

89.5

21.6

37.7

41.2

56.4

48.4

 Don’t know/missing

13.9

17.9

33.1

33.9

18.7

20.8

 Total

15.1

17.6

27.9

33.9

44.1

23.0

Maharashtra

 Illiterate

7.9

8.4

6.1

18.1

15.9

9.8

 1–7 years of schooling

8.9

12.0

18.8

21.6

22.7

17.1

 8–11 years of schooling

7.9

18.5

18.9

26.3

31.1

24.9

 12 and above years of schooling

20.4

41.4

33.2

31.6

30.1

31.2

 Don’t know/missing

0.0

11.3

7.5

33.3

31.4

17.2

 Total

8.3

12.5

15.0

23.1

27.8

18.0

Tamil Nadu

 Illiterate

6.2

5.0

6.4

9.5

12.4

7.2

 1–7 years of schooling

5.0

7.3

8.6

8.9

15.4

9.4

 8–11 years of schooling

14.4

20.7

14.3

14.2

21.6

17.5

 12 and above years of schooling

0.0

0.0

21.3

0.0

17.4

13.9

 Don’t know/missing

39.6

0.0

14.1

9.3

9.2

10.3

 Total

7.9

8.0

9.2

10.3

18.0

10.9

Total for all six states

 Illiterate

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