Table 13 Logistic regression of unemployment among youth (1 = unemployment and 0 = employment)
Unemployment among youth | Exp (B) | Significance |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
 Men (R) | 1 |  |
 Women | 1.55 | 0.00 |
Age of youth | ||
 15–19 years (R) | 1 |  |
 20–24 years | 0.77 | 0.00 |
Caste of the respondent | ||
 Scheduled caste (R) | 1 | 0.00 |
 Scheduled tribe | 1.02 | 0.00 |
 Other backward caste | 0.83 | 0.00 |
 General | 0.79 | 0.00 |
 Don’t know/no caste | 0.39 | 0.00 |
Religion | ||
 Hindu (R) | 1 |  |
 Muslim | 1.10 | 0.00 |
 Others | 0.97 | 0.00 |
Education of youth | ||
 Less than 5 years of schooling (R) | 1 |  |
 5–9 years of schooling | 1.95 | 0.00 |
 10–12 years of schooling | 6.40 | 0.00 |
 13 and above years of schooling | 3.21 | 0.00 |
Education of father | ||
 Non-literate, literate with no formal schooling (R) | 1 |  |
 1–7 years of schooling | 1.51 | 0.00 |
 8–11 years of schooling | 2.16 | 0.00 |
 12 and above years of schooling | 3.25 | 0.00 |
 Don’t know | 1.59 | 0.00 |
Standard of living | ||
 1st Quintile (R) | 1 | 0.00 |
 2nd Quintile | 1.11 | 0.00 |
 3rd Quintile | 1.41 | 0.00 |
 4th Quintile | 1.79 | 0.00 |
 5th Quintile | 1.94 | 0.00 |
States | ||
 Rajasthan (R) | 1 | 0.00 |
 Bihar | 7.37 | 0.00 |
 Jharkhand | 7.63 | 0.00 |
 Maharashtra | 3.35 | 0.00 |
 Andhra Pradesh (erstwhile) | 1.49 | 0.00 |
 Tamil Nadu | 1.77 | 0.00 |
Constant | 0.00 | 0.00 |