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Table 4 Percentage of youth employment by wealth index in six states

From: Youth development in India: does poverty matter?

Name of state

Wealth index (quintile)

Poorer

Poor

Middle

Richer

Richest

Total

Rajasthan

3.4

4.2

3.3

7.3

9.8

6.0

Bihar

21.7

21.5

36.4

40.1

53.5

28.2

Jharkhand

15.1

17.6

27.9

33.9

44.1

23.0

Maharashtra

8.3

12.5

15.0

23.1

27.8

18.0

Andhra Pradesh (erstwhile)

4.9

6.7

6.6

9.7

14.9

8.5

Tamil Nadu

7.9

8.0

9.2

10.3

18.0

10.9

Total

13.0

12.0

13.1

16.1

22.3

15.0