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Table 5 Percentage of youth are not in labour force 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

49.4

53.3

56.9

59.8

69.7

60.2

Bihar

63.9

67.5

65.2

65.6

72.6

66.1

Jharkhand

68.2

68.5

74.1

75.0

77.7

71.5

Maharashtra

40.0

51.5

56.3

62.6

71.0

59.6

Andhra Pradesh (erstwhile)

40.0

46.4

53.1

55.7

69.0

55.2

Tamil Nadu

61.3

57.5

59.1

66.5

76.7

66.0

Total

56.2

58.2

58.4

61.8

71.9

61.8