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Table 6 Percentage of youth currently not working 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

30.1

29.8

37.2

46.8

63.8

45.7

Bihar

42.6

47.6

55.4

63.4

74.9

51.1

Jharkhand

33.3

38.0

53.9

65.6

77.6

48.1

Maharashtra

29.8

41.1

49.2

61.9

73.3

56.1

Andhra Pradesh (erstwhile)

27.1

33.7

39.7

45.5

63.5

44.5

Tamil Nadu

42.4

43.1

48.9

60.2

75.4

58.4

Total

36.4

40.3

46.4

55.3

70.4

51.2