Table 7 Percentage of Youth employment, in labour force and currently not working by gender and wealth index
Youth development pattern by sex | Wealth Index (quintile) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poorest | Poor | Middle | Richer | Richest | Total | |
Employment | ||||||
 Male | 13.4 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 14.2 | 17.9 | 16.0 |
 Female | 12. | 11.8 | 13.1 | 18.5 | 27.6 | 14.1 |
 Total | 13.0 | 12.0 | 13.1 | 16.1 | 22.3 | 15.0 |
In labour force | ||||||
 Male | 33.2 | 35.9 | 35.3 | 37.6 | 52.5 | 72.1 |
 Female | 64.0 | 68.8 | 69.2 | 74.5 | 81.2 | 39.7 |
 Total | 56.2 | 58.2 | 58.4 | 61.8 | 71.9 | 61.8 |
Currently not working | ||||||
 Male | 19.1 | 21.9 | 27.0 | 33.1 | 51.4 | 59.9 |
 Female | 42.2 | 49.1 | 55.4 | 66.9 | 79.5 | 32.2 |
 Total | 36.4 | 40.3 | 46.4 | 55.3 | 70.4 | 51.2 |