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Diferent Economic Activities of Bangladesh
Cover Design Md. Shamsul Alam, Director, Industry and Labour Wing Mohammad Ashraf Hussain, Maintenance Engineer, BBS
Mr. Chitta Ronjon Ghosh, RDP Section, BBS
Compose and Format: S . M. Anwar Husain, BBS
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REPORT ON
LABOUR FORCE SURVEY 2010
August 2011
evsjv‡`k cwimsL¨vb ey¨‡iv Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
Statistcs Division Ministry of Planning
Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
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Foreword
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) has been conducting Labour Force Survey
(LFS) since 1980 at different intervals. The present report is based on Labour Force Survey
2010, which is eleventh in the series.
The present labour force survey used usual definition of economically active
population according to ILO convention. In LFS 2010 in addition to core labour force
module two additional modules on literacy and volunteerism was also used. Two separate
reports on volunteerism and literacy have also been published
I like to express my sincere appreciation to Mr. Md. Shahjahan Ali Mollah, Director
General, BBS and the respected members of the technical committee for Industry and
Labour Wing for their hard work.
I hope and believe that this publication will be very useful one to the policy makers,
planners, development partners and other users who are involved in labour force
development and employment generation activities of the country.
Any comments or suggestions for further improvement of the report will be highly
appreciated.
Dhaka August, 2011
Riti Ibrahim Secretary
Statistics Division Ministry of Planning
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Preface
Conducting of Labour Force Survey at an interval of 4-5 years is a core activity of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). The present report is based on Labour Force Survey 2010 conducted during May 2010. The last Labour Force Survey was conducted in 2005-06. The survey of 2010 recorded labour force participation of all persons aged 15 years and above covering the whole geographic area of the country. The participation in labour force has been classified into four distinct categories namely; employed, unemployed, underemployed and not in the labour force (including students and inactive persons).
The survey report presents information on the size and composition of labour force by gender, major occupation by industry, employment status by gender and so on. The report also addressed youth Labour Force separately.
The report is prepared by a team led by Md. Shamsul Alam, Director, Industry and Labour Wing and Programme Manager of Labour Force Survey 2010 who was actively assisted by Mr. Kabir Uddin Ahmed, Deputy Director and Ms. Sabila Khatun, Statistical Officer.
Thanks to Dr. Rushidan Islam Rahman, Research Director , BIDS for her review of the preliminary draft and valuable suggestions for the improvement of the report
It may be mentioned that policy makers, planners and executives of Government and Non-government organizations require updated labour force statistics for monitoring the change in labour force and employment situation of the country. I hope the report will meet some of these requirements.
Comments and suggestions for further improvement of the report will be highly appreciated.
Dhaka August ,2011
(Md. Shahjahan Ali Mollah ) (Additional Secretary)
Director General Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
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Contents Foreword V
Preface VI
Contents VIII
List of Tables XI
List of Figures XVI
Key Findings of Labour Force Survey 2010 1
Executive Summary 6
CHAPTER‐I 9
SURVEY METHODOLOGY 9
1.1. Introduction 9 1.2. Survey objectives: 10 1.3. House Listing and PSU Maps: 11 1.4. Preparation of Questionnaire, Form and Training Manual: 11 1.5. Training of Survey Personnel: 11 1.6. Data Collection and Supervision of field work: 12 1.7. Data Processing: 12 1.8. Limitations: 12 1.9. Post Design Weights: 13
CHAPTER‐II 14
HOUSEHOLD AND POPULATION CARACTERISTICS 14
2.1 Age-Sex Distribution of Population 14 2.2. Population by Literacy 16 2.3. Population aged 5 Years and Over by Level of Education 17 2.4. Training Received by Population aged 5 Years and over 19 2.5. Population aged 10 Years and Over by Marital Status 20 2.6. Average Size of Household by Residence 20 2.7. Tenure of Dwelling Houses by Residence 21 2.8. Household by Type of Structure and Residence 22 2.9. Household by Sources of lighting 23 2.10. Household by Sources of Drinking Water 23 2.11. Household by Cooking Fuel Used 24 2.12. Household by Toilet Facility 25 2.13. Household Access to Assets/Modern Amenities 25 2.14. Household by Land ownership 26 2.15. Household by Main Activity 27 2.16. Household by Main Sources of Income. 29 2.17. Selected Activities of the Household 30 2.18. Economic Dependency Ratio 30
CHAPTER‐III 31
LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS 31
3.1. Working Age Population 31 3.2. Working Age Population by Broad Economic Category 32
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3.3. Labour Force by Sex and Residence 34 3.4. Economically Inactive Population by Sex and Residence 35 3.5. Labour Force by Administrative Division 36 3.6. Labour Force by Age and Sex 37 3.7. Labour Force by Level of Education 38 3.8. Labour Force by Literacy 40 3.9. Labour Force Growth Rate 2005-2006 to 2010 41 3.10. Crude and Refined Activity Rate 42 3.11. Labour Force Participation Rate 43
CHAPTER‐IV 45
CHARACTERISTICS OF EMPLOYED POPULATION 45
4.1. Employment by Broad Economic Sectors 45 4.2. Employed Persons by Major Occupation 46 4.3. Labour Force Growth Rate by Occupation 48 4.4. Employed Persons by Major Occupation and Level of Education 48 4.5. Employed Persons by Formal and Informal Sector 50 4.6. Occupation by Sector of Employment 51 4.7. Employment by Industry 52 4.8. Growth Rate of Employed Persons by Industry 55 4.9. Employed Persons by Major Industry and Level of Education 56 4.10. Employment by Major Industry and Sector of Employment 58 4.11. Status in Employment 60 4.12. Status in Employment by Major Occupation 61 4.13. Weekly Hours Worked 62 4.14. Average Weekly Hours Work by Occupation 63 4.15. Average Weekly Hours Worked by Major Industries 65 4.16. Average Hours Worked by Status of Employment 66 4.17. Weekly Income of the Day Labourers 68 4.18. Monthly Income of Salaried Workers 70
CHAPTER‐V 72
UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT 72
5.1. Unemployment Rate 73 5.2. Unemployment Rate by Age 74 5.3. Unemployment Rate by Level of Education 75 5.4. Educated Labour Force and Educated Unemployment Rate 77 5.5. Unemployment and Underemployment 77 5.6. Duration of Unemployment 79
CHAPTER‐VI 81
YOUTH LABOUR FORCE 81
6.1. Youth Labour Force by Economic Category 81 6.2. Age-Sex Composition of Youth Labour Force 82 6.3. Youth Labour Force Participation Rate 83 6.4. Youth Labour Force by Administrative Division 84 6.5. Youth Labour Force by Literacy 86 6.6. Youth Labour Force by Level of Education 86 6.7. Employed Youth by Major Industry 88
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6.8. Employed Youth by Major Occupation 89 6.9. Employed Youth by Status in Employment 91 6.10. Unemployed Youth by Age Group 92
Detailed Tables 93
Appendix 219
Appendix‐A 220
Sample Design of Labour Force Survey 2010 220
1. Introduction 220 2. Sampling Frame of PSUs 220 3. Determination of Sample size and Sample Allocation 221 4. Survey Weights and Estimation 224 5. Actual number of Households covered in LFS,2010 226
Appendix‐B 229
Concepts and definitions 229
Appendix‐C 233
Technical Committee for the Labour Force Survey 2010 233
Appendix‐D 234
List of officials Responsible for over all Management of LFS 2010 234
Appendix‐E 236
Standard Errors of Selected Indicators 236
Appendix‐F 237
Summary of the Discussions and Decisions taken in Different Technical Committee Meetings on the Labour Force Survey 2010. 237
Appendix‐G 240
Questionnaire 240
Acronyms 251
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List of Tables Table‐2.1: Population by age group and sex, 2010 15
Table‐2.2: Literacy rate of population aged 5 years and over by sex 16
Table‐2.3: Percentage of population aged 5 years and over by level of education 18
Table‐2.4: Percentage of Population aged 5 years and over by training received 19
Table‐2.5: Percentage of population 10 years and over by marital status and sex 20
Table‐2.6: Average size of household by residence 20
Table‐2.7: Tenure of dwelling house by residence 21
Table 2.8: Percentage of households by type of structure and tenure ship 22
Table‐2.9: Households by sources of lighting 23
Table‐2.10: Household by sources of drinking water 23
Table‐2.11: Households by type of cooking fuel used 24
Table‐2.12: Households by toilet facility 25
Table‐2.13: Households having assets/consumer durable 26
Table‐2.14: Households by land ownership 27
Table‐2.15: Households by main activity 28
Table‐2.16: Households by main sources of income 29
Table ‐2.17 : Households Selected Activities 30
Table‐2.18: Economic dependency ratio by residence 30
Table‐3.1: Working age population by broad age group (As on May 2010) 32
Table 3.2: Working age population by broad economic category 33
Table‐3.3: Labour force aged 15 years and over by sex and residence 34
Table‐3.4: Economically inactive persons aged 15 years and over by sex and residence 36
Table‐3.5: Labour force aged 15 years and over by Administrative division 36
Table‐3.6: Labour force aged 15 years and over by age group and sex 38
Table‐3.7: Labour force aged 15 years and over by level of education 39
Table‐3.8: Labour force aged 15 years and over by literacy rate 41
Table‐3.9: Annual average labour force growth rate 42
Table‐3.10 : Crude and refined activity rate 43
Table‐3.11: Labour force participation rate by age group and sex 43
Table‐4.1: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by broad economic sector 45
Table‐4.2: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major occupation 47
Table‐4.3 : Growth rate of major occupation between 2002‐03 to 2005‐06 48
Table 4.4: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major occupation and level of education 49
Table‐4.5: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by formal and informal sector 50
Table‐4.6: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major occupation and sector of employment 51
Table‐4.7: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major industry 53
Table‐4.8: Average annual growth rate of industry between 2005‐2006 to 2010 55
Table‐4.9: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major industry and level of education 57
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Table‐4.10: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major industry and sector of employment. 58
Table‐4.11: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by status in employment 60
Table‐4.12: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major occupation and status in employment 62
Table‐4.13: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by weekly hours worked 63
Table 4.14: Employed person aged 15 years and above average weekly hours work by occupation 64
Table 4.15: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by average weekly hours worked and Industry 66
Table‐4.16: Average weekly hours worked of employed persons aged 15 years and over by status in employment 67
Table‐4.17: Day labourers by weekly income 69
Table‐4.18: Salaried workers by monthly income 70
Table‐5.1: Unemployment rate of population aged 15 years and over by sex and residence 74
Table‐5.2: Unemployment rate by age group, sex and residence 74
Table‐5.3: Unemployed persons aged 15 years and over by level of education and unemployment 76
Table‐5.4: Educated labour force aged 15 years and over and educated unemployment rate 77
Table‐5.5: Unemployed persons aged 15 years and over by economic category 78
Table 5.6: Underemployed persons and underemployment rates of population aged 15 years and over by sex 79
Table‐5.7: Unemployed persons aged 15 years and over by duration of unemployment 80
Table‐6.1: Youth labour force aged 15‐29 years by broad economic category 81
Table‐6.1.1: Youth labour force aged 15‐29 years by broad economic category 82
Table‐6.2: Economically active youths aged 15‐29 years by age group, and sex 83
Table‐6.3: Youth labour force (aged 15‐29 years) participation rate by age group and sex 84
Table‐6.4: Youth labour force aged 15‐29 years by division 85
Table 6.5: Economically active, employed and unemployed youths aged 15‐29 years by literacy 86
Table‐6.6: Youth labour force (aged 15‐29 years) by level of education 87
Table‐6.7: Employed youths aged 15‐29 years by major industry 88
Table‐6.8: Employed youths aged 15‐29 years by major occupation 90
Table‐6.9: Employment youths aged 15‐29 years by status in employment 91
Table‐6.10: Unemployed youths aged 15‐29 years by age group, sex and residence 92
Table‐p1: Population by age group, sex and residence 94
Table‐P2: Population 15 years and over by marital status, sex and residence 95
Table‐P3: Literacy rate of population 5 years and over by sex 95
Table‐P4: Population 5 years & over by level of education, sex and residence 95
Table‐P5: Population 5 years and over by training received, sex and residence 96
Table‐P6: Population aged 15 years and over by training received, sex and residence 97
Table‐H1: Households by type of dwelling unit, tenure ship and residence 98
Table‐H2: Households by type of dwelling unit, tenure ship and residence 98
Table‐H3: Households by household size and district 99
Table‐H4: Female headed households by district 101
Table‐H5: Households by number of children (aged 5‐14 years) and district 103
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Table‐H6: Households by source of lighting and residence 104
Table‐H7: Households by source of drinking water and district 105
Table‐H8: Households by type of cooking fuel used and residence 107
Table‐H9: Households by type of toilet facilities and residence 107
Table‐H10: Households by land ownership 107
Table‐H11: Households by main source of income and district 108
Table‐H12: Households by main source of income, households size and residence 110
Table‐L1: Persons aged 15 years and over by work status, age group, sex and residence 111
Table‐L2: Persons aged 15 years and over engaged in household (HH) work, student and others by sex and residence 112
Table‐L3: Employed active persons aged 15 years and over by age group, sex and residence 113
Table‐L4: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by age group, sex and residence 114
Table‐L5: Economically active persons aged 15 years and over by marital status sex and residence 114
Table‐L6: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by marital status sex and residence 115
Table‐L7: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by economic category, sex and residence 115
Table‐L8: Economically Active, employed and unemployed persons aged 15 years and over by literacy rate, sex and residence 116
Table‐L9: Persons aged 15 years and over by economically active population and labour force Participation rate (%), sex and residence 116
Table‐L10: Economically active persons aged 15 years and over by labour force participation rate (%), sex division and district 117
Table‐L11: Economically active persons aged 15 years and over by labour force participation rate (%), sex division and district 119
Table‐E1: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by division, district, sex and residence 121
Table‐E2: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by status in employment, sex and residence 123
Table‐E3: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major industry, sex and residence 123
Table‐E4: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by nature of work, sex and residence 125
Table‐E5: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by sector of employment, sex and residence 125
Table‐E6 : Employed persons aged 15 years over by major industry, sector of employment and residence. 126
Table‐E7:Employed persons aged 15 years and over in informal sector by age group, sex and residence 128
Table‐E8: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by place of work during last week, sex and residence 129
Table‐E9: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by weekly hours worked, sex and residence 130
Table‐E10: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major industry and mode of payment of wage & salary 131
Table‐E11: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major occupation and residence 133
Table‐E12: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by weekly hours worked, status in employment, sex and residence. 134
Table‐E13: Salaried persons aged 15 years and over by monthly income, sex and residence 137
Table‐E14: Day labourer aged 15 years and over by weekly income, sex and residence 138
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Table‐E15: Day labourer aged 15 years and over by weekly average wage rate and industry 138
Table‐E16: Average wage rate of day labourer (agri. & non‐agri.) 15 years and over by sex and residence 139
Table‐E17: Average annual growth rural non‐farm economic activities 2005‐06 to 2010 139
Table‐E18: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by industry, age group and residence 140
Table‐E19: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major industry, status in employment, sex and residence 143
Table‐E20: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major occupation, level of education, sex and residence. 149
Table‐E21: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major industry, level of education, sex and residence 154
Table‐E22: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major occupation, sector of employment, sex and residence 162
Table‐E23: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major industry, sector of employment, sex and residence 164
Table‐E24: Salaried persons aged 15 years and over by major occupation, sector of employment, sex and residence 168
Table‐E25: Paid workers aged 15 years and over by getting employment benefits and sector of employment 170
Table‐E26: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major occupation, status in employment and residence 171
Table‐E27: Employed persons aged a5 years and over by major industry, status in employment and residence 172
Table‐E28: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major industry, major occupation and residence 176
Table‐E29: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by status in employment and level of education 180
Table‐E30: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by detail occupation (3 digit), sex and residence 181
Table‐E31: Employed youth (15‐29) and over by major occupation, weekly hours worked, sex and residence 186
Table‐U1: Unemployed and inactive persons aged 15 years and over by age group, sex and residence. 190
Table‐U2: Unemployed persons aged 15 years and over by level of education, sex and residence. 191
Table‐U3: Unemployed persons aged 15 years and over by Duration of unemployment, sex and residence. 192
Table‐U4: Unemployed persons aged 15 years and over by method of job seeking, sex and residence. 192
Table‐U5: Inactive persons aged 15 years and over by reasons of not trying to find job, sex and residence. 193
Table‐U6: Unemployed persons aged 15 years and over by division, district, sex and residence. 193
Table‐Y01: Youths (aged 15‐29 years) by economic activity, sex and residence 196
Table‐Y02: Youths (aged 15‐24 years) by economic activity, sex and residence 196
Table‐Y03: Youth labour force (aged 15‐29 years) by district, sex and residence 196
Table‐Y04: Youth labour force (aged 15‐24 years) by division, sex and residence 198
Table‐Y05: Youth (aged 15‐29 years) Participation rate by age group, sex and residence 199
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Table‐Y06: Employed and unemployed youths (aged 15‐29 years) by age group, sex and residence 199
Table‐Y07: Youth (aged 15‐29 years) employment rate by age group, sex and residence 200
Table‐Y08: Youth (aged 15‐29 years) labour force participation rate by sex and district 200
Table‐Y09: Youth (aged 15‐29 years) employment rate by sex and district 202
Table‐Y10: Economically active, employed and unemployed youths (aged 15‐29 years) by literacy rate, sex and residence 203
Table‐Y11: Economically active, employed and unemployed youths (aged 15‐24 years) by literacy rate 204
Table‐Y12: Economically active population, employed youths and unemployed youths (aged 15‐29 years) by level of education and sex 204
Table‐Y13: Economically active, employed and unemployed youths (aged 15‐24 years) by level of education and sex 205
Table‐Y14: Employed youths (aged 15‐29 years) by major industry, sex and residence 206
Table‐Y15: Employed youths (aged 15‐24 years) by major industry, sex and residence 207
Table‐Y16: Employed youths (aged 15‐29 years) by major occupation, sex and residence 208
Table‐Y17: Employed youths (aged 15‐24 years) by major occupation, sex and residence 209
Table‐Y18: Employed youths (aged 15‐29 years) by employment status, sex and residence 210
Table‐Y19: Employed youths (aged 15‐24 years) by status in employment, sex and residence 211
Table‐Y20: Employed youths (aged 15‐29 years) by nature of work, sex and residence 212
Table‐Y21: Employed youths (aged 15‐29 years) by major occupation and employment status. 212
Table‐Y22: Employed youths (aged 15‐29 years) by sector of employment, sex and residence 213
Table‐Y23: Employed youths (aged 15‐29 years) by major industry, sector of employment and residence 213
Table‐Y24: Employed youths (aged 15‐29 years) by place of work, sex and residence 216
Table‐Y25: Employed youths (aged 15‐29 years) by weekly hours worked and sector of employment 217
Table‐Y26: Employed youths (aged 15‐29 years) by major occupation, sector of employment, sex and residence 217
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List of Figures Figure 1: Population pyramid by age group and sex 15
Figure 2: Literacy rate of population aged 5 years and over by sex 16
Figure 3: Percentage of population aged 5 years and over by level of education 18
Figure 4: Tenure of dwelling house by residence 21
Figure 5: Households by land ownership 27
Figure 6: Households by main activity 28
Figure 7: Households by main sources of income 29
Figure 8: Working age population by broad economic category 33
Figure 9: Labour force aged 15 years and over by sex and residence 35
Figure 10: Labour force aged 15 years and over by Administrative division 36
Figure 11: Labour force aged 15 years and over by literacy rate 41
Figure 12: Annual average labour force growth rate 42
Figure 13: Labour force participation rate by age group and sex 44
Figure 14: Employed persons by broad economic sector of employment 46
Figure 15: Employed persons by major occupation 47
Figure 16: Employed persons by sector of employment 50
Figure 17: Average weekly hours worked of employed person by occupation 65
Figure 18: Average weekly hours worked of employed persons by status in employment 68
Figure 19: Unemployment rate by age group, sex and residence 75
Figure 20: Educated unemployment rate by sex and residence 77
Figure 21: Unemployment and underemployment rates by residence 79
Figure 22: Duration of unemployment by month 80
Figure 23: Youth labour force aged 15‐29 years by economic category 82
Figure 24: Youth labour force (aged 15‐29 years) participation rate 84
Figure 25: Youth labour force (aged 15‐29 years) by aadministrative divisions 85
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Key Findings of Labour Force Survey 2010 (Million)
Labour force characteristics Labour force survey (15+ Population) 2002-03 2005-06 2010
1. Economically active population/Labour Force (Million) (15+) Bangladesh Total 46.3 49.5 56.7 Male 36.0 37.3 39.5 Female 10.3 12.1 17.2 Urban Total 11.3 11.7 13.3 Male 8.6 8.9 9.3 Female 2.7 2.8 4.0 Rural Total 35.0 37.8 43.4 Male 27.4 28.5 30.2 Female 7.6 9.3 13.2 2. Employed population (million) Bangladesh Total 44.3 47.4 54.1 Male 34.5 36.1 37.9 Female 9.8 11.3 16.2 Urban Total 10.7 11.3 12.4 Male 8.2 8.6 8.8 Female 2.5 2.7 3.6 Rural Total 33.6 36.1 41.7 Male 26.3 27.5 29.1 Female 7.3 8.6 12.6 3. Unemployed population (million) Bangladesh Total 2.0 2.1 2.6 Male 1.5 1.2 1.6 Female 0.5 0.9 1.0 Urban Total 0.6 0.5 0.9 Male 0.4 0.3 0.5 Female 0.2 0.2 0.4 Rural Total 1.4 1.6 1.7 Male 1.1 0.9 1.1 Female 0.3 0.7 0.6
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Labour force characteristics Labour force survey (15+ Population) 2002-03 2005-06 2010
4. Not in labour force (Million) Bangladesh Total 34.5 35.1 38.9 Male 5.2 5.7 8.4 Female 29.3 29.4 30.5 Urban Total 8.6 9.3 9.9 Male 1.5 1.8 2.3 Female 7.1 7.5 7.6 Rural Total 25.9 25.8 29.0 Male 3.7 3.9 6.1 Female 22.2 21.9 22.9 5. Unemployment rate (%) Total 4.3 4.3 4.5 Male 4.2 3.4 4.1 Female 4.9 7.0 5.8 6. Labour force participation rate (%) (refined activity rate) Bangladesh Total 57.3 58.5 59.3 Male 87.4 86.8 82.5 Female 26.1 29.2 36.0 Urban Total 56.8 55.7 57.3 Male 85.1 83.2 80.2 Female 27.4 27.4 34.5 Rural Total 57.5 59.4 60.0 Male 88.1 88.0 83.3 Female 25.6 29.8 36.4 7. Crude activity rate (%) Bangladesh Total 34.7 36.0 38.1 Male 52.7 53.3 52.5 Female 15.9 18.0 23.3 Urban Total 36.2 36.3 39.0 Male 53.8 54.2 54.2 Female 17.6 17.9 23.6 Rural Total 34.3 35.9 37.8 Male 52.3 53.0 52.0 Female 15.4 18.1 23.3
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Labour force characteristics Labour force survey (15+ Population) 2002-03 2005-06 2010
8. Dependency ratio Bangladesh Demographic (DDR) 77.7 73.5 72.5 Economic (EDR) 74.5 71.0 68.7 Urban Demographic (DDR) 67.0 60.6 59.4 Economic (EDR) 76.1 79.7 74.5 Rural Demographic (DDR) 81.3 77.9 78.0 Economic (EDR) 74.0 68.3 67.0 9. Employed by broad economic sector (%) Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 Agriculture 51.7 48.1 47.3 Non-agriculture 48.3 51.9 52.7 10. Unpaid family worker (million) Bangladesh Total 8.1 10.3 11.8 Male 3.4 3.5 2.7 Female 4.7 6.8 9.1 Urban Total 1.6 1.1 2.1 Male 0.6 0.5 0.3 Female 1.0 0.6 1.8 Rural Total 6.5 9.2 9.7 Male 2.8 3.0 2.3 Female 3.7 6.2 7.4 11. Youth Labour Force (aged 15-29) (Million) Bangladesh Total 19.0 17.8 20.9 Male 13.5 13.2 13.1 Female 5.5 4.6 7.8 Urban Total 4.4 4.2 5.1 Male 3.1 3.0 3.1 Female 1.3 1.2 2.0 Rural Total 14.6 13.6 15.8 Male 10.4 10.2 10.0 Female 4.2 3.4 5.8
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Labour force characteristics Labour force survey (15+ Population) 2002-03 2005-06 2010
12. Youth Labour Force (aged 15-24) (Million) Bangladesh Total 12.4 10.8 13.2 Male 8.6 8.4 8.2 Female 3.8 2.4 5.0 Urban Total 2.8 2.3 3.2 Male 1.9 1.7 1.9 Female 0.9 0.6 1.3 Rural Total 9.6 8.5 9.9 Male 6.7 6.7 6.3 Female 2.9 1.8 3.6 13. Female labour force (million) Bangladesh 10.3 12.1 17.2 Urban 2.7 2.8 4.0 Rural 7.6 9.3 13.2 14. Female labour force participation rate (%) Bangladesh 26.1 29.2 36.0 Urban 27.4 27.4 34.5 Rural 25.6 29.8 36.4 15. Employment by sector (million) Formal sector Total 9.2 10.2 6.8 Male 7.3 8.6 5.5 Female 2.0 1.6 1.3 Informal sector Total 35.1 37.2 47.3 Male 27.2 27.5 32.4 Female 7.9 9.7 14.9 16. 1. Employment by major occupation (Million) Total 44.3 47.4 54.1 Professional, technical 1.7 2.2 2.4 Administrative, managerial 0.1 0.2 0.7 Clerical workers 1.5 1.0 1.0 Sales workers 6.5 6.7 8.2 Service workers 2.0 2.8 3.0 Agriculture, forestry & fisheries 22.8 23.0 25.7 Production & transport labourers &
others 9.7 11.5 13.5
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Labour force characteristics Labour force survey (15+ Population) 2002-03 2005-06 2010
17. Employment by major industry (million) Total 44.3 47.4 54.1 Agriculture, forestry & fisheries 22.9 22.8 25.7 Mining and quarrying 0.1 0.1 0.1 Manufacturing 4.3 5.2 6.7 Electricity, Gas and water 0.1 0.1 0.1 Construction 1.5 1.5 2.6 Trade, hotel and restaurant 6.7 7.8 8.4 Transport, storage & communication 3.0 4.0 4.0 Finance & business services and real
estate 0.3 0.8 1.0
Health, education, public administration & defense
2.5 2.6 2.3
Community and personal services 2.7 2.6 3.4 18. Status in employment (million) Total 44.3 47.4 54.1 Self-employed/own accountant workers 19.8 19.9 22.0 Elmpoyer 0.2 0.1 0.1
Employee 6.1 6.6 9.4 Unpaid family helpers 8.1 10.3 11.8 Day labourers 8.9 8.6 10.6 Household aid 1.2 1.9 1.4 * Components may not add to totals as some employed persons are engaged in more than one occupation. This is also true for industry and employment status.
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Executive Summary
The eleventh round of Labour Force (LFS) was conducted by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics in
April-May 2010. This year in addition to traditional labour force module two separate modules; one
on volunteerism and another on literacy were added to the labour force survey. These two surveys
were conducted in all the households covered under the purview of the Labour Force Survey.
Moreover, a separate survey was conducted on the same area to capture the Informal Sector
activities. This survey was named as Informal Sector Survey (ISS). Two separate reports on
Literacy and Volunteerism have already been published and report on ISS will be published soon.
For LFS 2010, a separate sampling frame was developed with the technical support of the Asian
Development Bank using the 2011 census enumeration areas as the sampling frame. This sample
consists of 1500 Primary Sampling Units (PSU). The PSUs were the enumeration areas of the
Population Census 2001. Of the 1500 PSUs 325 were in the urban area and 1175 were in the rural
area. As many as 43925 households were covered in the LFS 2010 of which 9325 were in the urban
area and 34620 were in the rural area. The estimated population from the LFS 2010 was 148.7
million and the population of working age population (15+) was 95.6 million. Of the total working
age population 54.1 million were employed and 2.6 million were looking for job (unemployed).
Thus, the total labour force of the country stands at 56.7 million in 2010 which was 49.5 million in
2005-2006. The labour force growth rate during period was estimated at 3.39 percent. The growth
rate was 3.10% in the urban area and 3.48% in the rural area.
It is observed from the survey that about 1.8 million people are coming to labour market annually.
The labour force participation rate was 59.3% in 2010 which was 58.5% in 2005-2006. It is notable
that the female labour force participation rate increased from 29.2% in 2005-2006 to 36.0% in
2010. Labour force participation rate were higher in the rural area (60.0%) compared to urban area
(57.3%).
According to LFS 2010, the unemployed population of the country stands at 2.6 million which was
2.1 million in 2005-2006. The corresponding unemployment rates were 4.5% and 4.3%
respectively. It is mentionable that unemployment rate increases if unpaid family helpers working
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less than 15 hours a week is considered . In that case unemployment rate stands at 14.16% for the
total population, 6.63% for male and 31.49% for female.
According to Labour Force Survey 2010, the crude activity rate stands at 38.1% for both sex,
52.5% for male and 23.3% for female. Such rates were 36.0%, 53.3% and 18.0% respectively for
both sex, male & female in 2005-2006. It is praise worthy that both demographic and economic
dependency of the country reduced in 2010 compared to 2005-2006. The demographic and
economic dependency ratio stands at 72.5 and 68.7 in 2010 compared to 73.5 and 71.5 in 2005-
2006.
The youth labour force of the country increased to 20.9 million in 2010 from 17.8 million in 2005-
2006. Among the youth labour force 13.1 million are male and 7.8 million are female. Such
numbers were 13.2 million and 4.6 million in 2005-2006.
Among the employed population 47.6% were employed in agriculture sector and the rest were in
manufacturing (12.0%), service (35.0%) and other industry (5.3%). As regards occupational
distribution of the population it was observed that the highest 47.4% were engaged in agriculture,
forestry and fishery occupation followed by production and transport labourer (22.8%) and sales
worker (15.0%).
As regards growth rate of occupation, the highest growth rate was observed for sales workers
(42.57%) followed by administrative and managerial occupation (36.83%). This may be due to
expansion of service sector of the country in the recent year. It is notable that 87.5% of the
employed population are in the informal sector and the rest 12.5% were in the formal sector. It is
observed that the highest 64.0% employed are engaged in sole proprietorship organization followed
by households (21.6%) and private enterprise (6.0%). The growth rate of population by industry
shows highest growth in real estate, renting and business services (24.47%) mining & quarrying
(18.98%) and construction (13.52%).
Regarding status of employment of the employed population the highest 22.8% were self employed
in agriculture followed by unpaid family helper (21.8%) and regular paid employee (14.6%). In the
urban area the highest 30.3% were regular paid employee followed by self employed in non-
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agriculture (21.7%) and unpaid family helper (17.1%). On the contrary, in the rural area, the
highest 27.7% were self employed in agriculture followed by unpaid family helper (23.2%) and day
labour in agriculture (12.8%).
The survey findings shows that the average hours of work per week stands at 46 hours for both
sexes, 51 hours for male and 35 hours for female. Such hours of work for the urban areas stands at
49 hours for both sexes, 53 hours for males and 38 hours for females. In the rural area, the average
hours of work for both sexes is 45 hours, 50 hours for male and 34 hours for females. Average
hours of work by occupation show highest average hours of work for sales worker & production
and transport labourers (51 hours). Average hours of work by status in employment shows 57 hours
for servants followed by employer and irregular paid worker (55 hours) and day labourers in
agriculture and non-agriculture (54 hours). Lowest average hours of work per week were observed
for the unpaid family workers (24 hours).
Regarding weekly income of the agriculture labourers it was found that the average income of the
highest 42.8% labourers was between Tk. 501-1000 and in case of non-agricultural labourers the
weekly income of the highest 34.4% labourers was Tk. 1001-1500. As regards monthly income of
salaried employees the highest 21.0% were in the monthly income group Tk. 10000-12499
followed by income group Tk. 8000-8999 (11.8%) and Tk. 4000-4999 (11.6%).
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CHAPTER-I
SURVEY METHODOLOGY 1.1. Introduction:
Labour force in any country play significant role in of development by producing
goods and services. The experience of the developing role indicate that the countries which
are developing at a higher rate are due to their skilled labour force. The glaring examples
are China, Korea, India, Taiwan, Hongkong and Malaysia. Bangladesh is a least developed country with a vast population of around 148 million
in a small territory of 1,44,000 square kilometer with a population density of 1028 per
square kilometer, the highest in the world except the city states. Bangladesh is also lagging
behind in natural resources, therefore the development of the country depends mainly on the
skilled labour force. The skilled labour force is the human resources, which can develop the
country through their expertise in one hand and can earn a huge foreign exchange on the
others. In the recent years, worker’s remittance is the highest source of foreign exchange
earning of Bangladesh. If more skilled manpower can be deployed in the overseas
employment, then they could contribute in the country’s development to a greater extent.
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the National Statistical Organization of the
country, has been conducting Labour Force Survey (LFS) since 1980. The surveys could
not be held at uniform t ime intervals due to resource constraint and other reasons. The latest
survey, before the current one, was done in 2005-2006. Bangladesh Standard Industrial Classifications (BSIC, Rev-4) which is comparable to
International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC, Rev-4) and International Standard
Classification of Occupation (ISCO-88) have been used in the Labour Force Survey 2010.
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The LFS 2010 was conducted in 1500 Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) of the
country. Earlier the LFS was conducted in the Integrated Multipurpose Sample (IMPS)
areas. But these areas were too old and outdated. Therefore, a Master Sampling Frame was
developed to conduct the LFS 2010. This sample design consists of 1500 Primary Sampling
Units (PSUs). The PSUs were the enumeration areas of Population Census 2001. Of the
1500 PSUs 325 were in the urban area and 1175 were in the rural area. From each PSU at
least 27 households were selected, in case the number of household in the PSU increased
from the Census 2001, the number of households were increased proportionately, thus the
survey covered 43945 households of which 34620 were in the rural area and 9325 were in
the urban area. (Details of the survey design and selection procedure has been presented in
Annexure-A). Data collection in the LFS 2010 were held between May 10 to May 25, 2010. The survey report presents information on the size and composition of labour force
major occupation and industry, status in employment, hours worked, earning,
unemployment and duration of unemployment etc. It also covers the major occupation and
industry of the employed person and the broad sector and place of employment. In order to
facilitate comparison of data of labour force survey 2010 with those of the previous year, all
tables have been shown covering population aged 15 years and over.
1.2. Survey objectives: The main objective of the survey is to collect comprehensive data based on
current activity status of the population aged 15 years and over. The specific objectives of
the survey are as follows:
i) To estimate the size of the labour force (economically active population)
by age, gender, education and locality;
ii) To estimate the number of employed persons by occupation, industry and status of employment;
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iii) To assess the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of current labour force.
iv) To assess the average hours worked, earnings, etc. of employed persons; v) To assess the extent of unemployment/underemployment;
vi) To estimate the number of educated unemployed by age, gender and locality etc.
1.3. House Listing and PSU Maps: A list of households were made in each selected PSU for the labour force survey.
The map of the PSU were collected from the Geographic Section, BBS. The number of
households from the PSU were selected by systematic sampling technique. The listing from contained information on name and addresses of the household
head, occupation of household head, total household members etc. The household list used
for selection of sample households for data collection of the Labour Force Survey. Maps
used for identifying the boundary of the sample area and also the location of household
within the PSU.
1.4. Preparation of Questionnaire, Form and Training Manual: A draft questionnaire for the Labour Force Survey 2010 was designed on the
basis of the objectives of the survey. An informal pre-testing of the draft questionnaire was
carried out by the officers and staffs of the Industry and Labour Wing of BBS. The training
manual was modified and finalized on the basis of discussions and suggestions of the
survey personnel.
1.5. Training of Survey Personnel: An intensive training of the master trainers, supervising officers and enumerators
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was arranged in two stages. At the first stage, divisional coordinators and supervising
officers were trained in Dhaka Head Office for two days. Training of the enumerators was
conducted by the master trainers three days at the Dhaka Head Offices.
1.6. Data Collection and Supervision of field work: Data collection was done by the trained officials of BBS from headquarter and also
from the field offices. The Deputy Directors, Statistical Officers/Regional Statistical
Officers/Assistant Statistical Officers were involved in supervision of the field work at
different level.
1.7. Data Processing: Manual editing and coding of data were carried out by the enumerators at the
field level following the international Standard Classification of Occupation (ISCO-88) and
Bangladesh Standard Industrial Classification (BSIC, Rev-4) at 3 digit and 4 digit level
respectively. Other items eg, geo-codes and open ended answers were also coded in
accordance with their respective code lists.
Data entry were carried out by the Computer Wing of BBS and tabulation plan, data
processing were developed by the Industry and Labour Wing of BBS.
1.8. Limitations: The labour force survey 2010 has the following limitations:
- Labour force data by occupation at 3 digit level
may not be statistically representative because of small sample size.
- Age-heaping may be observed due to digit preference and data on age recoding
given without smoothing.
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- Two separate modules namely - volunteerism and literacy were added to the labour
force survey which overburdened the workload of the enumerators and as such the
quality of the LFS survey was hampered.
- The time allocated for data collection was also inadequate as there was time
constraints for the Zonal Operation of Population Census 2011
1.9. Post Design Weights: Post design weights were developed to make the estimates objective and logical.
Weights were derived in the same way as the stratifications were done. In other words,
proper weights or raising factors were used for the estimation purpose. Actually weights are
the inverse of the sampling fractions obtained from the ratio of observed sample households
in the survey to the updated (May 2010) total households. The sampling fractions were
variable type and derived at the divisional level so that estimates at sub national level
become rational and logical.
CHAPTER-II
HOUSEHOLD AND POPULATION CARACTERISTICS
This Chapter presents the household and population characteristics obtained from the
Labour Force Survey 2010. The household and housing characteristics that, have been discussed
are household size, ownership of housing, type of housing structure, sources of drinking water, type
of fuel used, ownership of selected assets, land ownership, households by activities, households by
main source of income, average monthly income of households etc. The population characteristics
that, have been included are age-sex distribution, literacy, level of education, marital status, training
received by gender etc.
2.1 Age-Sex Distribution of Population Age-sex distribution of population obtained from the Labour Force Survey 2010 has been
presented in Table-2.1. It is seen from the table that, the high concentration of population exists in
lower age groups. The percentage of population in age group 0-14 stands at 35.7% for the nation as
a whole. Such percentage for urban and rural areas were found 32.0% and 36.9% respectively. This
indicate high fertility in rural area compared to urban area. It is notable that, the highest percentage
of population for both sexes in the national level was observed for age group 5-9 (13.1%) followed
by age group 0-4 (11.5%) and age group 10-14 (11.1%). The same pattern is observed in both
urban and rural area except for rural males where the percentage of 10-14 was higher than 5-9
group. In the urban area, 9.5% population was found in age group 0-4 compared to 12.1% for the
rural area for the same age group. The percentage of population in the age group 5-9 in the urban
area was 13.7% as against 13.0% in the rural area. The percentage of population in the age group
65 years and over was 3.9% at the national level. The corresponding percentages in the urban and
rural areas were 3.2% and 4.2% respectively.
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Table-2.1: Population by age group and sex, 2010
Percents
Total rural urban Total male female Total male female Total male female Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 0-4 11.5 11.5 11.4 12.1 12.2 12.0 9.4 9.4 9.4 5-9 13.1 13.2 13.1 13.0 13.0 12.9 13.7 13.7 13.7 10-14 11.1 11.6 10.6 11.8 12.3 11.2 8.9 9.2 8.5 15-19 9.7 10.1 9.4 9.3 9.9 8.6 11.3 10.6 12.0 20-24 8.9 7.9 9.9 8.5 7.6 9.4 10.2 8.9 11.5 25-29 7.8 7.1 8.5 7.7 7.0 8.4 8.1 7.5 8.7 30-34 7.5 7.1 8.0 7.0 6.4 7.6 9.4 9.4 9.3 35-39 6.3 6.2 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.5 5.9 5.8 6.0 40-44 6.1 6.2 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.9 6.5 6.8 6.2 45-49 4.6 4.9 4.3 4.6 4.9 4.4 4.6 5.1 4.1 50-54 4.1 4.5 3.8 3.9 4.1 3.7 4.7 5.5 3.9 55-59 3.0 3.1 2.8 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.3 2.5 2.0 60-64 2.3 2.5 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.3 2.0 2.1 1.8 65+ 3.9 4.2 3.7 4.2 4.4 3.9 3.2 3.4 3.0
Figure 1: Population pyramid by age group and sex
-15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15
0-4
5-9
10-14
15-19
20-24
25-29
30-3435-39
40-44
45-49
50-54
55-59
60-64
65+
Male Female
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2.2. Population by Literacy Literacy rate of population 5 years and over obtained from the Labour Force Survey 2010
has been presented in Table-2.2. It is seen from the table that, at the aggregate level the literacy rate
of population 5 years and over was 55.1% for both sexes, 57.6% for male and 52.5% for female.
Such rates were 46.9%, 50.8% and 42.8% for both sexes, males and females in LFS 2005-06
There exist urban-rural variation in respect of literacy rate, the urban literacy rate was
higher than the rural areas. In the urban area the literacy rate for both sexes, male and female were
65.8, 68.1% and 63.6% respectively in LFS 2010 compared to 58.8%,62.5% and 55.1% from LFS
2005-06. In the rural area, the literacy rate, for both sexes, male and female were 51.8%, 54.5% and
49.1% respectively in the labour force 2010. The corresponding rate in LFS 2005-2006 were
42.9%, 47.0% and 38.7%.
Table-2.2: Literacy rate of population aged 5 years and over by sex
Literacy Bangladesh Urban Rural Total Male Femal
e Total Male Femal
e Total Mal
e Femal
e LFS 2010 Literacy (percent) 55.1 57.6
52.5 65.8 68.1 63.6 51.8 54.
5 49.1
Illiteracy (percent) 44.9 42.4 47.5 34.2 31.9 36.4 48.2 45.5
50.9
LFS 2005-2006 Literacy Rate 46.9 50.8 42.8 58.8 62.5 55.1 42.9 47.
0 38.7
Figure 2: Literacy rate of population aged 5 years and ov er by sex
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2.3. Population aged 5 Years and Over by Level of Education Population 5 years and over by level of education has been presented in Table-2.3. It is
observed from the table that, of the total population 5 years and over 38.4% have no formal education and the rest 61.6% have some sort of educational attainment. The highest 29.4% have educational level class I-V followed by class VI-VIII (14.0%) and class IX-X (7.5%). Those who
passed SSC (Secondary School Certificate) or equivalent examination were 5.0% and those who passed HSC (Higher Secondary Certificate) or equivalent were 3.7%.It is seen from the table that, the percentage of persons drops sharply after Higher Secondary certificate examination where
degree or equivalent and masters or equivalent were 0.9% and 0.8% respectively. The percentage of population having engineering or medical degree were only 0.1% and that, for technical or vocational degree were 0.1%.
There exist urban-rural and sex variation in respect of level of education, particularly for
higher education. In the national level 1.5% males have degree or equivalent education compared to 0.3% female. The percentage of males having master degree were 1.2% compared to less than one half (0.4%) for the females. As regards engineering and medical degree the percentage of male was
0.2% compared to 0.5% for females and for technical and vocational education, the corresponding percentage for males and females were 0.1% and 0.3% respectively.
In the urban area, 2.0% population had degree and above educational attainment as against 0.6% for the rural area. The percentage of population having master or equivalent degree were 2.1% in the urban area compared to only 0.4% for the rural area. Those who achieved degree in
engineering or medical were 0.4% in the urban area as against only 0.3% in the rural area. The percentage of population having technical or vocational education were 0.1% in the urban area compared to 0.1% in the rural area. There exists also wide sex variation between urban and rural
area with respect of educational attainment.
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Table-2.3: Percentage of population aged 5 years and over by level of education
Level of education Bangladesh Urban Rural Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total 131652 66477 65176 30845 15493 15352 100807 50984 49823 No education 50562 23854 26708 8954 4180 4774 41609 19674 21934
Class I-V 38719 19696 19022 8673 4256 4417 30046 15440 14606
Class VI-VII 18398 9212 9186 4795 2381 2414 13604 6832 6772
Class IX-X 9905 4945 4961 2646 1255 1391 7260 3690 3570 SSC/equivalent 6593 3767 2826 2192 1149 1043 4401 2617 1784
HSC/equivalent 4890 2988 1902 2143 1182 961 2747 1806 941
Degree/equivalent 1177 976 201 612 502 110 565 474 91
Master's/equivalent 1101 815 286 662 459 203 439 356 83 Engineering/medical 144 114 30 114 90 24 30 25 5
Technical/vocational 96 75 22 39 33 6 58 42 16
Others 66 35 31 16 6 10 50 29 21 Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 No education 38.4 35.9 41.0 29.0 27.0 31.1 41.3 38.6 44.0
Class I-V 29.4 29.6 29.2 28.1 27.5 28.8 29.8 30.3 29.3
Class VI-VII 14.0 13.9 14.1 15.5 15.4 15.7 13.5 13.4 13.6
Class IX-X 7.5 7.4 7.6 8.6 8.1 9.1 7.2 7.2 7.2 SSC/equivalent 5.0 5.7 4.3 7.1 7.4 6.8 4.4 5.1 3.6
HSC/equivalent 3.7 4.5 2.9 6.9 7.6 6.3 2.7 3.5 1.9
Degree/equivalent 0.9 1.5 0.3 2.0 3.2 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.2
Master's/equivalent 0.8 1.2 0.4 2.1 3.0 1.3 0.4 0.7 0.2 Engineering/medical 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Technical/vocational 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
Others 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
Figure 3: Percentage of population aged 5 years and over by lev el of education
38.4
50.9
8.7
0.8
0.1
0.9 0.10.1
No education <S.S.CSSC/HSC/equivalent Degree/equivalentMaster's/equivalent Engineering/medic alTechnical/vocational Others
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2.4. Training Received by Population aged 5 Years and over Training received by population 5 years and over has been presented in Table 2.4. It is
observed from the table that, at the national level only 5.1% received some sort of training. Such
percentage for male was 6.9% and 3.2% for the female.
There exists urban-rural variation in percentage of population received training. In the urban
area, 8.0% received training as against 4.0% for the rural area. Among males, in the urban area,
11.6% received some sort of training compared to 5.5% in the rural area. For the females, in the
urban area, 5.1% received training as against only 2.6% for the rural area.
It is seen from the table that, at the national level the highest 1.4% received training in
vocational/technical discipline followed by in service training (1.1%), tailoring/garments training
(0.7%) and training on catering service (0.4%). Other type of training was received by 0.9%
population 5 years and over. Detailed can be seen from the table 2.4.
Table-2.4: Percentage of Population aged 5 years and over by training received Training received Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Number
Total 131652 66477 65176 30846 15493 100807 50983 49823 15352 None 126956 63187 63768 29144 14297 97811 48890 48921 14847 Technical/vocational 1890 1239 651 746 517 1144 722 422 229 Catering ser vice 538 368 170 169 106 370 263 107 63 Tailoring/garments 857 477 380 367 181 490 296 194 186 Foreign language 204 144 60 80 61 124 84 41 19 Inser vice tr aining 1438 1151 287 689 545 749 606 143 144 Nursing 186 87 99 53 20 133 67 66 33 Youth devel opment
training 366 283 83 106 76 260 207 53 30
Others 1124 832 292 322 253 802 579 223 69 Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 None 96.4 95.1 97.8 94.5 92.3 97.0 95.9 98.2 96.7 Technical/vocational 1.4 1.9 1.0 2.4 3.3 1.1 1.4 0.8 1.5 Catering ser vice 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.4 Tailoring/garments 0.7 0.7 0.6 1.2 1.2 0.5 0.6 0.4 1.2 Foreign language 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 Inser vice tr aining 1.1 1.7 0.4 2.2 3.5 0.7 1.2 0.3 0.9 Nursing 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 Youth devel opment
training 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.2
Others 0.9 1.3 0.4 1.0 1.6 0.8 1.1 0.4 0.4
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2.5. Population aged 10 Years and Over by Marital Status Population 10 years and over by marital status have been presented in Table-2.5. It is seen
from the table that, among males 59.66% were married compared to 65.87% for the females. The
proportion of widowed, divorced and separated were 1.05% for males as against 8.52% for females.
There exists urban-rural differentials in marital status. In the urban area, 39.41% males and
24.95% females were never married as against 38.92% and 27.70% for the rural area. In the urban
area, 59.54% males and 66.24% females and in the rural area 60.07% male and 64.70% female
were married. The percentage of divorced, widowed and separated were 1.06% for male and 8.81%
for female in the urban area compared to 1.01% for male 7.59% for female in the rural area.
Table-2.5: Percentage of population 10 years and over by marital status and sex
Marital status
Bangladesh Urban Rural
Both sex
Male Female
Both sex
Male Female
Both sex
Male Female
Number (000) Total 113090 57307 55783 26852 13491 13361 86237 43815 42422 Never married 36800 22517 14284 8952 5251 3701 27848 17266 10582
Married 70938 34191 36747 16750 8105 8645 54188 26086 28102
Widowed/divorced /separated
5351 599 4752 1150 136 1015 4201 463 3738
Percentage Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Never married 32.54 39.29 25.61 33.34 38.92 27.70 32.29 39.41 24.95
Married 62.73 59.66 65.87 62.38 60.07 64.70 62.84 59.54 66.24 Widowed/divorced/separated
4.73 1.05 8.52 4.28 1.01 7.59 4.87 1.06 8.81
2.6. Average Size of Household by Residence Average size of household obtained from LFS 2002-2003,LFS 2005-2006 and LFS 2010
has been presented in Table 2.6. It is observed from the table that, average size of household is decreasing in the context of Bangladesh which reduced to 4.5 in 2010 compared to 4.8% in 2002-2003. The average size of household for urban area was 4.7 in 2002-2003, which reduced to 4.3 in 2010.. In the rural area, the reduction in household size is comparatively low which was 4.9 in 2002-2003 reduced to 4.5 in 2010 . Table-2.6: Average size of household by residence
Residence LFS 2002-2003 LFS 2005-2006 LFS 2010
Bangladesh 4.8 4.7 4.5
Urban 4.7 4.5 4.3
Rural 4.9 4.8 4.5
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2.7. Tenure of Dwelling Houses by Residence Tenure of dwelling houses by locality has been presented in Table-2.7. It is seen from the
table that, no significant changes occurred in the tenure ship between 2005-06 and 2010. The
proportion of rented household showed some downward trend particularly in the urban area. In
the urban area the percentage of rented household was 42.05 in 2005-2006 which reduced to 39.5%
in 2010 . The percentage of rent free household also increased in the urban area in 2010 compared
to 2005-06. It was 2.7% in 2005-06 and increased to 3.5% in 2010.
Table-2.7: Tenure of dwelling house by residence
(Percent) Tenure ship Bangladesh Urban Rural
2005-06 2010 2005-06 2010 2005-06 2010 Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Owned 86.2 86.7 54.9 56.2 96.50 96.2
Rented 11.30 10.3 42.0 39.5 1.20 1.1
Rent free 2.20 2.5 2.7 3.5 2.00 2.1
Subsidized rent 0.20 0.1 0.2 0.40 0.20 0.1
Others 0.10 0.4 0.2 0.30 0.10 0.5
Figure 4: Tenure of dwelling house by residence
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2.8. Household by Type of Structure and Residence Household by type of structure and locality has been presented in Table-2.8. It is seen from
the table that, of all the housing structure as high as 73.8% were katcha, 17.8% were semi-pucca
and 7.7% were pucca and 0.6% were other types such as jhupri.
There exists wide urban-rural variation in respect of housing structure by types. In the urban
area, the percentage of pucca houses was 23.8% compared to 2.7% in the rural area. The percentage
of semi-pucca house was 31.8% in urban area as against 13.4% for he rural area.
It is interesting to note that, the type of structure varies widely with he tenureship where 31.6%
housing structure were pucca among rented house compared to 4.9% for owned house and 6.2% for
the rent free house. The percentage of semi-pucca house were also high for rented housing
structure. The percentage of such housing structure was 38.5% for rented house compared to
15.4% for the owned house and 19.2% for rent free houses. This trend is also seen for both urban
and rural areas.
Table 2.8: Percentage of households by type of structure and tenure ship (Percent)
Type of structure
Type of tenure ship Total Owned Rent
free Rented Subsidized
rent Others
Bangladesh Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Katcha 73.8 79.1 73.3 29.6 54.6 77.5 Semi-pucca 17.8 15.4 19.2 38.5 25.1 5.4 Pucca 7.7 4.9 6.2 31.6 20.3 4.7 Others 0.6 0.6 1.2 0.2 0 12.5 Urban Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Katcha 43.9 55.4 51.0 27.0 41.1 51.1 Semi-pucca 31.8 26.3 33.2 39.5 29.1 15.7 Pucca 23.8 17.6 14.8 33.3 29.8 19.3 Others 0.5 0.6 1.0 0.2 - 13.9 Rural Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Katcha 83.2 83.4 84.8 59.4 83.4 83.2 Semi-pucca 13.4 13.4 12.0 27.6 16.6 3.2 Pucca 2.7 2.6 1.8 12.3 0 1.4 Others 0.7 0.6 1.4 0.7 0 12.2
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2.9. Household by Sources of lighting Household by sources of lighting has been presented in Table-2.9. It is seen from the table
that, the use of electricity is increasing over the period. Access to electricity was 35.6% in 2002-
2003 which increased to 48.5% in LFS 2005-2006 and 50.9% in LFS 2010. With the increased use
of electricity as the source of lighting, the use of other sources such as keroshine is decreasing
consequently.
Table-2.9: Households by sources of lighting (Percent)
Sources of lighting LFS 2002-03 LFS 2005-2006 LFS 2010 Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 Electricity 35.6 48.4 50.9 Kerosene 64.2 51.4 47.7 Others (including Solar power) 0.2 0.2 1.4
2.10. Household by Sources of Drinking Water Household by sources of drinking water obtained from LFS 2010 have been presented in
Table-2.10. For comparability over the years the findings from LFS 2002-2003 and LFS 2010 have
also been included.
It is observed from the table that, the sources of drinking water from tubewell increased up
to some extent and supply with tap water decreased to some extent. It is praiseworthy that, use of
pond/river water has been decreased in the recent years. It is worth mentioning that, arsenic
contamination of water in tubewell is not addressed in the LFS Surveys.
Table-2.10: Household by sources of drinking water (Percent)
Sources of drinking water LFS 2002-03 LFS 2010 Bangladesh Total 100.00 100.00 Tube well 90.4 89.3 Canal/ riv er/ pond 3.1 1.9 Supply water/tap water 4.2 7.8 Other 2.3 1.0 Urban Total 100.0 100.0 Tube well 81.2 65.7 Canal/ riv er/ pond 2.6 1.0
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Sources of drinking water LFS 2002-03 LFS 2010 Supply water/tap water 15.5 32.7 Other 0.7 0.6 Rural Total 100.0 100.0 Tube well 93.3 96.4 Canal/ riv er/ pond 3.2 2.2 Supply water/tap water 0.6 0.3 Other 2.9 1.1
2.11. Household by Cooking Fuel Used Household by type of cooking fuel used has been displayed in Table-2.11. It is seen from
the table that, cow dung/Straw/leaves etc. are the main fuel used for cooking by the households. As
many as 59.9% households used such fuel in 2010 followed by wood (25.9%) and natural gas
(12.5%). It is notable that, use of natural gas increased in 2010 compared to 2005-2006. The use of
natural gas was 10.5% in 2005-2006 which increased to 12.5% in 2010.
There exists wide variation in the use of fuel in the urban and rural areas. In the urban area, as high as 49.0% used natural gas compared to only 1.5% in the rural area, Wood was used by 27.3% households in the urban areas compared to 25.5% in the rural area. The use of cow dung/straw/leaves etc. was 19.4% for the urban area as against 72.1% for the rural area. It may be mentioned that, use of cylinder gas has increased 2010 compared to 2005-2006. In 2005-2006 the use of cylinder gas was 2.5% in the urban area which increased to 2.7% in 2010. The use of cylinder gas was reported 0.2% in the rural area during 2005-2006 which increased to 0.7 % in 2010. Use of electricity in the urban areas was 0.8% in 2005-2006 which reduced to 0.4% in 2010, in rural area the use of electricity also reduced substantially. It was 0.5% in 2005-2006 and reduced to 0.1% in 2010. Table-2.11: Households by type of cooking fuel used
(Percent) Bangladesh Urban Rural
Type of cooking fuel used LFS LFS LFS LFS LFS LFS 2005-06 2010 2005-06 2010 2005-06 2010
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Wood 32.5 25.9 37.3 27.3 30.9 25.5 Cow dung/straw/leaves 55.3 59.9 18.7 19.4 67.4 72.1 Electricity 0.6 0.2 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.1 Natural gas (pipe line supply) 10.5 12.5 39.5 49.0 0.9 1.5 Cylinder gas 0.8 1.1 2.5 2.7 0.2 0.7 Kerosene 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.8 0.1 - Others 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.1
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2.12. Household by Toilet Facility Household by toilet facility has been presented Table-2.12. It is observed from the table
that, 22.1% reported to have sanitary letrine, 10.6% mentioned the access to pucca (water sealed)
latrine, 11.0% household use katcha (permanent latrine) while the highest 27.0% household used
katcha (temporary) latrine and 6.5% have no toilet facility. There exists urban-rural valuation in the
use of toilet facility. In the area, the highest 39.3% use sanitaty toilet as against less than half 16.8%
use such facility in the rural area. In the urban area 18.7% households used pucca latrine (water
sealed) as against 8.1% in the rural area. Pucca latrine (not water sealed) was used by 13.1% urban
household compared to 10.4% in the rural area. Katcha latrine (permanent) was used by 14.0%
urban household compared to 22.9% rural household. Katcha (temporary) latrine was used by
12.8% urban household compared to 32.9% rural household. No toilet facility that is open field was
reported by 7.8% rural household compared to 2.1% urban household.
Table-2.12: Households by toilet facility (Percent)
Type of toilet National Urban Rural
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
Sanitary 22.1 39.3 16.8
Pucca (water sealed) 10.6 18.7 8.1
Pucca (not water sealed) 11.0 13.1 10.4
Katcha (permanent) 20.9 14.0 22.9
Katcha (temporary) 29.0 12.8 32.9
Open field 6.5 2.1 7.8
2.13. Household Access to Assets/Modern Amenities Household access to assets/modern amenities has been presented in Table-2.13. It is
observed from the table that, at the aggregate level 11.0% have radio/tape recorder, 32.2% have
television, 19.1% have motor cycle/bicycle, 57.3% have mobile phone, 8.3% have fridge, 4.4%
have sewing machine, 1.5% have telephone, 0.7% have air conditioner, 38.9% have electric fan,
0.6% have car and 1.6% have computer. There exists wide urban-rural variation with respect to
ownership of selected assets. It is seen from the table that, in the urban area 59.8% households
owned television as against less than one-half 123.5% in the rural area.. Fridge is owned by 25.2%
urban households compared to only 3.1% rural households. Access to land telephone was 5.1% for
urban households compared to very scanty 0.4% for the rural households. The use of mobile phone
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was also high in urban area compared to rural area. In the urban area 75.3% households use mobile
phone whereas 51.7% rural households use mobile phones. The use of car in the rural area is less
than one-fourth of the urban area, In the urban area 1.6% households use car as against 0.3%
households in the rural area.
Table-2.13: Households having assets/consumer durable
Type of consumer durable
Bangladesh Urban Rural No of H/H
(000) Percent No of H/H
(000) Percent No of H/H
(000) Percent
Radio/tap recorder 3671 11.0 1000 12.6 2671 10.5
Television/Cable connection
10696 32.2 5951 59.8 4745 23.5
Fridge 2773 8.3 1996 25.2 777 3.1 Land phone 497 1.5 403 5.1 94 0.4
Mobile phone 19051 57.3 13081 75.3 5970 51.7
Sewing machine 1457 4.4 757 8.8 700 3.0
Motor cycle/cycle 6339 19.1 892 11.3 5447 21.5 Air-conditioner 234 0.7 146 1.8 88 0.3
Electric fan 12939 38.9 5772 72.8 71671 28.3
Car 204 0.6 128 1.6 761 0.3
Computer 532 1.6 412 5.2 120 0.5 Others 1393 4.2 148 1.9 1245 4.9
Nothing 8953 26.9 928 11.7 8025 31.7
2.14. Household by Land ownership Distribution of households by land ownership in Table-2.14 indicate that, landlessness has
been increasing over the years. In 2002-2003 the percentage of landless was 6.8% which increased
to 7.0% in 2005-2006 and further increased to 9.0% in 2010.. It is notable that, the pattern of land
ownership did not change to larger extent during 2002-2003 to 2010 though percentage of large
land owing group are diminishing over the years. The percentage of household having landless than
0.50 acre was 53.2% in 2002-2003 which increased to 55.7% in 2005-2006 and further increased to
57.9% in 2010. The percentage of household owning land 0.50 to 0.99 acre was 10.8% in 2002-
2003 which slightly decreased to 10.3% in 2005-2006 and 9.9% in 2010. The decrease in the land
owning group 1.00-2.49 acre during the same period is more prominent that the former group. It
was 17.7% in 2002-2003 which reduced to 15.1% in 2010. The percentage of land owing group
2.00 to 7.49 was 9.2% in 2002-2003 which reduced to 8.3% in 2005-2006 and 6.9% in 2010. The
reduction in highest land owning group (7.50+ acres) was also high. It was 2.3% in 2002-2003
which reduced to 1.3% in 2005-2006 and further reduced to 1.2% in 2010.
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Table-2.14: Households by land ownership
Land size (acre) LFS 2002-2003 LFS 2005-2006 LFS 2010 Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 Landless 6.8 7.0 9.0 0.01-0.49 acre 53.2 55.7 57.9 0.50-0.99 acre 10.8 10.3 9.9 1.00-2.49 acre 17.7 17.4 15.1 2.50-7.49 acre 9.2 8.3 6.9 7.50+ acre 2.3 1.3 1.2
Figure 5: Households by land ownership
2.15. Household by Main Activity The main activity of the household has been presented in Table-2.15. It is observed from the
table that, the highest 45.6% households were engaged in agriculture activities followed by service
(14.9%) and business 14.3% and construction/repair work (5.1%).
There exist urban-rural variation in the main activity of the household. In the rural area as
many as 56.0% households were engaged in agricultural activities compared to 11.3% in the urban area. In the urban area 34.4% households were engaged in service activities compared to 8.9% in the rural area. The percentage of household engaged in the business activities was 23.2% in the
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urban area compared to 11.6% in the rural area. In the urban area 7.5% were engaged in
construction/repair work compared to 4.4% in the rural area.
Table-2.15: Households by main activity (Percent)
Main activity Bangladesh Urban Rural
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture 45.6 11.3 56.0
Manufacturing (Small & Cottage) 1.6 1.8 1.5
Business 14.3 23.2 11.6
Service (Gov t. private) 14.9 34.4 8.9
Construction /repair work 5.1 7.5 4.4
Income recipient (House rent, remittance/pension) 1.1 1.2 1.1
Others 17.4 20.5 16.5
Figure 6: Households by main activity
45.6
1.614.3
14.9
5.11.1
17.4
AgricultureManufacturing (Small & Cottage)BusinessService (Govt. private)Construction /repair workIncome recipient (House rent, remittance/pension) Others
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2.16. Household by Main Sources of Income. Distribution of household by main source of income has been presented in Table-2.16. It is
observed from the table that, at the national level, for the highest 25.5% household the main source
of income was self employment in the agriculture sector followed by18.9% self employed in
household. The percentage of household where the main income was from regular service
accounted as 14.9%.
There exist urban-rural variation with respect to main source of income of the household. In
the urban area, the highest 35.0% household reported service as their main source of income as
against self employed in agriculture (31.3%) in the rural area. In the urban area, the second either
source of income was self employed in non-agriculture (27.0%) compared to agriculture labour in
the rural area (25.7%).
Table-2.16: Households by main sources of income (Percent)
Source of income Bangladesh Urban Rural
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
Self employed (agri.) 25.5 6.3 31.3
Self employed (non-agri.) 18.9 27.0 16.4
Service 14.9 35.0 8.8
Day labour (agri.) 21.0 5.4 25.7
Day labour (Non-agri.) 15.5 22.1 13.5
Others 4.2 4.1 4.2
Figure 7: Households by main sources of income
25%
19%
15%
21%
16%4%
Self employed (agri.) Self employed (non-agri.) Service
Day labour (agri.) Day labour (Non-agri. ) Others
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2.17. Selected Activities of the Household Households were asked about their selected household based activities. In response the highest 49.6% households reported that they have poultry rearing activities followed by animal farming (37.6%). The percentage of households who are engaged in fishery activities was 2.7% and those engaged in milk production was 2.5%. There exists difference in household activities between urban & rural areas. In the rural area, the highest 58.4% reported to engaged in poultry rearing activities followed by animal farming (45.7%) fishery (3.2%) and milk production (2.9%). On the otherhand, in the urban area, 21.4% households mentioned their involved in poultry rearing and 11.9% reported to have animal farming, 1.2% have activities related to milk production and 1.1% in fishery. In the urban area 1.1% are engaged in small and cottage industries as against 0.8% in the rural area. Table -2.17 : Households Selected Activities
Type of Activ ity Percent of Households reported (%)
Bangladesh Urban Rural
Animal farming 37.6 11.9 45.7
Poultry farming 49.6 21.4 58.4
Production of milk 2.5 1.2 2.9
Fishery 2.7 1.1 3.2
Horticulture 0.4 0.3 0.5
Small & Cottage Industries 0.8 1.1 0.8
Nothing 38.1 71.6 27.6
2.18. Economic Dependency Ratio Economic dependency radio is a refined measure of dependency on economically active
population to inactive population expressed in percentage. It is more meaningful than demographic dependency ratio. It is observed from the table 2.18 that, economic dependency ratio is declining over the years. The economic dependency ratio for the national level was 68.7% in 2010, in the urban area it was 74.5% and in the rural area it was 67.6%. In 2005-06, the economic dependency ratio was 71.0% at the national level, 79.7% in the urban area and 68.4% in the rural area.
Table-2.18: Economic dependency ratio by residence (Percent)
Residence LFS 2002-2003 LFS 2005-2006 LFS 2010
Bangladesh 74.5 71.0 68.7
Urban 76.1 79.7 74.5
Rural 74.0 68.4 67.0
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CHAPTER-III
LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS
This Chapter discusses about labour force characteristics. Labour force is defined by
employed population and the population who are looking for job aged 15 years and over. Those
who are temporary absent from work due to illness or not looking for job believing that no work
will available are also included in labour force. The characteristics that are included are working
age population by broad age group, sex and residence, activity status & population by broad
economic category, distribution of labour force by administrative division, labour force by level &
education, growth of labour force over the years, crude and refined activity rates and labour force
participation rate, etc.
3.1. Working Age Population
Working age population by broad age group has been presented in Tebel-3.1. It is observed
that the working age population of the country stand at 95.6 million of the 148.7 million population
of the country estimated from Labour Force Survey 2010. Among the working age population 23.2
million were in the urban areas and 72.4 million were in the rural area. Of the working age
population, 47.9 million were male and 47.7 million were female. In the urban area 11.6 million
were male and same number of female were observed. On the other hand, in the rural area 36.3
million were male and 36.1 million were female. As regards percentage distribution of working age
population it is seen that, at the national level, for both sexes 41.1% were in the age group 15-29,
52.8% were in the age group 30-64 and 6.1% in the age group 65 years and over. Among male
39.4% were in the age group 15-29, 54.1% were in age group 30-64 and 6.5% in the age group 65
years and over. It is notable that the percentage of population 65 years and over were higher in rural
area compared to urban area. Such percentage in the rural area was 6.6% compared to 4.7% in the
urban area.
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Table-3.1: Working age population by broad age group (As on May 2010)
Age group Bangladesh Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number (000)
Total population 148736 74150 73586 34047 17106 16941 114690 58044 56646
Working age population(15+) 95584 47847 47737 23165 11572 11593 72419 36275 36144
15-29 39253 18857 20396 10075 4610 5465 29178 14247 14931
30-64 50467 25864 24063 12001 6373 5628 38466 19491 18976
65+ 5864 3126 2738 1089 588 501 4775 2537 2237
Percent
Working age population(15+) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
15-29 41.1 39.4 47.7 40.3 39.3 41.3 43.5 39.8 47.1
30-64 52.8 54.1 51.5 53.1 53.7 52.5 51.8 55.1 48.5
65+ 6.1 6.5 5.7 6.6 7.0 6.2 4.7 5.1 4.3
3.2. Working Age Population by Broad Economic Category
Working age population by broad economic category has been presented in Table-3.2. It is
observed form the table that, of the total 95.6 million population 56.7 million were in the labour
force and the rest 38.9 million were outside the purview of the labour force. Among the total labour
force, 54.1 million were employed and the rest 2.6 million were unemployed.
In the urban area, of the total 23.2 million population of age 15 years and over, 13.3 million
were in the labour force and the rest 9.9 million were outside the labour force. In the rural area out
of 72.4 million population of age 15 years and over, 43.4 million were in the labour force and 29.0
million were outside the purview of the labour force. In the urban area, of the total labour force
12.4 million were employed and 0.9 million were unemployed. In the rural area, of the total labour
force 41.7 million were employed and 1.7 million were unemployed.
It may be mentioned that, those who were outside the purview of labour force, a large
portion of them were engaged in household work followed by the student and others. At the
national level as many as 26.2 million were engaged in household work which constitute 67.4% of
the total population who are outside the purview of the labour force, 6.8 million population of age
15 years and over were student who constitute 18.7% of the population outside labour force and 5.9
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million were engaged in other non-economic activities such as beggar, disabled, retired etc. They
constitute 12.9% of the nonworking population category.
Table 3.2: Working age population by broad economic category
Economic category
Bangladesh Urban Rural Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number (000) Population (age 15+) 95584 47847 47737 23165 11572 11593 72419 36275 36144 Total labour force 56651 39477 17174 13278 9276 4002 43373 30201 13172 Employed 54084 37882 16202 12421 8752 3669 41663 29130 12533 Unemployed 2567 1595 972 858 324 334 1710 1071 639
Not in labour force 38933 8370 30563 9887 2246 9591 29046 6074 22972 Household work 26241 1163 25078 6298 239 6059 19955 923 19032
Student 6770 4570 2200 2333 1318 1015 5315 3256 2059 Others 5922 2637 3285 1256 739 517 3776 1895 1881
Percent Total labour force 59.3 82.5 36.0 57.3 80.2 3405 60.0 83.3 36.4 Employed 95.5 96.0 94.3 93.5 94.4 91.7 96.1 96.5 95.2 Unemployed 4.5 4.0 5.7 6.5 5.6 8.3 3.9 3.5 4.8
Not in labour force 40.7 17.5 64.0 42.7 19.8 65.5 40.0 16.7 63.6 Household work 67.4 13.9 81.7 63.7 10.4 79.5 68.7 15.2 82.5
Student 19.7 54.6 10.3 23.6 57.4 13.6 18.3 53.6 9.2 Others 12.9 31.5 8.0 12.7 32.2 6.9 13.0 31.2 8.3
Figure 8: Working age population by broad economic category
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3.3. Labour Force by Sex and Residence
Labour force by sex and residence has been presented in Table-3.3. It is seen from the table
that, of the total labour force, 13.3 million were in the urban area and 43.4 million were in the rural
areas. The corresponding percentages were 23.4% and 76.6% respectively. Among males, 9.3
million were in the urban area and 30.2 million were in the rural the corresponding percentage were
23.5% and 76.5%. For the females, 4.0 million were in the urban area and 13.2 million were in the
rural area, The corresponding percentage were 23.3% and 76.7% respectively. It is interesting to
note that, the distribution of employed population by sex and residence almost follow the same
pattern as the labour force. As regards unemployed population, distinct variation is observed.
Among unemployed, 0.9 million were in the urban area and 1.7 million were in the rural area with
percentages of 33.4% and 66.6% respectively. For male unemployed, 0.5 million were in the urban
area and 1.1 million were in the rural area with corresponding percentages of 32.9% and 67.1%
respectively. The volume of female unemployed were 0.3 million in the urban area and 0.7 million
in the rural area with percentages of 34.7% and 65.7% respectively.
Table-3.3: Labour force aged 15 years and over by sex and residence
Residence Labour force Employed Unemployed
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
(Million)
Bangladesh 56.7 39.5 17.2 54.1 37.9 16.2 2.6 1.6 1.0
Urban 13.3 9.3 4.0 12.4 8.8 3.7 0.9 0.5 0.3
Rural 43.4 30.2 13.2 41.7 29.1 12.5 1.7 1.1 0.7
(Percent)
Bangladesh 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Urban 23.4 23.5 23.3 23.0 23.1 22.6 33.4 32.9 34.3
Rural 76.6 76.5 76.7 77.0 76.9 77.4 66.6 67.1 65.7
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Figure 9: Labour force aged 15 years and ov er by sex and residence
3.4. Economically Inactive Population by Sex and Residence
Economically inactive population by sex and residence has been provided in Table-3.4. It
may be mentioned that economically inactive population include persons engaged in household
work, students and others. Others include retired persons, income recipients, beggar, disabled etc.
It is observed from the table that, of the total 38.9 million inactive population as high as
26.2 million (67.4%) were engaged in household work followed by student 6.8 million (19.7%) and
others 5.9 million (12.9%). Among the 8.4 million male inactive population 1.4 million (13.9%)
were engaged in household work 4.6 million (54.6%) were student and 2.6 million (31.5%) were
others. Among 30.6 million inactive females, as high as 25.1 million (81.7%) were engaged in
household work, 2.2 million (10.3%) were student and 3.3 million (8.0%) were others.
There exist some urban-rural variation in the composition of inactive population. In the
urban area, 63.7% of the inactive population were engaged in household work, whereas, in the rural
area, such percentage was 68.7%. The percentage of students in the urban area was 23.6% as
against 18.3% for the rural area. Among urban inactive males, 57.4% were student compared to
53.1% for the rural males. The percentage of urban females who were engaged in household work
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was 79.5% compared to 82.5% for the rural female. The percentage of urban female students was
13.6% compared to 9.2% rural female students.
Table-3.4: Economically inactive persons aged 15 years and over by sex and residence
Inactive persons
Bangladesh Urban Rural Total Male Femal
e Total Male Femal
e Total Male Femal
e Number (Million)
Total 38.9 8.4 30.6 9.9 2.3 9.6 29.0 6.1 23.0 Household work 26.2 1.2 25.1 6.3 0.2 6.1 19.9 0.9 19.0
Student 6.8 4.6 2.2 2.3 1.3 1.0 5.3 3.3 2.1
Others 5.9 2.6 3.3 1.3 0.8 0.5 3.8 1.9 1.9 (Percent)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Household work 67.4 13.9 81.7 63.7 10.4 79.5 68.7 15.2 82.5
Student 197 54.6 10.3 23.6 57.4 13.6 18.3 53.6 9.2 Others 12.9 31.5 8.0 12.7 32.2 6.9 13.0 31.2 8.3
3.5. Labour Force by Administrative Division
Labour force by administrative divisions has been presented in Table-3.5. It is observed
from the table that the highest 18.1 million (32.0%) labour force exist in Dhaka division followed
by Rajshahi division 15.5 million (27.3%) and chittagong division 9.5 million (16.8%).
The volume of male and female labour force also follow the same pattern. Among the males
12.6 million (31.9%) labour force were found in Dhaka division followed by Rajshahi division 10.6
million (26.8%) and Chittagong division 6.8 million (17.7%). For the females, the highest 5.5
million (32.4%) labour force were in Dhaka division followed by Rajshahi and Chittagong division
the corresponding volume were 4.9 million (28.5%) and 2.7 million (16.0%).
Table-3.5: Labour force aged 15 years and over by Administrative division
Administrative division
Total Male Female Number (million)
Percent Number (million)
Percent Number (million)
Percent
Bangladesh 56.7 100.0 39.5 100.0 17.22 100.0 Chittagong 9.5 16.8 6.8 17.1 2.7 16.0 Dhaka 18.1 32.0 12.6 31.9 5.5 32.4
Khulna 6.9 12.1 4.8 12.1 2.1 12.2
Rajshahi 15.5 27.3 10.6 26.8 4.9 28.5
Barisal 3.3 5.9 2.4 6.1 0.9 5.5 Sylhet 3.3 5.9 2.4 6.0 0.9 5.5
Figure 10: Labour force aged 15 years and over by Administrativ e div ision
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3.6. Labour Force by Age and Sex
Labour force by age and sex has been presented in Table-3.6. It is observed from the table
that, at the aggregate level the maximum volume of labour force was between age group 20-49
with the highest concentration in the age group 30-34 (7.9 million) followed by age group 25-29
(7.7 million) and 20-24 (7.5 million). There exists some valuation between male and female in the
volume of labour force by age. Among the male, the highest concentration was observed in age
group 30-34 (5.2 million) followed by age group 25-29 (4.9 million) and age group 35-39 (4.6
million). On the other hand, among the female, the highest concentration was in age group 20-24
(2.9 million) followed by age group 25-29 (1.8 million) and the age group 30-34 (2.7 million).
There exists urban-rural variation in the distribution of labour force by age and sex. In the
urban area, the highest concentration of labour force was found in the age group 30-34 (17.0%)
whereas, in the rural area the highest concentration was observed in the age group 25-29 (13.6%).
The concentration of male labour force by residence varies where the highest concentration
for urban male was in the age group 30-34 (16.8%) and for the rural male, the highest concentration
was, however, found in the age group 25-29 (12.5%). It is notable that, the concentration of labour
force for both urban and rural females were observed in the age group 20-24, the corresponding
percentages were 18.6% and 16.9% respectively.
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Table-3.6: Labour force aged 15 years and over by age group and sex
( 000’) Age group
Total Rural Urban
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number
Total 56651 39477 17174 43373 30201 13172 13278 9276 4003
15-19 5695 3667 2028 4294 2861 1433 1401 806 595
20-24 7476 4503 2973 5633 3406 2227 1842 1096 746
25-29 7730 4935 2795 5918 3767 2151 1812 1168 644
30-34 7942 5207 2735 5682 3647 2035 2260 1560 700
35-39 6793 4553 2240 5358 3572 1786 1435 981 454
40-44 6592 4554 2038 5053 3422 1631 1540 1132 408
45-49 5102 3587 1515 3996 2753 1243 1105 833 272
50-54 3435 3150 285 2485 2284 201 951 867 84
55-59 2285 2053 232 1888 1701 187 397 352 45
60-64 1564 1459 105 1313 1227 86 251 232 19
65+ 2039 1811 228 1755 1562 193 285 250 35
Percent
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
15-19 10.1 9.3 11.8 9.9 9.5 10.9 10.5 8.7 14.9
20-24 13.2 11.4 17.3 13.0 11.3 16.9 13.9 11.8 18.6
25-29 13.6 12.5 16.3 13.6 12.5 16.3 13.6 12.6 16.1
30-34 14.0 13.2 15.9 13.1 12.1 15.4 17.0 16.8 17.5
35-39 12.0 11.5 13.0 12.4 11.8 13.6 10.8 10.6 11.3
40-44 11.6 11.5 11.9 11.6 11.3 12.4 11.6 12.2 10.2
45-49 9.0 9.1 8.8 9.2 9.1 9.4 8.3 9.0 6.8
50-54 6.1 8.0 1.7 5.7 7.6 1.5 7.2 9.3 2.1
55-59 4.0 5.2 1.4 4.4 5.6 1.4 3.0 3.8 1.1
60-64 2.8 3.7 0.6 3.0 4.1 0.7 1.9 2.5 0.5
65+ 3.6 4.6 1.3 4.0 5.2 1.5 2.1 2.7 0.9
3.7. Labour Force by Level of Education
Labour force by level of education has been presented in Table-3.7. It is observed from the
table that, at the national level as many as 40.1% of the labour force have no education at all. Such
percentage for males and females were 39.9% and 40.6% respectively. There also exists urban-rural
variation in the level of education of the labour force. In the urban area, 27.1% of the labour force
have no education compared to 44.1% in the rural area.
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It is notable that, among the labour force the percentage of persons having professional
education such as engineering and medicine is very small, only 0.17% of the labour force have such
degrees, the percentage of labour force having medical and engineering degree were 0.59% for
urban area and only 0.04% for the rural area. There also exists sex differential among the
medical/engineering education, at the national level 0.21% males and 0.08% females have such
degree. For the urban area, the percentage of male and female labour force having engineering and
medical degree were 0.70% and 0.33% respectively. The percentage of labour force having such
degree in rural area were 0.06% and 0.01% respectively for males and females.
As regards general education, the percentage of labour force having SSC or equivalent
degree were 6.03% at the national level. The percentage of males and females having such degree
were 6.27% and 5.48% respectively. There exist also urban-rural variation in general education.
The percentage of labour force with SSC or equivalent degree at the urban area were 8.22% for
both sexes, 8.43% for male and 7.75% for female. The corresponding percentage for rural area
were 5.38%, 5.62% and 4.82% respectively. The variation among males and females and between
urban and rural shows that higher rate exist in all education level with higher proportion for the
male against female and also for the urban area compared to rural area. It is notable that percent of
labour force having masters/equivalent educational qualification were 1.36% in the national level
3.38% in urban area and only 0.76% in rural area. The sex differential in higher education is well
pronounced in the rural areas where 0.96% male were holding master or equivalent degree
compared to only one third (0.28%) for female.
Table-3.7: Labour force aged 15 years and over by level of education
( 000’ ) Level of education
Total Rural Urban
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number
Total 56651 39477 17174 43373 30201 13172 13279 9276 4003
No education 22719 15738 6981 19124 13317 5807 3594605 2421 1174
Class i-v 12943 9050 3893 9941 7006 2935 3003 2045 958
Class vi-viii 8074 5442 2632 5896 3915 1981 2178 1527 651
Class ix-x 5090 3278 1812 3813 2430 1383 1276 848 428
SSC/equivalent 3522 2569 953 2391 1755 636 1131 813 318
HSC/equivalent 2096 1575 521 1216 936 280 880 639 241
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Level of education
Total Rural Urban
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Bachelor degree/equivalent
1177 976 201 565 474 91 612 502 110
Master degree/equivalent
819 677 142 345 301 44 474 376 98
Medical/engineering degree
106 87 19 20 17 3 86 70 16
Technical/vocational education
82 70 12 44 36 8 37 33 4
Others 23 16 7 17 14 3 6 2 4
Percent
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
No education 40.1 39.9 40.6 44.1 44.1 44.1 27.1 26.1 29.3
Class i-v 22.8 22.9 22.7 22.9 23.2 22.3 22.6 22.0 23.9
Class vi-viii 14.3 13.8 15.3 13.6 13.0 15.0 16.4 16.5 16.3
Class ix-x 9.0 8.3 10.5 8.8 8.0 10.5 9.6 9.1 10.7
SSC/equivalent 6.2 6.5 5.6 5.5 5.8 4.8 8.5 8.8 7.9
HSC/equivalent 3.7 4.0 3.0 2.8 3.1 2.1 6.6 6.9 6.0
Bachelor degree/equivalent
2.1 2.5 1.2 1.3 1.6 0.7 4.6 5.4 2.8
Master degree/equivalent
1.4 1.7 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.3 3.6 4.1 2.4
Medical/engineering degree
0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.8 0.4
Technical/vocational education
0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.1
Others 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
3.8. Labour Force by Literacy
Labour force by literacy has been presented in Table-3.8. It is observed from the table that,
overall literacy rate of labour force stands at 60.0%. The literacy rate for males and females were
60.7% and 58.3% respectively.
There exists wide urban and rural variation in literacy rate of the labour force. In the urban
area, the literacy rate for both sexes was 71.6%, whereas, in the rural area such rate was 56.4%. For
the male, the urban literacy rate was 73.1% compared to 56.9% for the rural area, for females such
rate was 68.1% and 55.3% respectively in the urban and rural areas.
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Table-3.8: Labour force aged 15 years and over by literacy rate
Residence
Total Male Female No. of
literate (000) Literacy rate No. of
literate (000) Literacy rate No. of
literate (000) Literacy rate
Bangladesh 33987 60.0% 23972 60.7% 10015 58.3
Urban 9509 71.6% 6784 73.1% 2724 68.1
Rural 24478 56.4% 17188 56.9% 7291 55.3
Figure 11: Labour force aged 15 years and over by literacy rate
3.9. Labour Force Growth Rate 2005-2006 to 2010
Annual labour force growth rate for the period 2005-2006 to 2010 has been presented in
Table-3.9. It is seen from the table that, labour force growth rate is not higher than population
growth which is encouraging. This is a demographic bonus for the country in the midst of low
fertility in the recent year. The annual labour force growth rate for the period 2005-2006 to 2010
stands at 3.39%. It is notable that growth of female labour force is much higher than male growth
rate. The annual growth rate of female was found 8.69% compared to 1.40% for male. It is
observed from the same table that, rural growth rate is higher than urban growth rate. The urban
labour force growth rate was only 3.10% against 3.48% for the rural area. The urban male growth
rate was 1.5% compared to 1.30% for rural males. On the other hand, urban female growth rate was
8.52% against 8.74% for the rural females.
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Table-3.9: Annual average labour force growth rate
(000) Period Bangladesh Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
LFS 2005-2006 49461 37330 12131 11730 8884 2846 37731 28447 9285
LFS 2010 56651 39477 17174 13278 9276 4002 43373 30201 13172
Annual compound growth rate (percent) LFS 2005-2006 to 2010
3.39 1.40 8.69 3.10 1.08 8.52 3.48 1.50 8.74
Figure 12: Annual average labour force growth rate
3.10. Crude and Refined Activity Rate
Crude and refined activity rate of the population have been presented in Table 3.10. It is
seen from the table that, crude and refined activity rate at the national level increased in 2010
compared to 2005-2006. However, it decreased for males and increased at a higher rate for females.
The crude activity rate for both sexes, male and female in 2010 was 38.1%, 52.5% and 23.3%
respectively compared to 36.0%. 53.3% and 18.0% in 2005-2006. There exist urban-rural and sex
variation in crude activity rate. In the urban area, the crude activity rate in 2010 was 39.0% where it
was 36.3% in 2005-2006. On the other hand, in the rural area, the crude activity rate was found
35.9% in 2005-2006 compared to 37.8% in 2010. Though the urban and rural crude activity rate for
male remain almost the same over the years, yet it increased for females in 2010. In the urban and
rural areas, crude activity rate for females was found 23.6% and 23.3% in 2005-2006, whereas, it
was 17.9% and 18.1% respectively in 2005-2006.
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The refined activity rate at the aggregate level increased for both sexes and female in 2010
compared to 2002-2005-2006. However, it decreased for males. It was 58.5%, 86.8% and 29.2%
for both sexes, male and female in 2005-2006 compared to 59.3%, 82.5% and 36.0% in 2010. It is
notable that refined activity rate in the urban area for both sexes, and female increased in 2010 but
decreased for males. On the other head, refined activity rate for rural areas increased for both sexes
and females decreased for males.
Table-3.10 : Crude and refined activity rate
Residence Crude activity rate Refined activity rate LFS 2005-2006 LFS 2010 LFS 2005-2006 LFS 2010
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Bangladesh 36.0 53.3 18.0 38.1 52.5 23.3 58.5 86.8 29.2 59.3 82.5 36.0
Urban 36.3 54.2 17.9 39.0 54.2 23.6 55.7 83.2 27.4 57.3 80.2 34.5
Rural 35.9 53.0 18.1 37.8 52.0 23.3 59.4 88.0 29.8 60.0 83.3 36.4
3.11. Labour Force Participation Rate
Labour force participation rate by age sex and residence has been presented in Table-3.11. It
is revealed from the table that, participation rate increased with the increase of age, however, it
further reduced with the higher age group, such as age group 50-54, 55-59, 60-64 and 65+. It is
observed from the table that at the aggregate level the highest participation rate was observed for
the age group 45-49 (74.28%) followed by age group 40-44 (74.82%) and 35-39 (72.81). In case of
male, the highest participation rate was observed for the age group 35-39 (98.35%) followed by age
group 40-44 (98.05%) and age group 45-49 (97.37%). On the other hand, in case of female, the
highest participation rate was found for the age group 35-39 (47.67%) followed by the age group
45-49 (47.58%) and age group 34-35 (46.62%).
Table-3.11: Labour force participation rate by age group and sex
Age group
Population aged 15+ (000) Labour force (000) Participation rate (%) Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total 95584 47847 47737 56651 39477 17174 59.27 82.51 35.98
15-19 14463 7575 6888 5694 3669 2025 39.37 48.44 29.40
20-24 13186 5929 7257 7476 4502 2974 56.70 75.93 40.98
25-29 11604 5353 6251 7730 4935 2795 66.61 92.19 44.71
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Age group
Population aged 15+ (000) Labour force (000) Participation rate (%)
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female 30-34 11218 5352 5866 7942 5207 2735 70.80 97.29 46.62
35-39 9328 4629 4699 6792 4552 2240 72.81 98.34 47.67
40-44 9052 4645 4407 6592 4554 2038 72.82 98.05 46.24
45-49 6869 3683 3186 5102 3586 1516 74.28 97.37 47.58
50-54 6126 3347 2779 3435 3150 285 56.07 94.11 10.25
55-59 4402 2318 2084 2285 2052 233 51.91 88.52 11.18
60-64 3473 1890 1583 1564 1459 105 45.03 77.20 6.63
65+ 5864 3126 2738 2039 1811 228 34.77 57.93 8.32
Figure 13: Labour force participation rate by age group and sex
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CHAPTER-IV
CHARACTERISTICS OF EMPLOYED POPULATION
This chapter discusses about the characteristics of the employed population. The
characteristics that have been included are broad sector of employment, employed population by
major occupation, level of education, occupation by sector of employment, employment by industry
and level of education, status in employment etc. The growth of employment by sector and
occupation, hours worked per week, monthly income and wage rate have also been presented in this
chapter. It may be mentioned, in 2010 LFS there was a provision for including more than one
occupation. Therefore, the occupational distribution, sector of employment and status in
employment would be higher than employed persons.
4.1. Employment by Broad Economic Sectors Employment by broad sector has been presented in Table-4.1. It is observed from the table
that, of the total employed person as high as 47.56% was engaged in agriculture sector followed by
service (35.35%) and industry sector (17.52%). In the industry sector 12.44% was in the
manufacturing sector and the rest in other industries. For the males, the highest 41.11% was
engaged in the service sector followed by agriculture (40.18%) and industry (19.60%). For the
females, the highest 68.84% was engaged in agriculture sector followed by service sector (21.89%)
and industry sector (13.32%).
Table-4.1: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by broad economic sector
Broad economic sector Total Male Female Number
(000) Percent of
total Number
(000) Percent of
total Number
(000) Percent of
total Total 54084 100.0 37882 100.0 16202 100.0
Agriculture 25727 47.56 15221 40.18 10506 64.84
Non-agriculture: 28705 53.07 23000 60.71 5705 35.21
– Manufacturing 6731 12.44 4824 12.73 1907 11.77
– Other industry 2855 5.28 2604 6.87 251 1.55
– Services 19119 35.35 15572 41.11 3546 21.89
Note: Component may not add to total as some employ ed are working in more than one sector.
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Figure 14: Employed persons by broad economic sector of employment
4.2. Employed Persons by Major Occupation Employed persons 15 years and above by major occupation has been presented in Table-4.2.
It is observed from the table that, at the national level, for the total population, the occupation of
47.4% were agriculture forestry and fisheries followed by production and transport labour (22.8%)
and sales worker (15.1%).
For the males, similar pattern was observed where 40.1% were engaged in agriculture,
forestry fisheries occupation followed by production and transport labourer (26.7%) and sales
worker (18.1%). Among the females, the highest 64.8% were engaged in agriculture, forestry,
fisheries occupation followed by production & transport labourers (14.0%) and service worker
(8.1%). At the national level, the percentage of individuals having professional and technical
occupation were 4.4%, 4.9% and 3.2% respectively for both sexes, males and females.
There exists urban-rural variation with respect to occupation. In he urban area, for both
sexes, the highest 36.2% were engaged in production and transport labour occupation followed by
agriculture, forestry and fisheries worker (24.0%) and sales worker (17.2%). On the other hand, in
the rural area, the highest 54.5% were engaged in agriculture fishery and forestry occupation
followed by production and transport labour occupation (19.0%) and sales worker (14.4%). There
exist variation in other occupation also, such as professional, technical, administrative and
managerial. In the urban area the percentage of individuals having technical and professional
occupation and administrative and managerial were 7.4% and 2.3% respectively as against 3.4%
and 0.9% in the rural area. There exists also male and female variation between urban and rural
areas. The percentage of male population in the urban area with professional and technical
47%
18%
35%
Agriculture Industry Services
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occupation was 8.1% against 4.1% for the rural area. Such percentage for female in the urban area
was 5.8% against 2.4% for the females in the rural area.
Table-4.2: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major occupation
Major occupation
Bangladesh Urban Rural Total Male Femal
e Total Male Femal
e Total Male Femal
e Number (000)
Total 54084 37882 16202 10421 8752 3669 41663 29130 12533 Professional, technical 2406 1892 515 921 709 212 1486 1183 303
Administrative, managerial 689 593 96 312 286 26 377 307 70
Clerical worker 1001 906 104 427 378 49 582 528 54 Services worker 3001 1688 1313 759 374 385 2242 1315 927
Sales worker 8158 6869 1290 2139 1978 161 6020 4891 1129
Agri, forestry, fisheries 25698 15192 10506 2976 1183 1793 22722 14009 8713
Production, transport labourer
12388 10116 2272 4491 3518 972 7897 6598 1299
Others 1082 965 117 457 385 72 625 581 44
Percent Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Professional, technical 4.4 4.9 3.2 7.4 8.1 5.8 3.4 4.1 2.4 Administrative, managerial 1.3 1.6 0.6 2.5 3.3 0.7 0.9 1.1 0.6
Clerical worker 1.9 2.4 0.6 3.4 4.3 1.3 1.4 1.8 0.4
Services worker 5.5 4.5 8.1 6.1 4.3 10.5 5.4 4.5 7.4
Sales worker 15.0 18.1 8.0 17.2 22.6 4.4 14.4 16.8 9.0 Agri, forestry, fisheries 47.4 40.1 64.8 24.0 13.5 48.9 54.5 48.1 69.5
Production, transport labourer
22.8 26.7 14.0 36.2 40.2 26.5 19.0 22.7 10.4
Others 2.0 2.5 0.7 3.7 4.4 2.0 1.5 2.0 0.4
N.B.: Component may be higher than total as one employed person may be employed in more than one occupation. This is also true for employment by industry and status in employment.
Figure 15: Employed persons by major occupation
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4.3. Labour Force Growth Rate by Occupation The growth of labour force by different occupation has been presented in Table-4.3. It is
observed form the table that irregular growth was observed in different occupation, some
occupation grew rapidly and some occupation reduced over the period. It is seen form the table that
at the aggregate level the highest positive growth was found in case of administrative and
managerial occupation. The rate of growth in this occupation was 28.20%. Negative growth rate
was observed in case of clerical workers. Negative growth rate was found in case of total and
female employed population in clerical occupation however, positive growth rate was found in case
of male clerical worker. It is seen form the table that, higher rate of growth took place in case of
sales worker and production, transport labourer and other occupation. The rate of growth in these
two groups were 4.89% and 3.97% respectively. High growth rates were observed for female sales
workers (42.57%), sales worker (10.43%) and agriculture, forestry and fisheries (7.75%).
Table-4.3 : Growth rate of major occupation between 2002-03 to 2005-06 (000)
Major occupation
LFS 2005-06 LFS 2010 Growth rate Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total 47357 36080 11277 54084 37882 16202 3.32 1.22 9.06Professional, Technical 2231 1737 494 2406 1892 515 1.88 2.14 1.05
Administrative, Managerial 223 201 22 689 593 96 28.20 27.04 36.83Clerical worker 1015 872 144 1001 906 104 - 0.34 0.95 - 8.13
Services worker 2757 1892 865 3001 1688 1313 2.12 - 2.85 10.43
Sales worker 6710 6476 235 8158 6869 1290 4.89 1.47 42.57
Agri, Forestry, Fisheries 22926 15221 7705 25698 15192 10506 2.85 - 0.05 7.75Production, Transport labourer & others
11493 9681 1812 13470 11081 2389 3.97 3.38 6.91
4.4. Employed Persons by Major Occupation and Level of Education Employed persons 15 years and above by level of education and occupation have been
presented in Table-4.4. It is observed from the table that among the total employed population 15
years and over more than two fifth (41.08%) had no education at all, 23.18% had only I-V
educational level, 14.22% had educational level VI-VIII. Surprisingly only 1.38% of the employed
population had educational level masters or equivalent and 2.19% had educational level degree or
equivalent. A small proportion of employed population had engineering and medical degree. Such
percentage was only 0.17% only 0.15% have technical and vocational degree.
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There exists variation among different occupational groups with respect to education.
Among the employed population of agriculture, forestry and fisheries as high as 59.12% had no
education and 23.27% had education level class I-V. The percentage of employed population with
higher education was very small in this occupational group. Only 0.30% was masters or equivalent
degree holder in this occupation. On the other hand, among the professional and technical
education group more than one fifth (20.24%) was degree or equivalent degree holder. The
percentage of employed population in this occupation with masters or equivalent degree was
14.59% and that with HSC or equivalent educational level was 17.50%.
It is seen from the table that lower educational attainment were observed in he occupational
groups such as production and transport worker, service worker and sales workers. The percentage
of employed population with this occupational group having no education were 40.96%, 49.42%
and 35.28%.respectively. On the other hand, higher educational levels were observed for clerical
worker and administrative and service workers.
Table 4.4: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major occupation and level of education
Major occupation
Level of Education Total No Class Class Class Ssc/ Hsc/ Degree/ Master/ Engi/ Techincal Others
Educa. I-v Vi-v iii Ix-x Equiv Equiv Equiv Equiv Medica Voc
Number (000) Total 54084 22216 12538 7695 4750 3280 1825 1185 746 91 82 24
Professional, Technical
2406 189 150 224 148 345 421 487 351 56 32 3
Administrative, Managerial
689 168 109 95 54 67 44 63 80 7 1 -
Clerical worker 1001 121 114 152 96 145 152 138 80 5 6 -
Services worker 3001 1483 679 389 204 134 65 30 11 3 2 2
Sales worker 8158 2878 1874 1206 812 691 359 212 99 8 15 4
Agri, Forestry, Fisheries
25698 11954 5980 3341 2318 1286 544 167 78 7 15 8
Production, Transport labourer
12388 5075 3424 2021 976 549 209 77 43 5 11 7
Others 1082 347 207 276 141 64 32 11 4 - 1 -
Percent Total 100.0 41.08 23.18 14.22 8.78 6.06 3.38 2.19 1.38 0.17 0.15 0.04
Professional, technical 100.0 7.86 6.23 9.31 6.15 14.34 17.50 20.24 14.59 2.33 1.33 0.12
Administrative, managerial
100.0 24.38 15.82 13.78 7.83 9.72 6.38 9.14 11.61 1.02 0.15 -
Clerical worker 100.0 12.08 11.39 15.18 9.59 14.49 18.18 13.79 7.99 0.50 0.60 -
Services worker 100.0 49.42 22.63 12.96 6.80 4.47 2.17 1.00 0.37 0.10 0.06 0.06
Sales worker 100.0 35.28 22.97 14.78 9.95 8.47 4.40 2.60 1.21 0.10 0.18 0.05
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Major occupation
Level of Education Total No Class Class Class Ssc/ Hsc/ Degree/ Master/ Engi/ Techincal Others
Educa. I-v Vi-v iii Ix-x Equiv Equiv Equiv Equiv Medica Voc
Agri, forestry, fisheries
100.0 59.12 23.27 13.00 9.02 5.00 2.12 0.15 0.30 0.03 0.06 0.02
Production, transport labourer
100.0 40.96 27.64 16.24 7.88 4.43 1.69 0.62 0.35 0.04 0.09 0.06
Others 100.0 32.07 19.13 25.51 13.03 5.91 2.96 1.01 0.37 - 0.09 -
4.5. Employed Persons by Formal and Informal Sector Employed population 15 years and over by formal and informal sector has been presented in
Table-4.5. It may me mentioned that the definition of formal and informal was not uniform in
different Labour Force Surveys . It is seen from the table that, of the total employed population
only 12.5% were in the formal sector and 87.5% was in the informal sector. Among the males
14.5% was in the formal sector and 85.5% was in the informal sector. For the females 7.7% was in
the formal sector and 92.3% was in the informal sector.
There exists urban-rural variation in employment by formal and informal sector. In the
urban area, 25.1% was in the formal sector compared to 7.7% in the rural area. On the other hand,
in the urban area 74.9% was in the informal sector compared to 91.3% in the rural area. There were
also variation by sex in employment by formal and informal sector in the urban and rural areas. In
the urban area, 27.6% male and 19.0% female was in the formal sector against 10.6% male and
4.4% female in the rural areas. On the other hand, 66.35% male and 68.92% female in the urban
areas and 79.24% male and 90.85% female in rural areas were in the informal sector.
Table-4.5: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by formal and informal sector
Sector Total Urban Rural Total male f emale Total male f emale Total male f emale
Number (000) Total 54084 37883 16202 12421 8752 3669 41664 29131 12533
Informal 47350 32391 14959 9310 6337 2973 38040 26054 11986 Formal 6787 5542 1244 3128 2432 696 3659 3111 549
Percent Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Informal 87.5 85.5 92.3 75.0 72.4 81.0 91.3 89.4 95.6
Formal 12.5 14.6 7.7 25.2 27.8 19.0 8.8 10.7 4.4
Figure 16: Employed persons by sector of employment
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4.6. Occupation by Sector of Employment Occupation status of employed population by sector of employment has been presented in table 4.6. Among all employed population the highest 64.0% were engaged in sole proprietorship organization followed by households (21.6%) and private enterprise (6.0%). Among the professional and technical groups the highest 23.4% were engaged in govt. sector followed by sole proprietorship (19.3%) and NGOs sector (14.0). Among the administrative and managerial groups highest 48.5% were engaged in sole proprietorship followed by household (17.9%) and private enterprise (9.0%). Among clerical workers the highest 30.9% were engaged in sole proprietorship followed by government sector (25.1%) and private enterprise (12.6%). In all the occupation, except professional and technical, the highest proportion were engaged in sole proprietorship organizations. Such percentages for service workers were 60.7%, sales workers 68.4%, agriculture, forestry and fishery 73.0%. Households were also plays important role in employment where 27.5% of service workers, 23.2% of sales workers, 22.9% of agriculture, forestry and fishery workers and 21.0% of production and transport labourer were engaged in household sector. Table-4.6: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major occupation and sector of employment
Major occupation ownership of establishment
Total Government Autonomous Local Government
NGO Private enterprise
Sole proprietorship
Household Others
Number (000)
Total 54084 1377 887 368 688 3284 34826 11770 1230
Professional technical
2407 564 399 60 337 330 464 189 63
Administrative managerial
689 79 37 6 32 62 334 123 15
Clarical worker 1009 253 108 25 81 127 312 87 15 Service worker 3001 136 15 39 28 65 1823 824 71
Sales worker 8159 46 21 35 42 368 5579 1894 174
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
25698 29 20 54 23 587 18798 5881 306
Production and transport labourer
12388 131 190 115 103 1609 7084 2607 548
Others 1082 139 98 34 42 135 432 166 37
87.5
12.5
Informal Formal
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Major occupation ownership of establishment
Total Government Autonomous Local Government
NGO Private enterprise
Sole proprietorship
Household Others
Percent
Total 100.0 2.5 1.6 0.7 1.3 6.0 64.0 21.6 2.3
Professional technical
100.0 23.4 16.6 2.5 14.0 13.7 19.3 7.9 2.6
Administrative managerial
100.0 11.5 5.4 0.9 4.6 9.0 48.5 17.9 2.2
Clarical worker 100.0 25.1 10.7 2.5 8.0 12.6 30.9 8.6 1.5 Service worker 100.0 4.5 0.5 1.3 0.9 2.2 60.7 27.5 2.4
Sales worker 100.0 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.5 4.5 68.4 23.2 2.1
Agricu lture, forestry and fisheries
100.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 2.3 73.1 22.9 1.2
Production and transport labourer
100.0 1.1 1.5 0.9 0.8 13.0 57.2 21.0 4.4
Others 100.0 12.8 9.1 3.1 3.9 12.5 39.9 15.3 3.4
4.7. Employment by Industry Employment by major industries by sex and residence has been presented in Table-4.7. The
distribution of industry has been made in light of BSIC revision-4 which has 22 category. It is
observed from the table that, at the national level, the highest 47.3% of employment was absorbed
by the agriculture, forestry and fishery industry followed by wholesale and retail trade (13.9%) and
manufacturing (12.4%). The other notable industries were transport and storage (7.3%), service
activities (4.3%) education (2.4%).
There exists urban-rural variation in employment by industry. In the urban areas, the highest
employment rate was observed in the agriculture sector (23.9%) followed by manufacturing sector
(20.4%) and wholesale and retail trade (16.6%). The other important industries that employed
notable proportion of manpower in the urban areas were transport. Storage (9.4%), construction
(6.6%), other service activities (5.5%) and education (3.4%). On the other hand, in the rural areas,
the highest employment was noticed in agriculture, forestry and fishery sector (54.2%) wholesale
and retail trade (13.1%) and manufacturing (10.0%). The other important industries in the rural area
that absorbed sizeable employed persons were transport, storage (6.7), construction (4.3%) and
other service activities (4.0%).
There exist sex variation in employment by industries. In the national level, 64.8% females
were engaged in agricultural industries compared to 39.8% males. In the wholesale and retail trade
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industry 17.1% males were employed as against 6.3% for the females. In the urban area, 13.5%
male were employed in agriculture, forestry and fishery compared to 48.9% females. In the same
area 23.1% females were engaged in manufacturing as against 19.2% male and 21.8% male were
engaged in wholesale and retail trade as against 4.1% females. In the rural areas, 47.7% males were
employed in agriculture, forestry and fishery compared to 69.6% females. Employment in rural
areas for wholesale and retail trade was 15.7% for male as against 7.0% for females.
Table-4.7: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major industry
Major Industry
Bangladesh Urban Rural
Total male female Total male female Total male female
Number (000)
Total 54084 37882 16202 12421 8752 3669 41663 29130 12533
agriculture, forestry and fishing
25727 15221 10506 2982 1188 1794 22745 14032 8712
mining and quarrying 109 93 17 24 22 1 86 70 15
manufacturing 6737 4830 1907 2544 1696 848 4193 3134 1060
electricit y, gas, st eam and air conditioning supply
96 91 5 49 45 4 47 46 1
water supply; sewerage, waste manag ement and remediation act
27 23 4 12 10 2 15 13 1
construction 2617 2391 227 818 766 52 1800 1625 175
wholesale and ret ail trad e; repair of motor vehicles and mot
7557 6530 1027 2074 1923 151 5482 4607 876
transportation and storag e 3983 3738 245 1179 1140 39 2804 2598 206
accommod ation and food service activities
832 776 56 254 239 15 578 537 41
information and communication
55 52 3 21 21 1 34 32 2
financial and in surance activities
364 313 52 229 194 35 135 118 17
real estat e activities 35 33 2 25 25 0 10 8 2
professional, scientific and technical activities
115 93 22 62 57 5 53 37 17
administrative and support service activities
487 443 44 285 261 24 202 182 20
public admin istration and defence; compulsory social securit
539 503 36 257 233 24 282 270 12
education 1287 961 326 420 276 144 867 685 182
human health and social work activities
430 265 165 147 102 45 283 163 121
arts, entertainment and recreation
67 60 7 14 12 2 53 48 5
other service activities 2358 1641 718 686 510 175 1673 1130 542
activities of households as emplo yers; undifferentiated good
1006 161 845 396 87 309 610 74 536
activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
4 4 0 3 3 0 1 1 0
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Major Industry
Bangladesh Urban Rural
Total male female Total male female Total male female
Percent Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
agriculture, forestry and fishing
47.57 40.18 64.84 24.01 13.57 48.90 54.59 48.17 69.51
mining and quarrying 0.20 0.25 0.10 0.19 0.25 0.03 0.21 0.24 0.12
manufacturing 12.46 12.75 11.77 20.48 19.38 23.11 10.06 10.76 8.46
electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
0.18 0.24 0.03 0.39 0.51 0.11 0.11 0.16 0.01
water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation act
0.05 0.06 0.02 0.10 0.11 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.01
construction 4.84 6.31 1.40 6.59 8.75 1.42 4.32 5.58 1.40
wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
13.97 17.24 6.34 16.70 21.97 4.12 13.16 15.82 6.99
transportation and storage
7.36 9.87 1.51 9.49 13.03 1.06 6.73 8.92 1.64
accommodation and food service activities
1.54 2.05 0.35 2.04 2.73 0.41 1.39 1.84 0.33
information and communication
0.10 0.14 0.02 0.17 0.24 0.03 0.08 0.11 0.02
financial and insurance activities
0.67 0.83 0.32 1.84 2.22 0.95 0.32 0.41 0.14
real estate activities 0.06 0.09 0.01 0.20 0.29 0.00 0.02 0.03 0.02
professional, scientific and technical activities
0.21 0.25 0.14 0.50 0.65 0.14 0.13 0.13 0.14
administrative and support service activities
0.90 1.17 0.27 2.29 2.98 0.65 0.48 0.62 0.16
public administration and defence; compulsory social securit
1.00 1.33 0.22 2.07 2.66 0.65 0.68 0.93 0.10
education 2.38 2.54 2.01 3.38 3.15 3.92 2.08 2.35 1.45
human health and social work activities
0.80 0.70 1.02 1.18 1.17 1.23 0.68 0.56 0.97
arts, entertainment and recreation
0.12 0.16 0.04 0.11 0.14 0.05 0.13 0.16 0.04
other service activities 4.36 4.33 4.43 5.52 5.83 4.77 4.02 3.88 4.32
activities of households as employers; undifferentiated good
1.86 0.43 5.22 3.19 0.99 8.42 1.46 0.25 4.28
activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
0.01 0.01 0.00 0.02 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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4.8. Growth Rate of Employed Persons by Industry Growth of employed persons by industry has been presented in Table-4.8. It is observed
from the table that growth occurred in most of the industries, whereas negative growth is also seen
in case of some industries. The positive growth rate was found in case of agriculture, forestry &
fishery, mining and quarry, manufacturing, electricity, water & gas, construction, wholesale and
retail trade, hotel and restaurant, transport, storage and communication, real-estate, renting and
business activities etc. Negative growth rate was revealed in financial intermediation service and
education.
The highest positive growth was held in real estate, renting and business activities (24.47%)
followed by mining and quarrying (18.98%) and construction (13.52%). On the other hand, highest
negative growth was found in financial intermediation (8.28%) followed by education (0.37%).
Table-4.8: Average annual growth rate of industry between 2005-2006 to 2010 (000)
Industry
2005-06 2010 Average growth rate Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total 47357 36080 11277 54084 37882 16202 3.32 1.22 9.06 Agricu lture, hunting and forestry 21672 14168 7504 25727 15221 10506 4.29 1.79 8.41
Mining and quarrying 51 44 7 109 92 17 18.98 18.44 22.18
Manufacture 5224 3926 1298 6731 4824 1907 6.34 5.15 9.62
Electricit y, gas and water supply 76 73 3 123 114 9 12.04 11.14 27.46
Construction 1524 1421 104 2617 2391 227 13.52 13.01 19.51
Wholesale & retail trad e; repair of Motor vehicles, motor
7108 6705 403 7557 6530 1027 1.53 -0.66 23.39
Hotels and restaurants 712 661 51 832 776 56 3.89 4.01 2.34
Transport, storag e and communication s
3976 3910 66 4037 3790 247 3.81 -0.78 32.99
Financial intermediation 507 392 115 364 313 51 -8.28 -5.63 -20.32
Real estate, renting and bu siness activities
239 227 11 636 569 67 24.47 22.97 45.17
Public administration and defen ce; 882 778 104 539 503 36 -12.31 -10.90 -26.52
Education 1306 964 343 1287 961 326 -0.37 -0.08 -1.27
Health and social work 362 241 122 497 325 172 7.92 7.48 8.58
Other communit y, social and Person al service activities
2622 1654 968 3374 1812 1562 6.30 2.28 11.96
N.B: Components may not add to total employed as one employed person may be engaged in more than one industr y.
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4.9. Employed Persons by Major Industry and Level of Education Employed persons by major industry and level of education has been presented in Table-
4.9. It is seen from the table that, among the employed persons in different industries, the highest
53.29% in transportation & storage had no education followed by activities of households as
employers; undifferentiated goods (51.8%) and mining and quarrying (50.2%). Higher educational
attainment was seen in industries like electricity, gas and water supply, financial and insurance
activities, real estate activities, public administration and defense, education, human health and
social work activities etc.. The highest 24.4% employed persons in education had degree and
equivalent level education followed by financial insurance activities (21.16%) and administrative
and support service activities (17.4%). It is also depicts from the same table that, the highest 19.4%
employed persons in education were masters or equivalent degree holder followed by financial and
insurance activities (16.8%) and professional, scientific and technical activities (15.8%) who had
the same degree. Employed persons having medical and engineering degree were found in water
supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities, real estate, professional scientific
and technical activities, human and social work activities etc. The percentage of technical and
vocational degree holders were found 5.3% in information and communication service and 1.9% in
human health and social work activities.
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Table-4.9: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major industry and level of education
(Percent) Industry Level of education
Total No education
Class i-v
Class vi-viii
Class ix-x
SSC/ equivalent
HSC/ equivalent
Bachelor
degree/
equivalent
Master
degree/
equivalent
Medical/
engineerin
g degre
e
Technical/ vocational education
Others
Total 100.0 40.8 23.0 14.1 8.7 6.0 3.4 2.2 1.4 0.2 0.2 0.0
agriculture, forestry and fishing
100.0 46.5 23.3 13.0 9.0 5.0 2.1 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0
mining and quarrying 100.0 50.2 18.2 14.4 11.0 2.7 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0
manufacturing 100.0 35.4 26.0 17.1 9.0 6.5 3.1 1.7 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.1
electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
100.0 8.2 11.6 32.4 13.2 12.1 10.3 4.2 5.1 2.9 0.0 0.0
water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation act
100.0 38.2 15.0 27.1 2.4 3.4 0.0 9.1 0.0 4.9 0.0 0.0
construction 100.0 46.3 28.7 13.4 5.7 2.7 1.6 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.0
wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
100.0 36.1 22.9 15.0 9.9 8.3 4.1 2.4 1.0 0.1 0.2 0.0
transportation and storage
100.0 53.9 24.3 10.9 5.0 3.2 1.6 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0
accommodation and food service activities
100.0 35.9 31.2 13.6 10.1 5.3 1.9 1.1 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.1
information and communication
100.0 10.2 10.1 38.5 5.6 10.6 7.7 6.9 3.6 1.7 5.3 0.0
financial and insurance activities
100.0 4.0 7.2 13.7 9.2 9.9 16.7 21.6 16.8 0.9 0.0 0.0
real estate activities 100.0 26.4 20.5 11.2 14.0 14.1 3.0 2.8 4.0 4.0 0.0 0.0
professional, scientific and technical activities
100.0 13.4 11.4 9.7 8.5 17.4 8.3 11.1 15.8 4.1 0.3 0.0
administrative and support service activities
100.0 6.2 5.1 16.7 11.3 15.3 15.9 17.4 10.1 1.8 0.2 0.0
public administration and defence; compulsory social securit
100.0 5.4 3.6 27.0 11.7 21.6 15.1 10.4 4.2 0.6 0.6 0.0
education 100.0 6.0 2.6 10.0 5.1 12.6 17.8 24.4 19.4 1.1 0.8 0.2
human health and social work activities
100.0 17.5 11.0 13.7 10.4 13.3 13.7 8.2 6.3 3.9 1.9 0.0
arts, entertainment and recreation
100.0 38.4 25.9 19.3 3.4 4.5 4.6 1.2 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
other service activities 100.0 26.2 26.8 19.7 11.7 6.5 3.3 2.8 2.2 0.3 0.4 0.1
activities of households as employers; undifferentiated good
100.0 51.8 22.7 13.0 5.0 3.6 2.0 0.9 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.0
activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
100.0 0.0 22.8 22.8 22.8 22.8 0.0 8.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
recycling 100.0 27.2 29.3 27.5 16.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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4.10. Employment by Major Industry and Sector of Employment Employment by major industry and sector of employment has been presented in table 4.10. It is observed from the table that government sector employ the highest 66.4% of the employees engaged in public administration and defense and compulsory social security. Government sector also employ 34.0% of employees in administrative and support services, 30.9% of education and 26.9% of water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities. Autonomous bodies employ the highest 28.1% of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply followed by 26.7% of education and 26.1% of financial and insurance activities. Private enterprise provide the highest employment in real estate activities (33.3%) financial and insurance activities (26.2%) and manufacturing (21.2%). Sole proprietorship dominate in employing persons in different sector of employment with the highest for agriculture, forestry & fishing (73.1%). Household employ the highest 39.9% of employment in mining and quarrying followed by human health and social work activities (31.8%) and activities of households as employer; undifferentiated goods (30.2%).
Table-4.10: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major industry and sector of employment.
Industry ownership of establishment
Total Government
Autonomous
Local governm
ent
NGO Private enterpris
e
Sole proprieto
rship
House-hold
Others
Number (000) Total 54084 1377 887 368 688 3284 34826 11770 1230
agriculture, forestry and fishing
25727 34 23 56 23 591 18810 5884 306
mining and quarrying 109 1 1 1 0 2 46 44 15
manufacturing 6737 61 159 86 71 1421 3445 1397 97
electricit y, gas, st eam and air conditioning supply
96 13 27 0 3 12 26 6 9
water supply; sewerage, waste manag ement and remediation act
27 7 1 1 2 1 8 5 2
construction 2617 17 10 13 17 170 1614 604 172 wholesale and ret ail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
7557 47 21 35 42 322 5271 1635 184
transportation and storage
3983 41 18 19 21 189 2514 926 256
accommod ation and food service activities
832 18 3 5 7 30 573 170 26
information and communication
55 8 11 0 3 11 16 6 0
financial and in surance activities
364 41 95 5 71 95 47 2 8
real estat e activities 35 0 0 0 0 12 14 4 5
professional, scientific and technical activities
115 14 3 2 2 15 47 25 7
administrative and support service activities
487 165 68 18 32 68 103 25 8
public admin istration and defence; compulsory social securit
539 358 52 37 24 34 28 5 1
education 1287 398 344 41 164 131 111 75 23 human health and social work activities
430 80 13 5 13 59 115 137 8
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Industry ownership of establishment
Total Government
Autonomous
Local governm
ent
NGO Private enterpris
e
Sole proprieto
rship
House-hold
Others
arts, entertainment and recreation
67 2 2 0 1 4 39 17 2
other service activities 2358 69 32 21 181 109 1358 500 88 activities of households as emplo yers; undifferentiated good
1006 2 4 24 6 9 642 304 15
activities of extraterr itorial organizations and bodies
4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
Percent Total 100.0 2.50 1.60 0.70 1.30 6.00 64.00 21.60 2.30
agriculture, forestry and fishing
100.0 0.10 0.10 0.20 0.10 2.30 73.10 22.90 1.20
mining and quarrying 100.0 1.30 0.90 0.90 0.00 1.60 41.80 39.90 13.50
manufacturing 100.0 0.90 2.40 1.30 1.10 21.10 51.10 20.80 1.40 electricit y, gas, st eam and air conditioning supply
100.0 13.70 28.10 0.00 3.50 12.80 26.90 6.00 9.00
water supply; sewerage, waste manag ement and remediation act
100.0 26.90 3.00 5.50 8.50 3.00 30.10 16.90 6.20
construction 100.0 0.70 0.40 0.50 0.70 6.50 61.60 23.10 6.60 wholesale and ret ail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
100.0 0.60 0.30 0.50 0.60 4.30 69.80 21.60 2.40
transportation and storage
100.0 1.00 0.50 0.50 0.50 4.80 63.10 23.20 6.40
accommod ation and food service activities
100.0 2.10 0.40 0.60 0.90 3.60 68.90 20.40 3.10
information and communication
100.0 15.00 20.80 0.00 5.10 20.00 28.40 10.60 0.00
financial and in surance activities
100.0 11.20 26.10 1.40 19.40 26.20 13.00 0.60 2.10
real estat e activities 100.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 33.30 41.00 11.20 14.50
professional, scientific and technical activities
100.0 11.90 2.40 1.80 2.10 13.00 41.00 21.70 6.10
administrative and support service activities
100.0 34.00 13.90 3.60 6.60 13.90 21.20 5.20 1.60
public admin istration and defence; compulsory social securit
100.0 66.40 9.60 6.80 4.50 6.30 5.20 1.00 0.10
education 100.0 30.90 26.70 3.20 12.70 10.20 8.60 5.80 1.80 human health and social work activities
100.0 18.70 3.10 1.20 3.00 13.80 26.70 31.80 1.80
arts, entertainment and recreation
100.0 3.50 2.90 0.00 2.20 5.30 57.60 25.40 3.10
other service activities 100.0 2.90 1.40 0.90 7.70 4.60 57.60 21.20 3.70 activities of households as emplo yers; undifferentiated good
100.0 0.20 0.40 2.40 0.60 0.90 63.90 30.20 1.50
activities of extraterr itorial organizations and bodies
100.0 0.00 22.80 0.00 54.30 0.00 22.80 0.00 0.00
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4.11. Status in Employment Status in employment by sex has been presented in Table-4.11. It is observed from the table
that the highest 22.7% employed persons were self-employed in agriculture followed by unpaid
family worker (21.7%) and self employed in non-agriculture (17.97%). Among the males, the
highest 25.6% were self-employed in agriculture followed by self employed in non-agriculture
(21.5%) regular and paid employee (16.8%). On the other hand, among the females, as high as
56.2% were unpaid family worker followed by self-employed in agriculture (15.7%) and regular
paid employee (8.9%).
It is noticed from the table that, there exists urban-rural variation in respect of status in
employment. In the urban area, the highest 30.1% were regular paid employee followed by self
employed in agriculture (21.6%). On the contrary, in the rural area, the highest 27.5% was self-
employed in agriculture (27.5%) followed by worker (23.1%) and self employed in non-agriculture
(16.8%).
Table-4.11: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by status in employment
Status of employment Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Number (000)
Total 54084 37882 16202 12421 8752 3669 41663 29130 12533
regular paid employee 7879 6440 1439 3759 2877 882 4120 3563 558
employer 119 89 30 24 22 2 95 67 28
self employed (agri) 12333 9789 2544 799 571 228 11534 9218 2316
self employed (non-agri) 9730 8202 1529 2697 2388 309 7033 5814 1220
unpaid family worker 11792 2677 9116 2119 350 1769 9674 2327 7347
irregular paid worker 1489 1193 296 717 554 163 771 638 133
day labourer (agri) 5793 5394 400 450 418 33 5343 4976 367
day labourer (non-agri) 4841 4392 449 1784 1615 169 3057 2776 280
servant 455 47 408 132 16 117 323 31 291
Percent Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
regular paid employee 14.6 17.0 8.9 30.3 32.9 24.0 9.9 12.2 4.5employer 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
self employed (agri) 22.8 25.8 15.7 6.4 6.5 6.2 27.7 31.6 18.5self employed (non-agri) 18.0 21.7 9.4 21.7 27.3 8.4 16.9 20.0 9.7
unpaid family worker 21.8 7.1 56.3 17.1 4.0 48.2 23.2 8.0 58.6irregular paid worker 2.8 3.1 1.8 5.8 6.3 4.4 1.9 2.2 1.1
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Status of employment Total Urban Rural Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
day labourer (agri) 10.7 14.2 2.5 3.6 4.8 0.9 12.8 17.1 2.9day labourer (non-agri) 9.0 11.6 2.8 14.4 18.5 4.6 7.3 9.5 2.2
servant 0.8 0.1 2.5 1.1 0.2 3.2 0.8 0.1 2.3
4.12. Status in Employment by Major Occupation Status in employment by major occupation has been presented in Table-4.12. It is notable
from the table that, employment status varies with occupation. In professional and technical
occupation, as high as 70.6% was employee followed by 18.6% self-employed (non-agriculture)
and 4.3% irregular paid worker. Similarly in clerical worker occupation 62.0% was employee,
18.0% was self-employed in non-agriculture and 11.4% self employed in agriculture. In
administrative and managerial occupation as high as 44.1% was self-employed in non agriculture
followed by 28.7% paid employee and 10.8% self employed in agriculture. In traditional
occupations such as agriculture, forestry and fishery, the highest 37.2% were unpaid family helper
followed by self employed in agriculture (31.1%) and day labour in agriculture (21.5%). Among
service workers highest 27.7% were self employed in agriculture followed by 21.4% unpaid family
helper and 13.9% were regular paid employee. Among sales workers 38.6% were self employed in
non-agriculture followed by 37.0% were self employed in agriculture and 10% were regular
employer. Among transport and production labourer the highest 31.0% were day labour in non-
agriculture followed by self employed in non-agriculture (28.3%) and regular paid employee
(23.5%).
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Table-4.12: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major occupation and status in employment
Major occupation
Stus in emp lo yment Total regular
paid employee
employer self employed
(agri)
self employed (non-agri)
unpaid family worker
irregular paid
worker
day labourer
(agri)
day labourer
(non-agri)
servant
Number (000)
Total 54084 7879 119 12333 9730 11792 1489 5793 4841 455
Professional technical
2407 1699 27 15 447 19 103 7 58 33
Administrative managerial
689 223 7 71 288 48 22 13 15 2
Clerical worker 1009 625 6 115 181 15 35 6 23 2
Service worker 3001 417 6 831 408 643 146 22 217 311
Sales worker 8159 819 26 3018 3149 607 225 52 222 41
Agricu lture, forestry and fisheries
25698 695 22 7983 1429 9558 111 5523 346 31
Production and transport labourer
12388 2916 20 281 3506 878 746 161 3846 34
Others 1082 484 6 18 322 25 102 9 115 2
Percent
Total 100.0 14.5 0.2 22.7 17.9 21.7 2.7 10.6 8.9 0.8
Professional technical
100.0 70.6 1.1 0.6 18.6 0.8 4.3 0.3 2.4 1.4
Administrative managerial
100.0 28.7 1.1 10.8 44.1 7.3 3.3 2.1 2.3 0.3
Clerical worker 100.0 62.0 0.6 11.4 18.0 1.5 3.5 0.6 2.3 0.2
Service worker 100.0 13.9 0.2 27.7 13.6 21.4 4.9 0.7 7.2 10.4
Sales worker 100.0 10.0 0.3 37.0 38.6 7.4 2.8 0.6 2.7 0.5
Agricu lture, forestry and fisheries
100.0 2.7 0.1 31.1 5.6 37.2 0.4 21.5 1.3 0.1
Production and transport labourer
100.0 23.5 0.2 2.3 28.3 7.1 6.0 1.3 31.0 0.3
Others 100.0 44.8 0.5 1.7 29.8 2.3 9.4 0.8 10.6 0.2
4.13. Weekly Hours Worked Employed person’s average weekly hours of work has been presented in Table-4.13. It is
observed form the table that of the total labour force the highest 17,907 thousand or 32.9% worked
50-59 hours per week followed by 40-49 hours or more by 30.7% employed persons and 17.9%
employed persons worked 60 hours in a week.
There exists sex variation in hours of work in a week. Among the males, the highest 41.7%
worked more than 50-59 hours followed by 25.9% who worked 40-49 hours in a week and 22.5%
worked 60 hours and above in a week. On the other hand, among females, the highest 42.1%
worked 40-49 hours in a week followed by 28.0% worked <15 hours in a week and 12.1% worked
for 50-59 hours in a week.
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The urban-rural variation in hours worked is not very wide. In the urban areas, the highest
34.5% worked for 40-49 hours followed by 50-59 hours work in a week by 26.6% employed
persons and 25.2% worked for 60 hours or more in a week. In the rural area 34.8% worked for 50-
59 hours in a week followed by 26.9% who worked for 40-49 hours and 15.7% worked for more
than 60 hours in a week.
Table-4.13: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by weekly hours worked
Hours worked in
a week
Total Urban Rural Total male f emale Total male f emale Total male f emale
Number (000)
Total 54084 37882 16202 10421 8752 3669 41663 29130 12533 <15 hours 5973 1436 4537 992 163 829 4981 1273 3707
15-19 794 655 139 93 71 22 701 584 117
20-29 2265 834 1431 407 123 284 1858 711 1147
30-39 1042 870 172 214 162 53 828 709 119
40-49 16718 9896 6822 4311 2812 1499 12407 7084 5323
50-59 17907 15946 1961 3318 2790 528 14588 13156 1432
60 + hours 9732 8582 1150 3143 2689 453 6590 5893 697
Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 <15 hours 11.0 3.8 28.0 9.5 1.9 22.6 12.0 4.4 29.6 15-19 1.5 1.7 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.6 1.7 2.0 0.9 20-29 4.2 2.2 8.8 3.9 1.4 7.7 4.5 2.4 9.2 30-39 1.9 2.3 1.1 2.1 1.9 1.4 2.0 2.4 0.9 40-49 30.9 26.1 42.1 41.4 32.1 40.9 29.8 24.3 42.5 50-59 33.1 42.1 12.1 31.8 31.9 14.4 35.0 45.2 11.4 60 + hours 18.0 22.7 7.1 30.2 30.7 12.3 15.8 20.2 5.6
4.14. Average Weekly Hours Work by Occupation Average weekly hours work done by the employed population by different occupation
group has been presented in Table-4.14. It is observed from the table that the highest average 52
hours of work was done by the persons with others followed by 51 hours by sales workers and
production and transport workers. Among the males, the highest 53 hours of work was done by and
production and transport labours followed by sales and social workers & others (52 hours). Among
the females, the highest average hours of work was found for others (49 hours) followed by
professional and technical occupation (47 hours) and administrative and managerial occupation (45
hours)..
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The urban and rural variation in respect of hours work per week is well differentiated. In the
urban areas, the highest 55 hours of work was noticed for sales workers, followed by production
and transport labourer (54 hours) and others (53 hours). In the rural areas, the highest 51 hours of
weekly work was noticed in case of others followed by clerical workers and sale workers (50
hours). It is noticeable that, at the aggregate level lowest average hourly work (42 hours) was found
for agriculture, forestry and fisheries occupation preceded by service worker (46 hours). The lowest
average weekly hours of work for agriculture, forestry and fisheries were found in case of males
and females and also for urban and rural areas.
Table 4.14: Employed person aged 15 years and above average weekly hours work by occupation
(Hours) Occupations Total Urban Rural
Total male f emale Total male f emale Total male f emale
Total 46 51 35 49 53 38 45 50 34
Professional technical 49 49 47 49 49 47 49 49 47
Administrative managerial 49 50 45 51 51 47 47 48 45
Clerical worker 50 51 45 50 50 44 50 51 45
Service worker 46 52 37 48 54 42 45 52 36
Sales worker 51 52 46 55 55 47 50 51 46
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries 42 49 31 37 49 29 42 49 32
Production and transport labourer 51 53 41 54 55 50 49 52 35
Others 52 52 49 53 53 49 51 52 50
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Figure 17: Av erage weekly hours worked of employed person by occupation
4.15. Average Weekly Hours Worked by Major Industries Average weekly hours of work of employed persons by major industries has been presented
in Table-4.15. It is revealed from the table that at the national level, 55 hours of work per week was
done by persons employed in accommodation and food service activities followed by transport,
storage (55 hours) and professional, scientific and technical activities (53 hours). The lowest hours
of work was accounted for activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods (35
hours) agriculture, forestry and fishing (42 hours). In case of males, the highest average weekly
hours of work was found for accommodation and food service activities (56 hours) followed by
transport and storage (55 hours) and professional, scientific and technical activities wholesale and
retail trade and repair of motorcycle, other service activities and activities of household as
employer; undifferentiated goods (53 hours). Among females, the highest average weekly hours of
work was found in case of information and communication (54 hours) construction, professional,
scientific and technical activities & human health and social work activities (50 hours). The lowest
average weekly hours of work for females was found in case of real state activities (16 hours).
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Total
Professional technical
Administrative managerial
Clerical worker
Service worker
Sales worker
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Production and transport labourer
Others
Male Female
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There exists urban-rural variation in respect of weekly hours work by employed persons in
different industries. In the urban area, the highest average weekly hours of work was found in case
of employed persons in accommodation and food service activities (58 hours) followed by
transportation & storage (56 hours) and wholesale, retail trade and repair of motor vehicle and
motorcycle (55 hours). In rural area, the highest average weekly hours of work was found in case of
professional scientific and technical activities (55 hours) followed by accommodation and food
service activities (54 hours), and transports and storage (53 hours). In the rural area, the lowest
hour of work was found in case of real estate activities (16 hours) and in the urban area agriculture,
forestry and fishery (37 hours).
Table 4.15: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by average weekly hours worked and Industry
Industry
Total Urban Rural Total male female Total male female Total male female
Total 46 51 35 49 53 38 45 50 34 agriculture, forestry and fishing 42 49 31 37 49 29 42 49 32 mining and quarrying 45 48 31 50 50 38 44 47 31 manufacturing 50 51 48 53 54 53 48 50 44 electricit y, gas, st eam and air conditioning supply
49 49 45 48 49 44 50 50 48
water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation act
50 51 38 52 54 45 47 50 24
construction 52 52 50 53 53 52 51 51 50 wholesale and ret ail trad e; rep air of motor vehicles and mot
52 53 46 55 56 48 51 52 46
transportation and storag e 54 55 43 56 57 43 53 54 43 accommod ation and food service activities
55 56 44 58 58 56 54 55 40
information and communication 50 50 54 53 53 54 49 48 54 financial and in surance activities 48 48 46 48 48 47 49 49 46 real estat e activities 48 50 16 52 52 - 37 41 16 professional, scientific and technical activities
53 53 50 51 52 38 55 55 54
administrative and support service activities
48 49 46 48 48 45 48 49 47
public admin istration and defense; compulsory social securit y
49 49 46 49 49 43 50 50 50
education 47 48 47 48 48 47 47 47 47 human health and social work activities
51 52 50 50 51 48 52 53 51
arts, entertainment and recreation 49 49 44 42 47 19 51 50 57 other service activities 45 53 26 50 54 38 42 52 22 activities of households as emplo yers; undifferentiated good
35 53 32 41 53 38 31 53 28
activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
50 50 - 50 50 - 48 48 -
4.16. Average Hours Worked by Status of Employment Weekly average hours worked by employed population by status is employment has been
presented in Table-4.16. It is revealed from the table that, at the aggregate level, the highest average
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weekly hours of work was found in case of irregular servant (57 hours) followed and employer (55
hours) paid worker (55 hours). The lowest average daily work was found in case of unpaid family
workers (24 hours). There exists some sex differentials in case of weekly hours of work by
employment status. In case of male, the highest average weekly hours of work was found in case of
servant (60 hours) followed by irregular paid worker (56 hours) employer (55 hours). In case of
females, the highest 56 hours of work was observed in case of servant, followed by employer and
day labourer agriculture (54 hours) and irregular paid workers (53 hours). The lowest weekly hours
of work for males and females were found for unpaid family worker. The corresponding hours of
work were 29 hours and 23 hours respectively for males and females.
The urban-rural variation in respect of weekly hours of work by status in employment
shows that, the highest 57 hours of work by the servants in urban area and 56 hours of work by the
same group in the rural area. The lowest average weekly hours of work for urban and rural areas
were for unpaid family worker where the weekly hours of work were 26 hours and 24 hours
respectively.
Table-4.16: Average weekly hours worked of employed persons aged 15 years and over by status in employment
(hours) Status in employment
Total Urban Rural
Total male f emale Total male f emale Total male f emale
Total 46 51 35 49 53 38 45 50 34
Regular paid employee 52 52 52 53 53 53 51 52 50
Employer 55 55 54 56 56 51 55 55 55
Self employed (agri) 50 51 49 48 49 48 50 51 49
Self employed (non-agri) 52 53 47 55 55 49 51 52 47
Unpaid family worker 24 29 23 26 33 24 24 28 23
Irregular paid worker 55 56 53 56 57 54 54 55 52
Day labourer (agri) 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54
Day labourer (non-agri) 54 54 51 55 56 50 53 53 52
Servant 57 60 56 57 65 56 56 58 56
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Figure 18: Av erage weekly hours worked of employed persons by status in employment
4.17. Weekly Income of the Day Labourers Weekly income of the agriculture and non-agricultural labourers has been presented in
Ttable 4.17. It is revealed from the table that the weekly income of the highest 38.5% labourers was
between Tk. 501-1000 followed by income group Tk. 1001-1500 (29.8%) and income group 1501-
2000 (17.3%). It is notable that there exist variations among males & females and urban & rural
with respect to weekly income of labourers. Among the males the highest 39.5% had income
between Tk. 501-1000 whereas among females the highest 32.9% had income between Tk. 1501-
2000. In the rural area, the highest 40.1% had income between Tk. 501-1000 and in the urban area
the highest 32.5% had income in the same range. In the rural area, only 31% had income Tk. 2001
as against 6.3% in the urban area.
Among the agricultural labourers the highest 42.8% had income between Tk. 501-1000
whereas, among non-agricultural labourers the highest 34.4% had income between Tk. 1001-
1500.
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Total
Regular paid employee
Employer
Self employed (agri)
Self employed (non‐agri)
Unpaid family worker
Irregular paid worker
Day labourer (agri)
Day labourer (non‐agri)
Servant
Male Female
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Table-4.17: Day labourers by weekly income
Employment status
Weekly earnings
Total Urban Rural Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number Total
Total 10634 9785 849 2235 2033 202 8400 7752 647 <= 500 1125 943 182 168 135 33 956 808 149 501-1000 4098 3861 237 726 681 44 3372 3179 192 1001-1500 3164 3082 82 708 687 21 2456 2395 61 1501-2000 1844 1565 279 492 409 83 1352 1156 196 2001+ 404 334 70 140 120 20 264 215 50
day labourer (agri)
Total 5793 5394 400 450 418 33 5343 4976 367 <= 500 803 690 112 49 45 4 754 645 108 501-1000 2477 2363 114 184 176 8 2293 2187 106 1001-1500 1499 1453 46 121 115 6 1378 1338 40 1501-2000 871 777 95 87 74 12 785 702 82 2001+ 143 111 33 10 7 2 133 103 30
day labourer (non-agri)
Total 4841 4392 449 1784 1615 169 3057 2776 280 <= 500 322 253 69 120 91 29 203 162 40 501-1000 1621 1498 123 542 506 37 1078 992 86 1001-1500 1665 1629 36 587 572 15 1078 1057 21 1501-2000 973 788 184 406 334 71 567 454 113 2001+ 261 224 37 130 112 17 131 111 20
Percent Total
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
<= 500 10.6 9.6 21.4 7.5 6.7 16.3 11.4 10.4 23.0 501-1000 38.5 39.5 27.9 32.5 33.5 22.0 40.1 41.0 29.7
1001-1500 29.8 31.5 9.6 31.7 33.8 10.5 29.2 30.9 9.4
1501-2000 17.3 16.0 32.9 22.0 20.1 41.4 16.1 14.9 30.2 2001+ 3.8 3.4 8.2 6.3 5.9 9.8 3.1 2.8 7.7
day labourer (agri)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
<= 500 13.9 12.8 28.1 10.8 10.7 11.9 14.1 13.0 29.5 501-1000 42.8 43.8 28.5 40.8 42.1 24.3 42.9 44.0 28.9
1001-1500 25.9 26.9 11.5 27.0 27.6 18.6 25.8 26.9 10.9
1501-2000 15.0 14.4 23.7 19.3 17.8 37.7 14.7 14.1 22.5 2001+ 2.5 2.1 8.1 2.2 1.8 7.4 2.5 2.1 8.2
day labourer (non-agri)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
<= 500 6.7 5.8 15.4 6.7 5.6 17.2 6.6 5.8 14.4 501-1000 33.5 34.1 27.4 30.4 31.3 21.6 35.3 35.7 30.9
1001-1500 34.4 37.1 7.9 32.9 35.4 8.9 35.3 38.1 7.3
1501-2000 20.1 18.0 41.0 22.7 20.7 42.1 18.6 16.3 40.4 2001+ 5.4 5.1 8.3 7.3 7.0 10.3 4.3 4.0 7.0
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4.18. Monthly Income of Salaried Workers The monthly income of salaried workers has been presented in Table 4.18. It is seen that the highest percentage of salaried workers (21.0% ) were in the income group Tk. 1000-12,499 followed by income group Tk. 8000-8999 (11.8%) and Tk. 4000-4999 (11.6%).
There exists some variation in the income of salaried workers by sex. Among the males, the highest 21.9% was in the income group Tk. 10000-12,499 followed by income group Tk. 8000-8999 (12.2%) and income group Tk. 4000-4999 (11.7%). On the other hand, among the females, the highest 17.0% were in the income group Tk. 10,000-12,499 followed by income group Tk. 4000-4999 (10.9%) and income group Tk. 3000-3999 (10.0).
The urban-rural variation in the income of the salaried workers shows that, in the urban area, the highest 17.4 was in the income group Tk.1000-12,499 followed by income group Tk. 8000-8999 (12.4% and income group Tk. 4000-4999 (12.8%). On the contrary, in the rural area the highest 24.3% were in the income group Tk. 10,000-12,499 followed by income group Tk. 4000-4999 (11.4%) and income group Tk. 8000-8999 (11.3%).
Table-4.18: Salaried workers by monthly income
Monthly earnings in group
Total Urban Rural Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
1 2 3 7 8 9 4 5 6 Number
Total 7872 6434 1437 3756 2876 880 4115 3558 557
<1500 46 33 13 11 9 2 35 24 12
1500-1999 123 70 53 55 27 28 68 43 25
2000-2499 330 201 129 199 96 103 131 105 25
2500-2999 300 205 95 145 78 67 155 127 28
3000-3999 563 419 144 302 198 104 261 221 40
4000-4999 910 752 157 443 342 100 467 410 57
5000-5999 409 362 47 157 132 26 252 230 22
6000-6999 776 679 97 371 318 53 405 361 44
7000-7999 362 272 90 172 114 59 190 158 32
8000-8999 931 784 147 467 388 79 464 395 68
9000-9999 555 433 122 175 124 51 380 309 71
10000-12499 1657 1412 245 655 518 137 1002 894 108
12500-14999 214 190 24 113 99 15 101 91 10
15000-17499 197 178 19 124 109 16 73 70 3
17500-19999 69 61 8 49 44 5 20 17 3
20000-24999 207 184 23 148 130 18 59 54 5
25000-29999 47 42 5 35 30 5 13 12 0
30000-34999 63 56 7 48 42 6 15 14 1
35000+ 113 102 11 87 80 8 26 22 3
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Monthly earnings in group
Total Urban Rural Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
1 2 3 7 8 9 4 5 6 Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
<1500 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.9 0.7 2.1
1500-1999 1.6 1.1 3.7 1.5 0.9 3.2 1.6 1.2 4.5
2000-2499 4.2 3.1 9.0 5.3 3.3 11.8 3.2 3.0 4.5
2500-2999 3.8 3.2 6.6 3.8 2.7 7.6 3.8 3.6 5.1
3000-3999 7.2 6.5 10.0 8.0 6.9 11.9 6.3 6.2 7.2
4000-4999 11.6 11.7 10.9 11.8 11.9 11.4 11.4 11.5 10.2
5000-5999 5.2 5.6 3.3 4.2 4.6 2.9 6.1 6.5 3.9
6000-6999 9.9 10.5 6.8 9.9 11.1 6.0 9.8 10.1 7.9
7000-7999 4.6 4.2 6.3 4.6 4.0 6.7 4.6 4.4 5.7
8000-8999 11.8 12.2 10.2 12.4 13.5 8.9 11.3 11.1 12.3
9000-9999 7.0 6.7 8.5 4.6 4.3 5.8 9.2 8.7 12.7
10000-12499 21.0 21.9 17.0 17.4 18.0 15.6 24.3 25.1 19.3
12500-14999 2.7 3.0 1.7 3.0 3.4 1.7 2.5 2.6 1.8
15000-17499 2.5 2.8 1.3 3.3 3.8 1.8 1.8 2.0 0.6
17500-19999 0.9 1.0 0.5 1.3 1.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
20000-24999 2.6 2.9 1.6 3.9 4.5 2.0 1.4 1.5 0.9
25000-29999 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.9 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.1
30000-34999 0.8 0.9 0.5 1.3 1.5 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.1
35000+ 1.4 1.6 0.8 2.3 2.8 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6
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CHAPTER-V
UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT
There exists some misconception about unemployment and underemployment in the context
of Bangladesh. Those who are termed as unemployed generally do some works in family enterprise
or other places, therefore they are not actually unemployed.
It may be mentioned that, BBS always adopt concepts and definitions recommended by the
International Labour Office (ILO) regarding unemployment and underemployment and this is also
followed in Labour Force Survey 2010. Accordingly, a person aged 15 years and over considered
as unemployed if he/she did not work at all during the preceding week of the survey (even an hour
in the reference week) and was actively looking for work or was available for work but did not
work due to temporary illness or because there was no work available. In the context of
Bangladesh, the concept of unemployment based on this definition need to be supplemented by the
concepts of visible and invisible underemployment. These terms are defined by ILO as follows:
Underemployment exists when a person’s employment is inadequate in relation to specified
norms or alternative employment, accounts being taken of his occupational skill (training and work
experience). Two principal forms of underemployment may be distinguished :
i) Visible underemployment is primarily a statistical concept measured by labour force and other
service, reflecting an insufficiency in the volume of employment. It occurs when a person is in an
employment less than normal duration and is seeking, or would accept additional work.
ii) Invisible underemployment is primarily and analytical concept reflecting a misallocation of
labour resources or a fundamental imbalance as between labour and other factors of production.
Characteristic symptoms might be low income, underutilization of skill and/or low productivity
measure (potential underemployment).
ILO also points out that the countries that have attempted to measure underemployment
have faced a number of difficulties. Embedded in the definitions of underemployment are
normative concepts such as normal duration of work, standard level of income skill utilization and
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productivity which are difficult to operationalize and subjective such as “whether the person accept
additional work” which elucidate intensions not actual behavior. Moreover, the measurement of
invisible underemployment have generally been focused to be impracticable and imprecise,
especially in the traditional or informal sector in the economy.
Since informal sector predominate in Bangladesh economy, the measurement of
underemployment in the above situation is difficult. In 2010 survey an attempt has been made only
estimate underemployment in terms of hours worked. No attempt has been made to determine
invisible underemployment which is difficult to operationalize.
5.1. Unemployment Rate Following the ILO definition, the unemployment rate for 2010 has been estimated and
presented in Table5.1. It may be mentioned that, according to this definition unemployment rate is
not very high in Bangladesh.
According to labour force survey 2010, the rate of unemployment stands at 4.5% which was
4.3% in 2005-2006. In the urban area, the unemployment rate was 6.5% in 2010, whereas, it was
4.3% in 2005-2006. On the other hand, the rate of unemployment was 4.0% in the rural area in
2010 which was 4.2% in 2005-2006. There exists sex differentials in the unemployment rate where
the rate of unemployment for male was 4.1% in 2010 and it was 3.4% in 2005-2006. In the urban
area, the unemployment rate for male was 5.7% in 2010 which was to 3.6% in 2005-2006. In the
rural area, the corresponding unemployment rate was 3.6% in 2010 and 3.3% in 2005-2006
respectively. For the females, the unemployment rate for Bangladesh, urban and rural was 5.7%,
8.3% and 4.9% in 2010 which was 7.0%, 6.7% and 7.2% in 2005-5006.
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Table-5.1: Unemployment rate of population aged 15 years and over by sex and residence
Residence Total Male Female No. of unem-
ployed population
(000)
Unemploy- ment
rate (%)
No. of unem-ployed
population (000)
Unemploy- ment rate (%)
No. of unem-ployed
population (000)
Unemploy-ment
rate (%)
2010
Bangladesh 2568 4.5 1595 4.1 973 5.7
Urban 858 6.5 524 5.7 334 8.3
Rural 1710 4.0 1011 3.6 639 4.9
2005-2006
Bangladesh 2104 4.3 1250 3.4 854 7.0
Urban 505 4.3 315 3.6 190 6.7
Rural 1599 4.2 935 3.3 664 7.2
5.2. Unemployment Rate by Age Unemployment rate by age, sex and residence has been presented in Table 5.2. It is
observed from the table that, at the national level, the highest unemployed rate was found is age
group 15-19 (10.6%) followed by age group 20-24 (7.1%) and 25-29 (5.4%). This pattern also
follows in case of male & females. In case of female the highest unemployment rate was observed
in 15-19 (11.4%) followed by 20-24 (7.7%) and 25-29 (7.3%).
It is notable that unemployment rate is lower in all age group in the rural area compared to
urban area. The unemployment rate of females in the urban areas were higher in all groups
compared to urban area.
Table-5.2: Unemployment rate by age group, sex and residence
Age group Bangladesh Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total 4.5 4.1 5.7 6.5 5.7 8.3 4.0 3.6 4.9
15-19 10.6 9.8 11.4 12.4 11.7 13.4 10.1 9.8 10.6
20-24 7.1 6.8 7.7 9.9 8.7 11.5 6.3 6.2 6.4
25-29 5.4 4.3 7.3 7.9 6.3 10.8 4.6 3.7 6.2
30-34 4.2 3.8 4.8 5.6 5.0 6.9 3.6 3.4 4.0
35+ 2.4 2.4 2.7 3.9 3.9 3.8 2.0 1.9 2.4
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Figure 19: Unemployment rate by age group, sex and residence
5.3. Unemployment Rate by Level of Education Unemployment rate by level of education has been presented in Table 5.3. It is observed
from the table that unemployment rate increases with the increase of educational level up to HSC or
equivalent level, then it reduces for degree or equivalent and slightly reduces for masters degree
and equivalent levels. The unemployment rate for engineering and medical degree holders and
those were higher than degree master degree or equivalent.
At the national level, for the total unemployment, the highest unemployment rate was
observed for those with educational level engineering or medical (14.27%) followed by HSC or
equivalent (13.74%) and SSC/equivalent (7.73%). There exists variation between males and
females with respect to unemployment rate by level of education. In case of males, the highest
unemployment rate was found in case of person with HSC/equivalent educational level (11.83%)
followed by medical/engineering degree holder (10.54%) and those with master degree (8.23%).
On the other hand, in case of females, the highest unemployment rate was observed for
medical/engineering degree (30.84%) followed by master/equivalent degree (19.87%) and
HSC/equivalent (19.52%).
There exists urban-rural variation in unemployment rate by level of education. In the urban
area, the highest unemployment rate was found in case of those having HSC/equivalent educational
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
15‐19 20‐24 25‐29 30‐34 35+
Male Female
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level (17.04%) followed by engineering/medical degree holders (14.73%) and for
masters/equivalent level (11.48%). In case of rural area, the highest unemployment rate was
observed for those having medical/engineering degree (12.33%) followed by educational level
HSC/equivalent level (11.35%) and for masters/equivalent degree holders (8.56%).
Table-5.3: Unemployed persons aged 15 years and over by level of education and unemployment
Level of education Bangladesh Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number (000) Total 2568 1595 973 858 524 334 1710 1071 639
No education 642 357 284 138 83 54 504 274 230
Class I-V 491 307 184 152 90 62 339 216 123
Class VI-VIII 419 261 157 122 78 45 296 184 112
Class IX-X 364 222 143 116 63 53 248 159 90
SSC/equivalent 258 194 65 110 76 34 148 117 31
HSC/equivalent 288 186 102 150 89 61 138 97 40
Degree/equivalent 6 3 3 3 2 1 3 1 2
Master’s/ equivalent 84 56 28 54 35 19 30 21 9
Engineering/medical 15 9 6 13 8 5 3 1 2
Technical/vocational 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Others 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
Unemployment rate Total 4.53 4.04 5.66 6.45 5.65 8.34 3.94 3.55 4.85
No education 2.82 2.27 4.07 3.83 3.44 4.63 2.63 2.06 3.96
Class I-V 3.79 3.39 4.73 5.06 4.42 6.41 3.53 3.09 4.18
Class VI-VIII 5.18 4.80 5.98 5.62 5.08 6.88 4.57 4.69 5.68
Class IX-X 7.16 6.76 7.88 9.11 7.44 12.40 6.50 6.53 6.48
SSC/equivalent 7.33 7.53 6.80 9.71 9.35 10.64 6.21 6.69 4.87
HSC/equivalent 13.74 11.83 19.52 17.04 13.89 25.40 11.35 10.42 14.56
Degree/equivalent 0.50 0.35 1.25 0.43 0.38 0.61 0.59 0.31 2.02
Master’s/ equivalent 10.25 8.23 19.87 11.48 9.24 20.01 8.56 6.97 19.39
Engineering/medical 14.27 10.54 30.84 14.73 11.67 27.63 12.33 5.95 48.12
Technical/vocational 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Others 2.93 0.0 9.73 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.93 0.0 23.35
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5.4. Educated Labour Force and Educated Unemployment Rate
Educated labour force and educated unemployment rate has been presented in Table 5.4. It
is seen that at the national level, the unemployment rate for educated person was 5.74% for both
sexes, 5.20% for male and 7.02% for female. In the urban area, such rate for both sexes, male and
female was 7.63%, 5.59% and 10.24% respectively. In the rural area, the corresponding
unemployment rates were 5.0%, 4.65% and 5.82% respectively.
Table-5.4: Educated labour force aged 15 years and over and educated unemployment rate
(000) Characteristics Bangladesh Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Educated labour force 33987 23972 10015 9509 6784 2725 24478 17188 7290
Educated emp lo yed
persons 32037 22725 9312 8783 6337 2446 23254 16388 6866
Educated unemplo yed persons
1951 1247 703 726 447 279 1224 800 424
Educated un emplo yment
rate 5.74 5.20 7.02 7.63 6.59 10.24 5.00 4.65 5.82
Figure 20: Educated unemployment rate by sex and residence
5.5. Unemployment and Underemployment As per ILO definition, any person who did not work for pay or profit even an hour in the
preceding week are termed as unemployment. But the person who worked less than 15 hours in the
5.7
7.6
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family enterprise as unpaid family worker may also be termed as unemployed. The persons who
worked less than 35 hours in the reference week may be termed as underemployed.
Unemployment population aged 15 years over and unemployment rate (including unpaid
family workers worked less than 15 hours) has been presented in Table 5.5. It is observed form the
table that though the unemployment rate as per definition of ILO is 4.5%, yet including the unpaid
family helper the unemployment rate stands at 14.16%. This rate is 6.63% for male and 31.49% for
female. The unemployment rate including the unpaid family helper for urban male and female are
6.89% and 28.41% compared to 6.55% and 32.45% for the rural males and females.
Table-5.5: Unemployed persons aged 15 years and over by economic category
(000) Economic category Bangladesh Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total civilian labour force
56651 39477 17174 13278 9276 4002 43373 30201 13172
a)Unemployed persons 2567 1595 972 858 524 334 1710 1071 639
b)Unemployed persons (Unpaid family helpers worked <15 hours/week)
5458 1022 4436 918 115 803 4540 907 3633
Total unemployed persons (a+b)
8025 2617 5408 1776 639 1137 6250 1978 4272
Unemployment rate (%) 14.16 6.63 31.49 13.38 6.89 28.41 14.41 6.55 32.43
Underemployment is defined by the persons who works less than 35 hours in the reference
week. The underemployment rate has been presented in the Table 5.6. It is seen from the table that
underemployment rate at the national level stands at 20.31%. Such rate is 14.40% for male and as
high as 34.15% for female. This indicates that underemployment rate is very high among females.
The variation in underemployment rate by residence is well pronounced. In the urban area,
the underemployment rate for both sexes, male and female are 12.40%, 6.86% and 25.62%
respectively. On the other hand, in the rural area, the underemployment rate for both sexes, male
and female are 22.67%, 16.66% and 36.64% respectively.
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Table 5.6: Underemployed persons and underemployment rates of population aged 15 years and over by sex
(000) Economic category Bangladesh Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total Employed Persons 54084 37882 16202 12421 8752 3669 41663 29130 12533
Underemployed persons (worked<35 hours/week)
10986 5453 5533 1540 600 940 9446 4854 4592
Underemployment rate 20.31 14.40 34.15 12.40 6.86 25.62 22.67 16.66 36.64
Figure 21: Unemployment and underemployment rates by residence
5.6. Duration of Unemployment Duration of unemployment has been presented in Table 5.7. It is revealed that the highest
73.8% were unemployed for 10-12 months followed by 4-6 months (11.9%) and 7-9 months
(8.0%).
There exists sex differentials in duration of unemployment. The duration of unemployment
for 10-12 months for male and female were 69.8% and 80.3% respectively. Among males, the
duration of unemployment rate for 1-3 months, 4-6 months, 7-9 months were 8.7%, 13.1%, and
8.5% respectively. For the females such percentages for 1-3 months, 4-6 months, 7-9 months were
2.3%, 10.1%, 7.2% and 80.3% respectively. There exists urban-rural variation with respect to
duration of unemployment.
In the urban area, the percentages of duration of unemployment for 1-3 months, 4-6 months,
7-9 months, 10-12 months were 6.1%, 10.1%, 6.5%, and 77.3%. The corresponding percentages for
the rural areas were 6.4%, 12.9%, 8.7%, and 72.0% respectively.
20.31
12.4
22.67
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3.94
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10
15
20
25
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Underemployment rate Unemployment rate (%)
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Table-5.7: Unemployed persons aged 15 years and over by duration of unemployment (Percent)
Duration of unemployment
Bangladesh Urban Rural Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1-3 months 6.3 8.7 2.3 6.1 8.9 1.8 6.4 8.6 2.6
4-6 months 11.9 13.1 10.1 10.1 11.6 7.6 12.9 13.8 11.4
7-9 months 8.0 8.5 7.2 6.5 3.2 5.4 8.7 9.1 8.2
10-12 months 73.8 69.8 80.3 77.3 77.3 85.2 72.0 68.6 77.8
Figure 22: Duration of unemployment by month
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CHAPTER-VI
YOUTH LABOUR FORCE
This chapter deals with youth labour force. It may be mentioned that, youth labour force is
defined by labour force aged 15-29 years. The characteristics of the youth labour force that have
been discussed in this chapter are labour force by economic category, employed and unemployed
labour force, labour force by division, labour force by literacy, level of education, youth labour
force by industry, occupation and by employment status.
6.1. Youth Labour Force by Economic Category Youth labour force by economic category has been presented in Table 6.1. It is observed
from the table that, of the total youth population of age 15-29, 53.24% was in the labour force and
the rest 46.76% was outside the purview of the labour force. Among the labour force, 92.54% was
employed and the rest 7.46% was unemployed. Those who were outside labour force among them
58.25% was engaged in household work, 37.31% was student and 4.44% were others.
There exists sex variation in the economic category of youth population where 69.50% male
was in the labour force compared to only 38.22% for the females. The differences in economic
category by urban-rural areas are also well pronounced where 50.17% in the urban areas was in the
labour force against 54.30% in the rural area. The percent of unemployed youth in the urban area
was 9.88% compared to 6.68% for the rural area.
Table-6.1: Youth labour force aged 15-29 years by broad economic category
Economic category Bangladesh Urban Rural Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number (000) Total Youth population 39253 18857 20396 10075 4610 5465 29178 14247 14931 Total labour force 20900 13105 7796 5055 3070 1985 15845 10034 5811
Employed 19342 12210 7133 4556 2806 1750 14786 9403 5383
Unemployed 1558 895 663 499 264 235 1059 631 428
Not in labour force 18353 5752 12600 5020 1540 3480 13333 4212 9120
Household work 9651 54 9596 2333 33 2300 7318 21 7297
Student 6181 3531 2650 2095 1104 992 4086 2428 1659
Others 735 149 586 290 79 211 445 70 374
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Table-6.1.1: Youth labour force aged 15-29 years by broad economic category
Economic category Bangladesh Urban Rural Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Percent Total labour force 53.24 69.50 38.22 50.17 66.59 36.32 54.30 70.43 38.02 Employed 92.54 93.17 91.50 90.12 91.40 88.16 93.32 93.71 92.63
Unemployed 7.46 6.83 8.50 9.88 8.60 11.84 6.68 6.29 7.37
Not in labour force 46.76 30.50 61.78 49.83 33.41 63.60 45.70 29.57 61.08 Household work 58.25 1.46 74.78 49.45 2.74 65.66 61.76 0.84 78.21
Student 37.31 94.55 20.65 44.40 90.78 28.31 34.49 96.36 17.78
Others 4.44 3.99 4.56 6.15 6.48 6.04 3.75 2.80 4.01
Figure 23: Youth labour force aged 15-29 years by economic category
6.2. Age-Sex Composition of Youth Labour Force Age-sex composition of youth labour force has been presented in Table 6.2. It is seen from
the table that, among the youth, labour force (15-29 years), the highest concentration of youth
labour force was found in age group 25-29 (36.99%) followed by age group 20-24 (35.77%) and
15-19 years (27.24%).
There exists sex variation in age composition of youth labour force. Among males, the
percentage of youth labour force in age group 15-19 was 27.98% against 26.01% for the females, in
the age group 20-24 the percentage of male was 37.21% compared to 38.13% for females. For the
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age group 25-29, the percentage of male labour force was 37.66% and female labour force was
35.85%.
The urban-rural variation in age composition of labour force is not very prominent. In the
urban area, the percentage of total labour force in age group 15-19, 20-24 and 25-29 were 27.72%,
36.44% and 34.84% as against 27.11%, 35.55% and 37.34% for the rural area.
Table-6.2: Economically active youths aged 15-29 years by age group, and sex
Age group Bangladesh Urban Rural Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number (000) Total 20900 13105 7796 5055 3670 1985 15845 10034 5811 15-19 5694 3667 2028 1401 806 595 4294 2861 1433
20-24 7476 4503 2973 1842 1096 746 5633 3406 2227
25-29 7730 4935 2795 1812 1168 644 5918 3767 2151
Percent Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 15-19 27.24 27.98 26.01 27.72 26.25 29.97 27.11 28.51 24.66
20-24 35.77 37.11 34.36 38.13 36.44 35.70 37.58 35.55 33.94
38.3225-29 36.99 37.66 35.85 35.84 38.05 32.44 37.39 37.54 37.02
6.3. Youth Labour Force Participation Rate Youth labour force participation rate along with the population, and labour force have been
displayed in Table 6.3. It may be noted that labour force participation rate is defined by the ratio of
labour force and population aged 15-29 years expressed in percentage. It is seen from the table that
labour force participation rate at national level for both sexes, male and female are 53.24%, 69.50%
and 38.22% respectively. Such rate for the urban area for both sexes, male and female are 50.17%,
66.59% and 36.32% respectively compared to 54.30%, 70.43% and 38.92% for the rural area.
As regards participation rate by age group, it is seen that participation rate increases with
the increase in age group with the highest rate for the age group 25-29. This is true for national as
well as urban and rural areas.
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Table-6.3: Youth labour force (aged 15-29 years) participation rate by age group and sex (000)
Age group Population (15-29 years) Economically active youths Participation rate (%) Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Bangladesh Total 39253 18857 20396 20900 13105 7796 53.24 69.50 38.22
15-19 14463 7575 6888 5694 3667 2028 39.40 48.40 29.44
20-24 13186 5929 7257 7476 4503 2973 56.70 75.95 40.97
25-29 11604 5353 6251 7730 4935 2795 66.61 92.19 44.71
Urban
Total 10075 4610 5465 5055 3070 1985 50.17 66.59 36.32 15-19 3851 1811 2040 1401 806 595 36.38 44.51 29.17
20-24 3470 1515 1956 1842 1096 746 53.08 72.34 38.14
25-29 2754 1284 1469 1812 1168 644 65.80 90.97 43.84
Rural
Total 29178 14247 14931 15845 10034 5811 54.30 70.43 38.92 15-19 10612 5764 4848 4294 2861 1433 40.46 49.64 29.56
20-24 9716 4414 5302 5633 3406 2227 57.08 77.16 42.00
25-29 8850 4069 4781 5918 3767 2151 66.87 92.58 44.99
Figure 24: Youth labour force (aged 15-29 years) participation rate
6.4. Youth Labour Force by Administrative Division Youth labour force by administrative division has been presented in Table 6.4. It is
observed form the table that, the highest percentage of labour force exists in Dhaka Division
(32.25%) followed by Rajshahi Division (26.51%) and Chittagaong Division (18.44%). The
distribution of male labour force by division also follows the same pattern, however for the females
the volume of labour force differs where the 2nd highest labour force stands for Rajshahi Division
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20
40
60
80
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Male Female
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(26.80%) and the 3rd for Chittagong Division (17.07%). In the urban area, the highest percentage of
labour force was for Dhaka Division (49.95%) followed by Chittagaong Division (21.60%) and
Rajshahi Division (14.52%). On the other hand, for the rural area, the highest labour force was in
Rajshahi Division (30.33%) followed by Dhaka Division (26.61%) Chittagaong Division
(17.44%).
Table-6.4: Youth labour force aged 15-29 years by division
Division Bangladesh Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Number (000)
Bangladesh 20900 13105 7796 5055 3070 1985 15845 10034 5811 Chittagong 3854 2523 1331 1092 699 392 2763 1824 939
Dhaka 6741 4112 2628 2525 1486 1039 4215 2626 1589 Khulna 2332 1449 883 422 257 165 1910 1192 718
Rajshahi 5541 3452 2089 734 444 290 4807 3008 1799
Barisal 1144 725 419 137 85 52 1007 639 367
Sylhet 1289 843 446 146 99 47 1143 744 399 Percent
Bangladesh 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Chittagong 18.44 19.25 17.07 21.60 22.77 19.75 17.44 18.18 16.16
Dhaka 32.25 31.38 33.71 49.95 48.40 52.34 26.61 26.17 27.34 Khulna 11.16 11.06 11.33 8.34 8.37 8.31 12.05 11.88 12.36
Rajshahi 26.51 26.34 26.80 14.52 14.46 14.61 30.33 29.98 30.96
Barisal 5.47 5.53 5.37 2.71 2.77 2.62 6.36 6.37 6.32
Sylhet 6.17 6.43 5.72 2.89 3.22 2.37 7.21 7.41 6.87
Figure 25: Youth labour force (aged 15-29 years) by aadministrative divisions
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6.5. Youth Labour Force by Literacy Literacy rate of youth labour force, employed and unemployed population has been
presented in table 6.5. It is seen that female literacy rate is higher than male literacy rate in case of
youth labour force.
As the national level, for the youth labour force, the literacy rate for male was 68.56%
against 71.24% for female. For the employed population, the male literacy rate was 67.34% and
female literacy rate 70.25%. The literacy rate for unemployed male was 85.25% compared to
81.90% for the female.
It may be noted that the female literacy rate for economically active population was higher
than male literacy rate at the aggregate level and in rural areas.
Table 6.5: Economically active, employed and unemployed youths aged 15-29 years by literacy (000)
Residen ce Economically active Emplo yed Unemplo yed
Total Literate Illiterate Percent of literate
Total Literate Illiterate Percent of literate
Total Literate Illiterate Percent of literate
Bangladesh
Total 20900 14539 6361 69.56 19343 13233 6110 68.41 1558 1306 252 83.83Male 13105 8985 4120 68.56 12210 8222 3988 67.34 895 763 132 85.25Female 7796 5554 2242 71.24 7133 5011 2122 70.25 663 543 120 81.90
Urban
Total 5055 3825 1230 75.67 4556 3391 1165 74.43 499 434 65 86.97Male 3070 2346 724 76.42 2806 2117 689 75.45 264 279 35 86.74
Female 1985 1479 506 74.51 1750 1274 476 72.80 235 206 29 87.66
Rural
Total 15845 10713 5132 67.61 14786 9842 4944 66.56 1059 872 187 82.34Male 10034 6639 3395 66.16 9403 6105 3298 64.93 631 534 97 84.63Female 5811 4074 1736 70.11 5383 3737 1646 69.42 428 337 91 78.74
6.6. Youth Labour Force by Level of Education Youth labour force by level of education has been presented in Table 6.6. It is seen form the
table that, among the labour force, the highest 27.4% was with level of education class I-V
followed by 26.9% with no education and 19.2% with level of education VI-VIII. The percentage
of labour force with higher education and technical education were scanty . The percentage of
degree or equivalent was 1.2%, masters or equivalent was 0.9%, engineering and medical was
0.1%. technical and vocational education was 0.2%.
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There exists sex variation in level of education for youth labour force. For males, the
percentage of labour force with no education stands at 27.4% as against 25.9% for the females. It is
notable that, the percentage of female youths with technical education and medical and engineering
education was similar to male. The percentage for medical and engineering degree holder for male
& female was 0.1%. For technical and vocational education male was 0.2% against 0.1% for
female.
This pattern was also true for employed population. On the other hand, for the unemployed
population, the percentage of higher education was comparatively higher. Surprisingly, 2.4%
master degree holders and 0.3% engineering and medical degree holders were unemployed.
Table-6.6: Youth labour force (aged 15-29 years) by level of education
Level of education
Economically activity Employed Unemployed Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number (000) Total 20900 13105 7796 19343 12210 7133 1558 895 663 No education 5614 3595 2019 5370 3476 1894 244 120 124
Class I-V 5726 3850 1876 5393 3652 1741 333 199 134
Class VI-VIII 4018 2423 1595 3709 2243 1466 309 180 129 Class IX-X 2785 1518 1267 2492 1354 1138 293 164 129
SSC/equivalent 1469 878 591 1297 762 535 172 116 56
HSC/equivalent 782 475 306 620 383 237 161 92 69
Degree/equivalent 252 184 69 250 183 68 2 1 1 Master's/equivalent 183 128 56 145 107 38 38 21 17
Engineering/medical 20 15 5 16 12 4 5 3 2
Technical/vocational 35 27 8 35 27 8 - - -
Others 16 11 5 15 11 4 1 - 1 Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 No education 26.9 27.4 25.9 27.8 28.5 26.6 15.7 13.4 18.8
Class I-V 27.4 29.4 24.1 27.9 29.9 24.4 21.4 22.2 20.3 Class VI-VIII 19.2 18.5 20.5 19.2 18.4 20.6 19.8 20.1 19.4
Class IX 13.3 11.6 16.3 12.9 11.1 16.0 18.8 18.3 19.5
SSC/equivalent 7.0 6.7 7.6 6.7 6.2 7.5 11.1 13.0 8.5
HSC/equivalent 3.7 3.6 3.9 3.2 3.1 3.3 10.4 10.3 10.5 Degree/equivalent 1.2 1.4 0.9 1.3 1.5 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.1
Master's/equivalent 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.5 2.4 2.3 2.6
Engineering/medical 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.2
Technical/vocational 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 6.1 - - 0.0 Others 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 - - 0.1
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6.7. Employed Youth by Major Industry Employed youth by major industries have been displayed in Table 6.7. It is observed from
the table that, the highest percent of youth was engaged in agriculture, forestry and fisheries
(51.5%) followed by manufacturing industries (14.6%) wholesale and trade (9.2%).
There exists sex variation in employment by industry. Among the males, the highest 40.2%
were in agriculture, forestry, fisheries followed by manufacturing industries (15.04%) and
wholesale and retail trade (13.0%). For the females, the highest percentage was for agriculture,
hunting and forestry (71.0%) followed by manufacturing (13.0%) and other service activities
(7.1%).
There exists urban-rural variation in employment of youth by industry. In the urban area,
the highest 28.4% was engaged in manufacturing industries followed by agriculture, forestry and
fisheries (26.3%) and wholesale and retail trade (13.3%). On the country, in the rural area, the
highest 47.5% was in the agriculture, forestry and fisheries followed by manufacturing (31.9%) and
other service activities (6.2%). There also exists sex variation in employment by industry in the
urban and rural areas. Detailed can be seen form the table 6.7.
Table-6.7: Employed youths aged 15-29 years by major industry
BSIC industry classification Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total 19342 12210 7133 4565 2806 1750 14786 9403 5383
agriculture, forestry and fishing 9992 4924 5068 1201 370 832 8791 4554 4236
mining and quarrying 59 45 14 10 9 1 49 36 13
manufacturing 2827 1897 930 1298 739 559 1529 1157 372
electricit y, gas, st eam and air conditioning supply
34 33 2 15 14 1 19 18 1
water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation act
5 4 1 2 1 1 3 3 0
construction 1065 995 70 302 280 22 764 715 48
wholesale and ret ail trad e; rep air of motor vehicles and mot
1793 1697 96 607 577 31 1186 1121 65
transportation and storag e 1243 1184 59 351 335 15 892 848 44
accommod ation and food service activities
276 263 13 86 81 5 190 182 8
information and communication 18 17 1 6 6 0 11 10 1
financial and in surance activities 94 73 21 52 39 13 42 34 8
real estat e activities 8 8 0 5 5 0 3 3 0
professional, scientific and technical activities
31 26 5 10 9 2 21 18 4
administrative and support service activities
107 91 15 45 38 7 62 54 9
public admin istration and defence; compulsory social securit
115 108 7 47 42 5 68 66 2
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BSIC industry classification Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
education 267 156 111 108 56 52 159 100 58
human health and social work activities
76 57 20 34 22 12 43 35 8
arts, entertainment and recreation 23 22 1 3 3 0 20 19 1
other service activities 1110 602 508 272 163 109 839 439 399
activities of households as emplo yers; undifferentiated good
250 59 191 113 28 85 137 32 106
Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.00 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
agriculture, forestry and fishing 51.52 40.16 71.04 26.31 13.13 47.52 59.28 48.22 78.69
mining and quarrying 0.31 0.37 0.20 0.23 0.33 0.06 0.33 0.38 0.24
manufacturing 14.57 15.47 13.04 28.44 26.27 31.94 10.31 12.25 6.90
electricit y, gas, st eam and air conditioning supply
0.18 0.27 0.02 0.33 0.51 0.04 0.13 0.19 0.02
water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation act
0.03 0.04 0.01 0.04 0.03 0.05 0.02 0.04 0.00
construction 5.49 8.12 0.99 6.61 9.94 1.25 5.15 7.57 0.90
wholesale and ret ail trad e; repair of motor vehicles and mot
9.25 13.85 1.34 13.30 20.48 1.75 8.00 11.87 1.21
transportation and storag e 6.41 9.65 0.83 7.68 11.91 0.87 6.02 8.98 0.82
accommod ation and food service activities
1.42 2.15 0.18 1.87 2.88 0.26 1.28 1.93 0.15
information and communication
0.09 0.14 0.01 0.14 0.22 0.00 0.08 0.11 0.02
financial and in surance activities
0.49 0.59 0.30 1.14 1.39 0.75 0.28 0.36 0.15
real estat e activities 0.04 0.06 0.00 0.10 0.16 0.00 0.02 0.03 0.00
professional, scientific and technical activities
0.16 0.21 0.07 0.22 0.31 0.09 0.14 0.19 0.07
administrative and support service activities
0.55 0.75 0.22 0.98 1.34 0.39 0.42 0.57 0.16
public admin istration and defence; compulsory social securit
0.59 0.88 0.10 1.02 1.49 0.27 0.46 0.70 0.04
education 1.38 1.27 1.55 2.37 1.98 3.00 1.07 1.06 1.09
human health and social work activities
0.39 0.46 0.28 0.74 0.77 0.69 0.29 0.37 0.14
arts, entertainment and recreation
0.12 0.18 0.01 0.06 0.09 0.00 0.13 0.20 0.01
other service activities 5.73 4.91 7.12 5.95 5.79 6.21 5.66 4.65 7.42
activities of households as emplo yers; undifferentiated good
1.29 0.48 2.67 2.47 0.98 4.86 0.93 0.33 1.96
6.8. Employed Youth by Major Occupation Employed youth by major occupation has been displayed in Table 6.8. It is observed that as
high as 51.5% was belonging to agriculture, forestry and fisheries occupation followed by
production and transport labourer (28.9%) and sales worker (9.7%).
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There exists sex variation in youth employment by major occupation. Among males, the
highest 40.1% were in agriculture, forestry and fishery occupation followed by production and
transport labour (34.1%) and sales worker (14.2%). For the females, the highest 71.1% was in
agriculture, forestry and fisheries occupation followed by production and transport labour (19.9%)
and service worker (3.8%).
The variation between urban-rural area in occupation of youth is well pronounced. In the urban
area, the highest 44.4% was engaged in production and transport labour occupation followed by
and agriculture, forestry and fisheries (26.3%) and sales worker (13.6%). On the other hand, in the
rural area, the highest percent of employed youth was in the agriculture, forestry and fishery
occupation (59.2%) followed by production and transport labourer (24.1%) and sales worker
(8.4%). The population of youth in the professional & technical occupation and administrative and
managerial occupation were not high. Such percentages for urban areas were 4.7% and 1.3%
compared to 2.2% and 1.1% in the rural area.
Table-6.8: Employed youths aged 15-29 years by major occupation
Major occupation Bangladesh Urban Rural Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number (000) Total 19343 12210 7133 4556 2806 1750 14786 9403 5383 Professional, technical 539 376 164 214 137 77 325 239 86 Administrative, managerial 213 201 12 62 58 4 151 143 8
Clerical worker 224 198 26 88 73 15 136 125 11
Services worker 669 396 273 225 119 106 444 277 167
Sales worker 1872 1740 132 623 586 36 1249 1154 95 Agri, foresty, fisheries 9984 494 5070 1201 368 833 878 4546 4237
Production, transport labourer 5601 4180 1422 2026 1372 654 357 2808 768
Others 289 255 - 126 102 24 163 153 10
Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Professional, technical 2.8 3.1 2.3 4.7 4.9 4.4 2.2 2.5 1.6
Administrative, managerial 1.1 1.6 0.2 1.3 2.0 0.2 1.1 1.5 0.1 Clerical worker 1.2 1.6 0.4 1.9 2.6 0.9 0.9 1.3 0.2
Services worker 3.5 3.2 3.8 4.9 4.2 6.0 3.0 2.9 3.1
Sales worker 9.7 14.1 1.8 13.6 20.8 2.1 8.4 12.2 1.8
Agri, forestry, fisheries 51.5 40.1 71.1 24.3 13.1 46.7 59.2 48.1 78.7 Production, transport labourer 289 34.1 19.9 44.4 48.7 37.4 24.1 29.7 14.3
Others 1.5 2.1 0.5 2.8 3.6 1.4 1.1 1.6 0.2
Note: Components may not add to total as some employed persons are engaged in more than are occupation.
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6.9. Employed Youth by Status in Employment Employed youth by status in employment in Table 6.9 indicate that highest 39.6% was
unpaid family worker followed by regular paid employee (17.0%) and self employed in non-
agriculture (13.4%).
As regards sex variation, it is observed that, among males, the highest 20.2% was regular
paid employee (20.2%) followed by self employed in non-agriculture (19.0%) and unpaid family
worker (18.3%). For the females, as high as 76.2% was unpaid family helper followed by regular
paid employee (11.4%) and self employed non-agriculture (3.8%). Agriculture labourer constitute
12.8% in the aggregate level with 19.0% for male and 2.1% for female. Non-agriculture labourer
constitute 8.2% for the total, 11.8% for male and 2.2% for female.
The urban-rural variation in employment status of youth indicate that, in the urban area, the
highest 33.3% was regular paid employee followed by unpaid family helper (26.5%). In the rural
area, the highest 43.9% was unpaid family helper followed by 15.5% agriculture day labour and
13.2% self employed in non-agriculture.
Table-6.9: Employment youths aged 15-29 years by status in employment
(000) Status in employment Bangladesh Urban Rural
Number Total 19343 12210 7133 4556 2806 1750 14786 9403 5383
regular p aid
emplo yee 3287 2472 815 1522 1001 520 1766 1471 295
emplo yer 19 16 3 4 3 1 16 13 3
self emplo yed (agri) 978 899 79 73 64 9 905 835 70
self emplo yed (non-
agri) 2601 2328 272 645 525 120 1956 1803 153
unpaid family worker 7684 2246 5438 1169 274 894 6515 1972 4543
irregular paid wo rker 664 503 161 305 208 97 359 295 64
day labourer (agr i) 2473 2327 146 181 170 11 2292 2157 135
day labourer (non-
agri) 1600 1442 158 626 560 66 974 882 92
servant 87 27 60 41 9 32 46 18 28
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Status in employment Bangladesh Urban Rural
Percent Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
regular p aid
emplo yee 17.0 20.2 11.4 33.3 35.6 29.7 11.9 15.6 5.5
emplo yer 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
self emplo yed (agri) 5.0 7.3 1.1 1.6 2.3 .5 6.1 8.8 1.3
self employed (non-agri) 13.4 19.0 3.8 14.1 18.7 6.8 13.2 19.1 2.8
unpaid family worker 39.6 18.3 76.2 25.6 9.7 51.1 43.9 20.9 84.4
irregular paid wo rker 3.4 4.1 2.3 6.7 7.4 5.5 2.4 3.1 1.2
day labourer (agr i) 12.8 19.0 2.1 4.0 6.0 .6 15.5 22.8 2.5
day labourer (non-
agri) 8.2 11.8 2.2 13.7 19.9 3.8 6.6 9.3 1.7
6.10. Unemployed Youth by Age Group Unemployed youth by age group has been presented in Table 6.10. It is seen that, the
highest 38.90% was in the age group 15-19, followed by age group 20-24 (34.27%) and age group 25-29 (26.83%).
Among males and females, the highest unemployed youth was in age group 15-19. The corresponding percentages were 41.90% and 34.84%.
It is notable that, in the urban area the highest concentration (36.77%) was in the age group 20-24, whereas, in the rural area, the highest concentration was in the age group 15-19 (40.79%). Table-6.10: Unemployed youths aged 15-29 years by age group, sex and residence
(000)
Age group Bangladesh Urban Rural Total Male Femal
e Total Male Femal
e Total Male Femal
e Number (000)
Total 1558 895 663 499 264 235 1059 631 428 15-19 606 375 231 174 94 80 432 281 152 20-24 534 306 228 182 96 86 352 210 142 25-29 418 214 204 143 74 69 274 140 134
Percent Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 15-19 38.90 41.90 34.84 34.87 35.11 34.04 40.79 44.53 35.51 20-24 34.27 34.19 34.39 36.17 36.36 36.60 33.23 33.28 33.18 25-29 26.83 23.91 33.77 28.66 28.03 29.36 25.87 22.10 31.31
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Table-p1: Population by age group, sex and residence
(000) age group
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number (000)
Total 148737 75150 73587 34047 17106 16941 114690 58044 56646
0-4 17085 8674 8411 3201 1613 1588 13883 7061 6823
5-9 19536 9897 9639 4666 2348 2318 14870 7549 7321
10-14 16532 8733 7800 3014 1573 1442 13518 7160 6358
15-19 14463 7575 6888 3851 1811 2040 10612 5764 4848
20-24 13186 5929 7257 3470 1515 1956 9716 4414 5302
25-29 11604 5353 6251 2754 1284 1469 8850 4069 4781
30-34 11218 5352 5866 3185 1615 1571 8032 3737 4295
35-39 9328 4629 4699 2014 998 1016 7314 3631 3683
40-44 8856 4645 4211 2171 1155 1016 6685 3490 3196
45-49 6706 3683 3023 1521 864 657 5185 2819 2366
50-54 6363 3347 3016 1644 944 700 4718 2403 2315
55-59 4524 2318 2206 801 434 368 3723 1885 1838
60-64 3473 1890 1583 665 364 301 2808 1526 1282
65+ 5864 3126 2738 1089 588 501 4775 2538 2237
Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0-4 11.5 11.5 11.4 9.4 9.4 9.4 12.1 12.2 12.0
5-9 13.1 13.2 13.1 13.7 13.7 13.7 13.0 13.0 12.9
10-14 11.1 11.6 10.6 8.9 9.2 8.5 11.8 12.3 11.2
15-19 9.7 10.1 9.4 11.3 10.6 12.0 9.3 9.9 8.6
20-24 8.9 7.9 9.9 10.2 8.9 11.5 8.5 7.6 9.4
25-29 7.8 7.1 8.5 8.1 7.5 8.7 7.7 7.0 8.4
30-34 7.5 7.1 8.0 9.4 9.4 9.3 7.0 6.4 7.6
35-39 6.3 6.2 6.4 5.9 5.8 6.0 6.4 6.3 6.5
40-44 6.0 6.2 5.7 6.4 6.8 6.0 5.8 6.0 5.6
45-49 4.5 4.9 4.1 4.5 5.1 3.9 4.5 4.9 4.2
50-54 4.3 4.5 4.1 4.8 5.5 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1
55-59 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.4 2.5 2.2 3.2 3.2 3.2
60-64 2.3 2.5 2.2 2.0 2.1 1.8 2.4 2.6 2.3
65+ 3.9 4.2 3.7 3.2 3.4 3.0 4.2 4.4 3.9
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Table-P2: Population 15 years and over by marital status, sex and residence
(000) Marital status
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number (000)
Total 95584 47847 47737 23165 11572 11593 72419 36275 36144
Unmarried 18825 13033 5792 5206 3330 1876 13619 9703 3916
Married 70734 34140 36594 16625 8080 8545 54109 26060 28049
Widowed 5355 583 4772 1151 135 1016 4204 449 3756
Divorced 336 37 299 80 11 69 257 26 231
Separated 334 53 280 104 17 88 230 37 193
Table-P3: Literacy rate of population 5 years and over by sex
(000) Literacy Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number Total 131652 66477 65176 30846 15493 100807 50983 49823 15352
Literate 71988 38020 33968 20003 10389 51984 27631 24353 9614
Not-literate
59665 28457 31208 10842 5104 48823 23353 25470 5738
Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Literate 54.7 57.2 52.1 64.9 67.1 51.6 54.2 48.9 62.6
Not-literate
45.3 42.8 47.9 35.1 32.9 48.4 45.8 51.1 37.4
Table-P4: Population 5 years & over by level of education, sex and residence
(000) Highest class passed
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number
Total 131652 66477 65176 30846 15493 15352 100807 50983 49823
No education 50562 23854 26708 8954 4180 4774 41609 19674 21934
Class i-v 38719 19696 19022 8673 4256 4417 30046 15440 14606
Class vi-viii 18398 9212 9186 4795 2381 2414 13604 6832 6772
Class ix-x 9905 4945 4961 2645 1255 1391 7260 3690 3570
S.S.C/equivalent 6593 3767 2826 2192 1149 1043 4401 2617 1783
H.S.C/equivalent 4890 2988 1902 2143 1182 961 2747 1806 941
Bachelor degree/equivalent
1177 976 201 612 502 110 565 474 91
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Highest class passed
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Master degree/equivalent
1101 815 286 662 459 203 439 356 83
Medical/engineering degree
144 114 30 114 90 24 30 24 5
Technical/vocational education
96 75 22 39 33 6 58 41 16
Others 66 35 31 16 6 10 50 29 21
Percent
No education 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Class i-v 38.4 35.9 41.0 29.0 27.0 31.1 41.3 38.6 44.0
Class vi-viii 29.4 29.6 29.2 28.1 27.5 28.8 29.8 30.3 29.3
Class ix-x 14.0 13.9 14.1 15.5 15.4 15.7 13.5 13.4 13.6
S.S.C/equivalent 7.5 7.4 7.6 8.6 8.1 9.1 7.2 7.2 7.2
H.S.C/equivalent 5.0 5.7 4.3 7.1 7.4 6.8 4.4 5.1 3.6
Bachelor degree/equivalent
3.7 4.5 2.9 6.9 7.6 6.3 2.7 3.5 1.9
Master degree/equivalent
0.9 1.5 0.3 2.0 3.2 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.2
Medical/engineering degree
0.8 1.2 0.4 2.1 3.0 1.3 0.4 0.7 0.2
Technical/vocational education
0.1 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Others 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
Table-P5: Population 5 years and over by training received, sex and residence
(000) Training received Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number
Total 131652 66477 65176 30846 15493 15352 100807 50983 49823
None 126956 63187 63768 29144 14297 14847 97811 48890 48921
Technical/vocational 1890 1239 651 746 517 229 1144 722 422
Catering service 538 368 170 169 106 63 370 263 107
Tailoring/garments 857 477 380 367 181 186 490 296 194
Foreign language 204 144 60 80 61 19 124 84 41
Inservice training 1438 1151 287 689 545 144 749 606 143
Nursing 186 87 99 53 20 33 133 67 66
Youth development training
366 283 83 106 76 30 260 207 53
Others 1124 832 292 322 253 69 802 579 223
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Training received Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
None 96.4 95.1 97.8 94.5 92.3 96.7 97.0 95.9 98.2
Technical/vocational 1.4 1.9 1.0 2.4 3.3 1.5 1.1 1.4 .8
Catering ser vice .4 .6 .3 .5 .7 .4 .4 .5 .2
Tailoring/garments .7 .7 .6 1.2 1.2 1.2 .5 .6 .4
Foreign language .2 .2 .1 .3 .4 .1 .1 .2 .1
Inser vice tr aining 1.1 1.7 .4 2.2 3.5 .9 .7 1.2 .3
Nursing .1 .1 .2 .2 .1 .2 .1 .1 .1
Youth devel opment training
.3 .4 .1 .3 .5 .2 .3 .4 .1
Others .9 1.3 .4 1.0 1.6 .4 .8 1.1 .4
Table-P6: Population aged 15 years and over by training received, sex and residence
(000) Training received Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number
Total 95584 47847 47737 23165 11572 11593 72419 36275 36144
None 91298 44776 46522 21553 10421 11132 69745 34354 35391
Technical/vocational 1563 1070 494 672 479 193 891 590 301
Catering ser vice 452 320 132 151 96 55 301 224 77
Tailoring/garments 799 447 352 347 172 174 452 275 178
Foreign language 178 137 41 75 57 17 103 79 24
Inser vice tr aining 1409 1135 274 678 537 140 731 598 133
Nursing 153 75 79 42 15 27 112 60 52
Youth devel opment training
361 279 81 106 76 30 255 203 51
Others 1059 790 268 315 249 66 744 541 202
Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
None 95.5 93.6 97.5 93.0 90.1 96.0 96.3 94.7 97.9
Technical/vocational 1.6 2.2 1.0 2.9 4.1 1.7 1.2 1.6 .8
Catering ser vice .5 .7 .3 .7 .8 .5 .4 .6 .2
Tailoring/garments .8 .9 .7 1.5 1.5 1.5 .6 .8 .5
Foreign language .2 .3 .1 .3 .5 .2 .1 .2 .1
Inser vice tr aining 1.5 2.4 .6 2.9 4.6 1.2 1.0 1.6 .4
Nursing .2 .2 .2 .2 .1 .2 .2 .2 .1
Youth devel opment training
.4 .6 .2 .5 .7 .3 .4 .6 .1
Others 1.1 1.7 .6 1.4 2.2 .6 1.0 1.5 .6
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Table-H1: Households by type of dwelling unit, tenure ship and residence
(000) Type of dwelling unit
Type of tenure ship Total Own Rent free Rented Subsidized
rent Others
Number (000) Total Total 33338 28901 825 3419 43 150
Kacha 24620 22863 603 1014 24 116
Semi-pacca 5933 4436 161 1318 11 8
Pacca 2573 1427 51 1080 9 7
Others 212 175 10 8 0 19
Urban Total 7953 4474 280 3143 30 27
Kacha 3499 2483 142 849 12 14
Semi-pacca 2524 1175 94 1241 9 4
Pacca 1888 787 41 1046 9 5
Others 41 29 3 6 0 4
Rural Total 25386 24427 545 277 14 123
Kacha 21121 20381 461 165 12 103
Semi-pacca 3409 3260 66 76 2 4
Pacca 685 640 10 34 0 2
Others 171 146 7 2 0 15
Table-H2: Households by type of dwelling unit, tenure ship and residence
Type of dwelling unit
Type of tenure ship Total Own Rent free Rented Subsidized
rent Others
Percent Total Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Kacha 73.8 79.1 73.1 29.6 54.6 77.6 Semi-pacca 17.8 15.3 19.5 38.5 25.1 5.4 Pacca 7.7 4.9 6.2 31.6 20.3 4.6
Others .6 .6 1.2 .2 .0 12.4 Urban Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Kacha 44.0 55.5 50.6 27.0 41.1 51.1 Semi-pacca 31.7 26.3 33.7 39.5 29.1 15.7 Pacca 23.7 17.6 14.7 33.3 29.8 19.3
Others .5 .6 1.0 .2 .0 13.9 Rural Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Kacha 83.2 83.4 84.7 59.5 83.4 83.3 Semi-pacca 13.4 13.3 12.2 27.5 16.6 3.1 Pacca 2.7 2.6 1.8 12.3 .0 1.4
Others .7 .6 1.4 .7 .0 12.1
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Table-H3: Households by household size and district
(000) District
Mean
Household size in group Total 1
member 2-3
member 4-5
member 6-7
member 8-9
member 10+
member Total 4.5 33338 852 9276 15407 5745 1507 551
Bagerhat 4.1 398 14 122 199 53 7 3
Bandarban 4.8 80 1 18 39 13 6 2
Barguna 4.2 231 3 69 121 33 3 1
Barisal 4.8 571 11 118 274 129 28 11
Bhola 5.0 385 3 66 184 110 16 7
Bogra 3.9 892 32 328 437 78 12 5
Brahmanbaria 5.1 526 19 105 200 137 44 21
Chandpur 4.8 554 10 112 273 117 27 16
Chittagong 4.8 1567 21 374 723 316 88 45
Chuadanga 4.1 293 7 103 134 38 7 4
Comilla 5.0 1048 21 211 451 267 69 29
Cox's Bazar 5.5 366 5 69 126 96 49 21
Dhaka 4.1 2658 45 958 1281 286 66 22
Dinajpur 4.2 770 22 247 377 97 15 12
Faridpur 4.5 422 4 131 167 91 20 9
Feni 5.0 306 9 54 139 71 22 10
Gaibandha 3.9 610 30 208 295 61 13 3
Gazipur 4.1 560 7 211 251 71 18 3
Gopalganj 5.1 259 7 39 124 61 15 13
Habiganj 5.3 396 8 78 152 102 40 18
Jamalpur 4.3 603 26 166 291 94 21 4
Jessore 4.2 662 12 211 343 79 14 4
Jhalokati 4.3 190 6 53 96 29 5 1
Jhenaid ah 4.0 439 6 147 233 45 8 1
Jo ypurhat 3.8 277 6 116 127 21 7 0
Khagrachhari 4.9 200 2 44 88 49 13 5
Khulna 4.4 600 11 179 286 90 26 7
Kishorgonj 5.0 681 27 138 253 182 61 20
Kurigram 4.3 509 19 145 238 83 19 5
Kushtia 4.1 515 11 156 276 60 8 5
Lakshmipur 4.9 409 8 95 168 102 28 8
Lalmonirhat 4.4 363 13 89 188 47 22 4
Madaripur 4.8 277 7 53 131 67 15 4
Magura 4.4 206 5 54 105 32 8 3
Manikganj 4.3 375 11 115 170 57 18 5
Maulvibazar 4.9 382 7 82 169 90 26 8
Meherpur 3.9 199 6 77 94 19 0 3
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District
Mean
Household size in group Total 1
member 2-3
member 4-5
member 6-7
member 8-9
member 10+
member Munshiganj 4.3 247 6 64 132 35 8 2
Mymensingh 4.6 1238 25 313 551 260 74 16
Naogaon 3.9 801 33 304 357 84 11 12
Narail 4.5 178 3 50 81 35 8 1
Narayanganj 4.3 665 11 206 316 98 28 6
Narsingdi 4.8 400 13 95 173 83 21 14
Natore 3.9 477 17 170 231 46 12 2
Nawabganj 4.4 390 16 109 176 68 18 3
Netrakona 4.7 578 20 133 263 110 41 11
Nilphamari 4.4 445 14 125 201 86 16 3
Noakhali 5.0 589 12 116 248 156 42 15
Pabna 4.4 627 11 187 308 82 25 13
Panchag arh 4.6 232 7 48 120 46 10 1
Patuakh ali 4.6 356 9 87 169 73 14 4
Pirojpur 4.3 288 5 77 152 43 10 1
Rajbari 4.5 221 6 56 115 32 8 4
Rajshahi 4.0 696 28 240 339 69 11 8
Rangamati 4.7 143 3 36 64 27 8 5
Rangpur 4.1 792 34 271 361 100 22 6
Satkhira 4.4 539 12 153 259 93 17 5
Shariatpur 5.2 262 5 40 114 74 24 4
Sherpur 4.2 386 14 118 180 59 13 2
Sirajganj 4.5 703 18 207 315 117 35 12
Sunamganj 5.6 511 7 81 167 166 65 25
Sylhet 5.2 574 8 113 226 151 54 22
Tangail 4.2 876 45 252 413 122 33 11
Thakurgaon 4.5 345 8 82 175 55 18 6
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Table-H4: Female headed households by district
(000) District Sex of the head of the household
Total Male Female Total 33338 30023 3315
Bagerhat 398 369 29
Bandarban 80 73 7
Barguna 231 219 12
Barisal 571 538 32
Bhola 385 367 19
Bogra 892 832 60
Brahmanbaria 526 425 102
Chandpur 554 462 93
Chittagong 1567 1334 234
Chuadanga 293 272 20
Comilla 1048 842 206
Cox's Bazar 366 330 36
Dhaka 2658 2345 312
Dinajpur 770 728 42
Faridpur 422 384 38
Feni 306 239 67
Gaibandha 610 558 52
Gazipur 560 499 61
Gopalganj 259 235 23
Habiganj 396 357 39
Jamalpur 603 550 53
Jessore 662 613 49
Jhalokati 190 177 13
Jhenaidah 439 426 14
Joypurhat 277 265 12
Khagrachhari 200 183 17
Khulna 600 560 39
Kishorgonj 681 606 75
Kurigram 509 477 33
Kushtia 515 485 30
Lakshmipur 409 328 81
Lalmonirhat 363 335 28
Madaripur 277 249 28
Magura 206 186 20
Manikganj 375 334 41
Maulvibazar 382 340 42
Meherpur 199 186 13
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District Sex of the head of the household Total Male Female
Munshiganj 247 211 36
Mymensingh 1238 1114 124
Naogaon 801 742 59
Narail 178 164 14
Narayanganj 665 595 71
Narsingdi 400 351 49
Natore 477 446 31
Nawabganj 390 344 46
Netrakona 578 547 31
Nilphamari 445 409 36
Noakhali 589 458 131
Pabna 627 591 35
Panchagarh 232 221 11
Patuakhali 356 334 22
Pirojpur 288 270 18
Rajbari 221 201 20
Rajshahi 696 636 60
Rangamati 143 122 21
Rangpur 792 722 70
Satkhira 539 495 44
Shariatpur 262 238 23
Sherpur 386 368 18
Sirajganj 703 663 40
Sunamganj 511 478 33
Sylhet 574 514 60
Tangail 876 755 121
Thakurgaon 345 325 19
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Table-H5: Households by number of children (aged 5-14 years) and district (000)
District Number of children aged 5-14 years Total HH None 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9+
Total 33338 12837 16840 3499 157 5 0
Bagerhat 398 156 219 22 1 0 0
Bandarban 80 28 37 16 0 0 0
Barguna 231 84 137 10 0 0 0
Barisal 571 205 291 71 4 0 0
Bhola 385 117 189 77 2 0 0
Bogra 892 408 444 40 0 0 0
Brahmanbaria 526 151 256 109 10 0 0
Chandpur 554 186 300 65 2 1 0
Chittagong 1567 614 762 184 7 0 0
Chuadanga 293 122 159 10 1 0 0
Comilla 1048 328 543 170 7 1 0
Cox's Bazar 366 124 131 97 14 0 0
Dhaka 2658 1142 1381 131 3 0 0
Dinajpur 770 346 371 49 3 1 0
Faridpur 422 171 197 52 2 0 0
Feni 306 87 169 47 2 0 0
Gaibandha 610 258 310 42 1 0 0
Gazipur 560 251 284 25 0 0 0
Gopalganj 259 96 111 49 3 0 0
Habiganj 396 136 180 73 6 1 0
Jamalpur 603 238 303 62 0 0 0
Jessore 662 270 362 30 0 0 0
Jhalokati 190 77 92 20 1 0 0
Jhenaidah 439 179 240 20 0 0 0
Joypurhat 277 138 134 6 0 0 0
Khagrachhari 200 67 100 32 1 0 0
Khulna 600 229 323 46 1 0 0
Kishorgonj 681 249 298 124 8 1 0
Kurigram 509 202 268 40 0 0 0
Kushtia 515 205 296 14 0 0 0
Lakshmipur 409 147 194 68 0 0 0
Lalmonirhat 363 140 191 31 1 0 0
Madaripur 277 85 137 50 6 0 0
Magura 206 68 113 25 1 0 0
Manikganj 375 153 190 32 0 0 0
Maulvibazar 382 132 175 70 5 0 0
Meherpur 199 85 106 8 0 0 0
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District Number of children aged 5-14 years Total HH None 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9+
Munshiganj 247 109 114 23 1 0 0
Mymensingh 1238 408 631 193 6 0 0
Naogaon 801 378 396 26 1 0 0
Narail 178 53 94 29 1 0 0
Narayanganj 665 258 353 52 2 0 0
Narsingdi 400 150 187 61 2 0 0
Natore 477 195 265 18 0 0 0
Nawabganj 390 149 210 31 0 0 0
Netrakona 578 224 261 88 4 0 0
Nilphamari 445 170 214 60 1 0 0
Noakhali 589 181 292 112 4 0 0
Pabna 627 251 339 36 0 1 0
Panchagarh 232 83 119 30 0 0 0
Patuakhali 356 137 186 32 0 0 0
Pirojpur 288 119 145 23 0 0 0
Rajbari 221 92 109 19 1 0 0
Rajshahi 696 291 363 42 0 0 0
Rangamati 143 60 65 16 2 0 0
Rangpur 792 336 393 62 2 0 0
Satkhira 539 202 302 35 1 0 0
Shariatpur 262 74 127 57 4 0 0
Sherpur 386 159 189 37 1 0 0
Sirajganj 703 272 367 62 2 0 0
Sunamganj 511 152 216 129 13 0 0
Sylhet 574 147 282 131 15 0 0
Tangail 876 381 449 45 1 0 0
Thakurgaon 345 134 177 33 1 0 0
Table-H6: Households by source of lighting and residence (000)
Source of light Bangladesh Urban Rural Total HH 33338 100.0 7953 100.0 25386 100.0 electricity 16962 50.9 6738 84.7 10225 40.3 kerosine oil 15931 47.8 1163 14.6 14767 58.2 solar power 357 1.1 7 0.1 351 1.4 others 88 0.3 45 0.6 43 0.2
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Table-H7: Households by source of drinking water and district
(000) District
Source Of Drinking W ater
Total HH Tube well /deep tube well
Canal/river /pond Supply water/tap e wat er
Others
Total 33338 29686 611 2693 348
Bagerhat 398 218 163 16 1 Bandarban 80 50 29 0 1 Barguna 231 203 21 0 6 Barisal 571 568 1 1 1 Bhola
385 381 1 2 0 Bogra 892 888 2 2 0 Brahmanbaria 526 522 2 0 2 Chandpur 554 542 4 9 0 Chittagong 1567 1279 2 276 10 Chuadanga
293 270 1 22 0 Comilla 1048 1007 10 29 2 Cox s Bazar
366 366 0 0 0 Dhaka 2658 761 13 1837 46 Dinajpur 770 753 2 4 11 Faridpur
422 393 0 29 0 Feni 306 297 5 4 0 Gaibandha 610 604 1 1 4 Gazipur 560 431 4 123 2 Gopalganj 259 257 2 0 0 Habiganj
396 375 2 12 8 Jamalpur 603 600 2 0 1 Jessore 662 653 5 3 2 Jhalokati 190 185 1 3 1 Jhenaid ah 439 428 1 8 3 Jo ypurhat
277 274 3 1 0 Khagrachhari 200 162 14 0 24 Khulna 600 519 75 1 6 Kishorgonj 681 675 4 0 2 Kurigram 509 505 5 0 0 Kushtia
515 495 1 19 0 Lakshmipur 409 406 0 1 2 Lalmonirhat 363 361 1 0 1 Madaripur 277 276 1 0 0 Magura 206 199 1 6 0 Manikganj
375 351 0 23 1 Maulvibazar 382 354 5 7 16 Meherpur 199 199 0 0 0
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District
Source Of Drinking W ater
Total HH Tube well /deep tube well
Canal/river /pond Supply water/tap e wat er
Others
Munshiganj 247 241 2 4 0 Mymensingh 1238 1232 5 1 0 Naogaon 801 675 11 2 112 Narail
178 176 1 1 1 Narayanganj 665 625 2 31 7 Narsingdi 400 395 1 3 1 Natore 477 471 4 1 2 Nawabganj 390 376 2 8 4 Netrakona
578 562 12 1 2 Nilphamari 445 439 0 2 4 Noakhali 589 583 3 2 2 Pabna 627 620 2 5 0 Panchag arh 232 229 0 0 3 Patuakh ali
356 354 1 0 1 Pirojpur 288 234 14 38 1 Rajbari 221 221 0 0 0 Rajshahi 696 621 4 69 2 Rangamati 143 108 18 3 14 Rangpur
792 788 3 1 1 Satkhira 539 437 71 15 17 Shariatpur 262 261 1 0 0 Sherpur 386 385 0 1 0 Sirajganj 703 701 2 0 0 Sunamganj
511 488 14 5 4 Sylhet 574 446 55 61 12 Tangail 876 867 1 1 7 Thakurgaon 345 343 1 1 0
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Table-H8: Households by type of cooking fuel used and residence (000)
Source of cooking fuel Total HH % Urban % Rural %
Total HH 33338 100 25386 100 7953 100 Fire wood 8903 26.7 6750 26.6 2153 27.1 Cow dung/straw/leaves 19409 58.2 17927 70.6 1482 18.6 Electricity 70 0.2 36 0.1 35 0.4 Natural gas(pipe line) 4411 13.2 455 1.8 3957 49.8 Cylender gas 417 1.3 189 0.7 229 2.9 Kerosine oil 57 0.2 3 0 54 0.7 Others 70 0.2 26 0.1 44 0.5
Table-H9: Households by type of toilet facilities and residence (000)
Toilet facility Total HH Urban Rural Total HH 33338 100.0 7953 100.0 25386 100.0 Senitary 7640 22.9 3180 40.0 4460 17.6 Pacca (water sealed) 3641 10.9 1518 19.1 2123 8.4 Pacca (not water sealed) 3825 11.5 1026 12.9 2799 11.0 Kacha (permanent) 6836 20.5 1089 13.7 5747 22.6 Kacha (temporary) 9291 27.9 981 12.3 8310 32.7 Open field 2104 6.3 158 2.0 1946 7.7
Table-H10: Households by land ownership (000)
Land ownership Total HH Urban Rural Total HH 33338 100.0 7953 100.0 25386 100.0 Landless 2896 8.7 1757 22.1 1139 4.5 0.01-0.49 acres 19374 58.1 4770 60.0 14604 57.5 0.50-0.99 acres 3381 10.1 458 5.8 2923 11.5 1.00-2.49 acres 5003 15.0 647 8.1 4356 17.2 2.50-7.49 acres 2276 6.8 257 3.2 2019 8.0 7.50+ acres 409 1.2 64 0.8 345 1.4
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Table-H11: Households by main source of income and district
(000) District Main source of income of the household
Total HH Self-emplo yed
(agriculture)
Self-emplo yed
(non-agriculture)
Service Day labourer (agriculture)
Day labourer (non-
agriculture)
Others
Total 33338 7748 5774 5074 6251 4778 3714
Bagerhat 398 69 90 44 72 93 30
Bandarban 80 17 21 0 31 6 4
Barguna 231 57 46 22 19 50 37
Barisal 571 152 94 89 57 112 67
Bhola 385 132 68 27 51 69 38
Bogra 892 256 116 65 218 167 70
Brahmanbaria 526 86 69 84 111 84 92
Chandpur 554 58 89 108 109 79 112
Chittagong 1567 211 268 563 105 202 219
Chuadanga 293 91 57 23 78 34 10
Comilla 1048 271 138 198 118 123 200 Cox s Bazar 366 60 37 51 80 68 70
Dhaka 2658 44 616 1135 60 461 341
Dinajpur 770 186 182 75 210 65 52
Faridpur 422 92 30 60 110 72 58
Feni 306 48 50 59 15 43 91
Gaibandha 610 152 96 44 197 90 31
Gazipur 560 124 67 169 44 70 87
Gopalganj 259 88 31 39 54 29 17
Habiganj 396 134 35 23 117 46 41
Jamalpur 603 213 99 33 163 43 51
Jessore 662 226 155 72 119 53 37
Jhalokati 190 32 29 26 46 38 19
Jhenaid ah 439 180 43 36 114 42 26
Jo ypurhat 277 85 88 9 61 24 11
Khagrachhari 200 65 28 11 58 29 8
Khulna 600 86 108 135 117 106 48
Kishorgonj 681 176 98 73 124 148 62
Kurigram 509 145 88 26 195 41 14
Kushtia 515 118 106 62 102 87 40
Lakshmipur 409 46 72 100 58 56 76
Lalmonirhat 363 101 84 19 110 38 11
Madaripur 277 75 52 23 79 22 26
Magura 206 75 24 22 43 21 21
Manikganj 375 77 61 33 81 71 52
Maulvibazar 382 56 30 61 94 72 69
Meherpur 199 43 21 7 79 34 14
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District Main source of income of the household
Total HH Self-emplo yed
(agriculture)
Self-emplo yed
(non-agriculture)
Service Day labourer (agriculture)
Day labourer (non-
agriculture)
Others
Munshiganj 247 40 55 39 32 24 58
Mymensingh 1238 412 191 142 280 130 82
Naogaon 801 265 165 10 232 44 84
Narail 178 49 46 17 37 13 16
Narayanganj 665 26 124 202 19 198 97
Narsingdi 400 87 93 63 17 43 97
Natore 477 167 57 47 131 40 35
Nawabganj 390 75 61 16 113 73 52
Netrakona 578 205 91 38 162 34 47
Nilphamari 445 77 90 40 126 94 18
Noakhali 589 116 70 101 65 86 152
Pabna 627 200 108 55 137 92 34
Panchag arh 232 60 82 16 46 22 6
Patuakh ali 356 106 57 44 50 61 39
Pirojpur 288 61 32 43 41 60 51
Rajbari 221 60 47 20 48 22 24
Rajshahi 696 198 141 96 131 52 78
Rangamati 143 26 29 22 34 20 11
Rangpur 792 212 113 48 202 175 43
Satkhira 539 147 103 25 138 81 45
Shariatpur 262 48 57 39 47 38 33
Sherpur 386 137 85 39 74 25 26
Sirajganj 703 155 96 82 160 138 72
Sunamganj 511 182 39 17 166 68 38
Sylhet 574 140 62 73 89 137 73
Tangail 876 209 254 101 88 93 132
Thakurgaon 345 161 38 13 88 29 17
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Table-H12: Households by main source of income, households size and residence
(000) Main source of income Household size in group
Total HH 1 member
2-3 member
4-5 member
6-7 member
8-9 member
10+ member
Total
33338 852 9276 15407 5745 1507 551 Self -employ ed (agriculture) 7748 58 1608 3517 1716 583 266 Self -employ ed (non-agriculture) 5774 69 1378 2914 1061 267 85 Serv ice
5074 64 1620 2426 723 179 62 Day labourer (agriculture) 6251 74 1887 2992 1042 212 43 Day labourer (non-agriculture) 4778 118 1401 2293 780 154 33 Others
3714 469 1381 1265 424 112 62 Urban Total HH
7953 164 2520 3753 1119 300 97 Self -employ ed (agriculture) 462 2 105 220 91 36 8 Self -employ ed (non-agriculture) 1946 32 470 996 322 91 35 Serv ice
2659 32 962 1247 304 88 25 Day labourer (agriculture) 390 3 127 190 53 13 3 Day labourer (non-agriculture) 1567 24 496 748 236 50 12 Others
929 71 360 352 112 22 12 Rural Total HH
25386 688 6756 11654 4627 1207 455 Self -employ ed (agriculture) 7286 56 1503 3297 1625 547 257 Self -employ ed (non-agriculture) 3827 38 908 1918 738 176 49 Serv ice
2415 32 658 1179 419 91 37 Day labourer (agriculture) 5862 71 1760 2802 989 199 41 Day labourer (non-agriculture) 3212 93 905 1545 544 104 21 Others
2785 398 1022 913 312 90 50
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Table-L1: Persons aged 15 years and over by work status, age group, sex and residence Sex Total Urban Rural
Labour force/economically active population
Not in labour force
Labour force/economically active population
Not in labour force
Labour force/economically active population
Not in labour force Total Employed Unemployed Total Employed Unemployed Total Employed Unemploye
d National (000)
Total 56651 54084 2566 38933 13278 12421 858 9887 43373 41664 1709 29046
15-19 5694 5089 606 8769 1401 1227 174 2450 4294 3862 432 6319
20-24 7476 6941 534 5710 1842 1660 182 1628 5633 5281 352 4082
25-29 7730 7313 418 3874 1812 1669 143 942 5918 5644 274 2932
30-34 7942 7611 331 3276 2260 2134 126 925 5682 5478 204 2351
35-39 6792 6643 149 2535 1435 1386 48 579 5358 5257 101 1956
40-44 6592 6436 156 2460 1539 1489 50 662 5053 4946 106 1798
45-49 5102 5014 88 1767 1105 1071 35 449 3996 3944 53 1318
50-54 3435 3339 95 2691 951 908 43 655 2484 2432 53 2036
55-59 2285 2220 64 2117 397 376 21 378 1888 1845 43 1739
60-64 1564 1524 40 1909 251 239 12 414 1313 1285 28 1495
65+ 2039 1954 86 3825 285 262 23 804 1754 1691 63 3021
Male (000)
Total 39477 37883 1594 8371 9276 8752 524 2296 30201 29131 1070 6074
15-19 3667 3292 375 3908 806 712 94 1005 2861 2580 281 2903
20-24 4503 4197 306 1426 1096 1000 96 418 3406 3196 210 1008
25-29 4935 4721 214 418 1168 1094 74 117 3767 3627 140 301
30-34 5207 5006 200 145 1560 1482 78 55 3647 3525 122 91
35-39 4553 4432 121 77 981 942 39 18 3572 3490 82 59
40-44 4554 4431 123 91 1132 1091 40 23 3422 3340 83 68
45-49 3586 3515 72 97 833 801 32 31 2753 2714 40 66
50-54 3150 3085 66 197 867 834 33 77 2283 2250 33 120
55-59 2052 2005 48 266 352 335 17 82 1701 1670 31 184
60-64 1459 1434 25 431 232 224 8 132 1227 1210 17 299
65+ 1811 1766 45 1315 250 237 13 339 1561 1529 32 976
Female(000)
Total 17174 16202 972 30563 4003 3669 334 7591 13172 12533 639 22972
15-19 2028 1796 231 4860 595 515 80 1445 1433 1281 152 3415
20-24 2973 2745 228 4284 746 660 86 1209 2227 2085 142 3075
25-29 2795 2592 203 3456 644 575 69 825 2151 2017 134 2630
30-34 2735 2605 130 3130 700 652 48 870 2035 1953 82 2260
35-39 2240 2211 29 2459 454 444 10 562 1786 1767 19 1897
40-44 2038 2005 33 2369 408 398 10 639 1630 1607 24 1731
45-49 1515 1499 16 1670 272 269 3 418 1243 1230 13 1252
50-54 284 255 30 2494 84 73 10 578 201 181 20 1916
55-59 232 216 17 1852 45 41 4 297 187 175 12 1555
60-64 105 90 15 1478 19 15 4 282 86 76 11 1196
65+ 228 188 40 2510 35 26 10 465 193 162 31 2044
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Table-L2: Persons aged 15 years and over engaged in household (HH) work, student and others by sex and residence
(000) Total Urban Rural
Total student household work
others Total student household work
others Total student household work
others
Total Total 38933 7860 25972 5100 9887 2400 6213 1274 29046 5460 19759 3827
15-19 8769 5836 2323 609 2450 1674 624 152 6319 4163 1699 457
20-24 5710 1558 3876 276 1628 553 1009 66 4082 1005 2867 210
25-29 3874 324 3420 130 942 120 791 30 2932 204 2628 100
30-34 3276 61 3116 99 925 31 862 32 2351 30 2254 67
35-39 2535 14 2460 61 579 3 558 18 1956 12 1902 43
40-44 2460 10 2342 108 662 3 629 30 1798 7 1713 78
45-49 1767 13 1638 117 449 3 415 30 1318 9 1222 86
50-54 2691 10 2422 259 655 4 561 90 2036 6 1862 169
55-59 2117 8 1681 428 378 2 268 109 1739 7 1414 318
60-64 1909 7 1211 691 414 0 231 183 1495 6 980 508
65+ 3825 19 1483 2323 804 8 264 532 3021 11 1219 1791
male Total 8371 4553 1127 2690 2296 1310 231 756 6074 3243 897 1934
15-19 3908 3167 336 405 1005 849 58 99 2903 2318 278 307
20-24 1426 1080 193 153 418 349 35 35 1008 731 159 118
25-29 418 246 108 63 117 85 15 17 301 161 94 46
30-34 145 34 70 41 55 18 19 18 91 16 51 2335-39 77 3 49 25 18 1 8 9 59 2 41 15
40-44 91 0 48 43 23 0 11 12 68 0 37 31
45-49 97 3 32 62 31 1 11 19 66 2 21 43
50-54 197 4 59 135 77 1 24 52 120 3 35 82
55-59 266 5 45 216 82 1 9 71 184 4 36 144
60-64 431 4 51 376 132 0 11 121 299 4 40 255
65+ 1315 7 136 1172 339 4 31 303 976 3 105 869
femaleTotal 30563 3308 24845 2410 7591 1091 5982 518 22972 2217 18863 1892
15-19 4860 2669 1987 204 1445 825 567 53 3415 1845 1420 150
20-24 4284 479 3683 123 1209 204 975 31 3075 275 2708 92
25-29 3456 78 3311 67 825 35 777 13 2630 43 2534 53
30-34 3130 27 3046 58 870 13 843 15 2260 14 2203 44
35-39 2459 11 2411 36 562 2 551 9 1897 9 1861 27
40-44 2369 9 2294 66 639 3 617 19 1731 7 1676 47
45-49 1670 10 1606 54 418 3 404 11 1252 8 1202 43
50-54 2494 6 2364 124 578 3 537 38 1916 3 1827 86
55-59 1852 4 1636 212 297 0 258 38 1555 3 1378 174
60-64 1478 3 1160 315 282 0 220 62 1196 3 940 253
65+ 2510 12 1347 1151 465 4 233 228 2044 8 1114 922
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Table-L3: Employed active persons aged 15 years and over by age group, sex and residence
Age group
Total Urban Rural Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number (000) Total 54084 37883 16202 12421 8752 3669 41664 29131 12533
15-19 5089 3292 1796 1227 712 515 3862 2580 1281
20-24 6941 4197 2745 1660 1000 660 5281 3196 2085
25-29 7313 4721 2592 1669 1094 575 5644 3627 2017
30-34 7611 5006 2605 2134 1482 652 5478 3525 1953
35-39 6643 4432 2211 1386 942 444 5257 3490 1767
40-44 6436 4431 2005 1489 1091 398 4946 3340 1607
45-49 5014 3515 1499 1071 801 269 3944 2714 1230
50-54 3339 3085 255 908 834 73 2432 2250 181
55-59 2220 2005 216 376 335 41 1845 1670 175
60-64 1524 1434 90 239 224 15 1285 1210 76
65+ 1954 1766 188 262 237 26 1691 1529 162
Percent Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
15-19 9.4 8.7 11.1 9.9 8.1 14.0 9.3 8.9 10.2
20-24 12.8 11.1 16.9 13.4 11.4 18.0 12.7 11.0 16.6
25-29 13.5 12.5 16.0 13.4 12.5 15.7 13.5 12.5 16.1
30-34 14.1 13.2 16.1 17.2 16.9 17.8 13.1 12.1 15.6
35-39 12.3 11.7 13.6 11.2 10.8 12.1 12.6 12.0 14.1
40-44 11.9 11.7 12.4 12.0 12.5 10.9 11.9 11.5 12.8
45-49 9.3 9.3 9.3 8.6 9.2 7.3 9.5 9.3 9.8
50-54 6.2 8.1 1.6 7.3 9.5 2.0 5.8 7.7 1.4
55-59 4.1 5.3 1.3 3.0 3.8 1.1 4.4 5.7 1.4
60-64 2.8 3.8 .6 1.9 2.6 .4 3.1 4.2 .6
65+ 3.6 4.7 1.2 2.1 2.7 .7 4.1 5.3 1.3
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Table-L4: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by age group, sex and residence
(000) Age group
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number
Total 54084 37883 16202 12421 8752 3669 41664 29131 12533
15-19 5089 3292 1796 1227 712 515 3862 2580 1281
20-24 6941 4197 2745 1660 1000 660 5281 3196 2085
25-29 7313 4721 2592 1669 1094 575 5644 3627 2017
30-34 7611 5006 2605 2134 1482 652 5478 3525 1953
35-39 6643 4432 2211 1386 942 444 5257 3490 1767
40-44 6436 4431 2005 1489 1091 398 4946 3340 1607
45-49 5014 3515 1499 1071 801 269 3944 2714 1230
50-54 3339 3085 255 908 834 73 2432 2250 181
55-59 2220 2005 216 376 335 41 1845 1670 175
60-64 1524 1434 90 239 224 15 1285 1210 76
65+ 1954 1766 188 262 237 26 1691 1529 162
Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
15-19 9.4 8.7 11.1 9.9 8.1 14.0 9.3 8.9 10.2
20-24 12.8 11.1 16.9 13.4 11.4 18.0 12.7 11.0 16.6
25-29 13.5 12.5 16.0 13.4 12.5 15.7 13.5 12.5 16.1
30-34 14.1 13.2 16.1 17.2 16.9 17.8 13.1 12.1 15.6
35-39 12.3 11.7 13.6 11.2 10.8 12.1 12.6 12.0 14.1
40-44 11.9 11.7 12.4 12.0 12.5 10.9 11.9 11.5 12.8
45-49 9.3 9.3 9.3 8.6 9.2 7.3 9.5 9.3 9.8
50-54 6.2 8.1 1.6 7.3 9.5 2.0 5.8 7.7 1.4
55-59 4.1 5.3 1.3 3.0 3.8 1.1 4.4 5.7 1.4
60-64 2.8 3.8 .6 1.9 2.6 .4 3.1 4.2 .6
65+ 3.6 4.7 1.2 2.1 2.7 .7 4.1 5.3 1.3
Table-L5: Economically active persons aged 15 years and over by marital status sex and residence
(000) Marital status
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
Number
Total 56651 39477 17174 13278 9276 4003 43373 30201 13172
Unmarried 9253 7701 1553 2443 1896 546 6811 5804 1006
Married 45835 31445 14390 10435 7299 3136 35400 24146 11254 W idowed 1169 257 912 275 59 216 894 198 696
Divorced 196 30 166 50 9 41 145 21 125
Separated 197 43 154 75 12 63 122 31 91 Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Marital status
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
Unmarried 16.3 19.5 9.0 18.4 20.4 13.7 15.7 19.2 7.6
Married 80.9 79.7 83.8 78.6 78.7 78.3 81.6 80.0 85.4
W idowed 2.1 .7 5.3 2.1 .6 5.4 2.1 .7 5.3
Divorced .3 .1 1.0 .4 .1 1.0 .3 .1 .9
Seperated .3 .1 .9 .6 .1 1.6 .3 .1 .7
Table-L6: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by marital status sex and residence
(000) Marital status
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
Number
Total 54084 37883 16202 12421 8752 3669 41664 29131 12533
unmarried 8195 6897 1298 2115 1653 461 6080 5244 836
married 44456 30683 13774 9938 7023 2915 34518 23660 10859
widowed 1066 234 832 250 55 194 816 179 637
divorced 183 28 155 47 9 39 136 20 116
seperated 185 41 144 71 12 59 114 29 85
Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
unmarried 15.2 18.2 8.0 17.0 18.9 12.6 14.6 18.0 6.7
married 82.2 81.0 85.0 80.0 80.2 79.5 82.8 81.2 86.6
widowed 2.0 .6 5.1 2.0 .6 5.3 2.0 .6 5.1
divorced .3 .1 1.0 .4 .1 1.1 .3 .1 .9
seperated .3 .1 .9 .6 .1 1.6 .3 .1 .7
Table-L7: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by economic category, sex and residence
(000) Economic category
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
Economically Active Population/Labour Force
Emplo yed 54084 37883 16202 12421 8752 3669 41664 29131 12533
Unemplo yed 2566 1594 972 858 524 334 1709 1070 639
Not in labour force 41501 9965 31537 10746 2821 7924 30756 7145 23611
Student 7932 4625 3308 2417 1326 1091 5515 3299 2216
Household work 26833 1326 25507 6508 294 6213 20325 1032 19293
Others 6736 4014 2722 1821 1201 620 4916 2814 2102
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Table-L8: Economically Active, employed and unemployed persons aged 15 years and over by literacy rate, sex and residence
(000) Residence Total employed unempl oyed
Total literate not-literate Total literate not-literate Total literate not-
literate
Total Total 56651 33987 22663 54084 32037 22048 2566 1951 616 Male 39477 23972 15505 37883 22725 15158 1594 1247 347 Femal e 17174 10015 7159 16202 9312 6890 972 703 269 Urban Total 13278 9509 3769 12421 8783 3638 858 727 131 male 9276 6785 2491 8752 6337 2415 524 448 76 female 4003 2725 1278 3669 2446 1223 334 279 55 Rural Total 43373 24478 18894 41664 23254 18410 1709 1224 484 Male 30201 17188 13013 29131 16388 12743 1070 800 270 Femal e 13172 7291 5881 12533 6866 5667 639 425 214
Table-L9: Persons aged 15 years and over by economically active population and labour force Participation rate (%), sex and residence
(000) Residence working ag e population economically active population Particip ation rate (%)
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Total 95584 47847 47737 56651 39477 17174 59.3 82.5 36.0 15-19 14463 7575 6888 5694 3667 2028 39.4 48.4 29.4 20-24 13186 5929 7257 7476 4503 2973 56.7 75.9 41.0 25-29 11604 5353 6251 7730 4935 2795 66.6 92.2 44.7 30-34 11218 5352 5866 7942 5207 2735 70.8 97.3 46.6 35-39 9328 4629 4699 6792 4553 2240 72.8 98.3 47.7 40-44 8856 4645 4211 6396 4554 1842 72.2 98.0 43.7 45-49 6706 3683 3023 4939 3586 1352 73.6 97.4 44.7 50-54 6363 3347 3016 3672 3150 521 57.7 94.1 17.3 55-59 4524 2318 2206 2407 2052 354 53.2 88.5 16.1 60-64 3473 1890 1583 1564 1459 105 45.0 77.2 6.6 65+ 5864 3126 2738 2039 1811 228 34.8 57.9 8.3 Urban Total 23165 11572 11593 13278 9276 4003 57.3 80.2 34.5 15-19 3851 1811 2040 1401 806 595 36.4 44.5 29.2 20-24 3470 1515 1956 1842 1096 746 53.1 72.4 38.2 25-29 2754 1284 1469 1812 1168 644 65.8 90.9 43.8 30-34 3185 1615 1571 2260 1560 700 71.0 96.6 44.6 35-39 2014 998 1016 1435 981 454 71.2 98.2 44.7 40-44 2171 1155 1016 1509 1132 377 69.5 98.0 37.1 45-49 1521 864 657 1072 833 238 70.5 96.4 36.3 50-54 1644 944 700 989 867 122 60.2 91.8 17.5 55-59 801 434 368 423 352 71 52.8 81.1 19.3 60-64 665 364 301 251 232 19 37.7 63.7 6.2 65+ 1089 588 501 285 250 35 26.2 42.5 7.1
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Residence working ag e population economically active population Particip ation rate (%) Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
Rural Total 72419 36275 36144 43373 30201 13172 59.9 83.3 36.4 15-19 10612 5764 4848 4294 2861 1433 40.5 49.6 29.6 20-24 9716 4414 5302 5633 3406 2227 58.0 77.2 42.0 25-29 8850 4069 4781 5918 3767 2151 66.9 92.6 45.0 30-34 8032 3737 4295 5682 3647 2035 70.7 97.6 47.4 35-39 7314 3631 3683 5358 3572 1786 73.3 98.4 48.5 40-44 6685 3490 3196 4887 3422 1465 73.1 98.1 45.8 45-49 5185 2819 2366 3867 2753 1114 74.6 97.7 47.1 50-54 4718 2403 2315 2682 2283 399 56.8 95.0 17.2 55-59 3723 1885 1838 1984 1701 283 53.3 90.2 15.4 60-64 2808 1526 1282 1313 1227 86 46.8 80.4 6.7 65+ 4775 2538 2237 1754 1561 193 36.7 61.5 8.6
Table-L10: Economically active persons aged 15 years and over by labour force participation rate (%), sex division and district
(000) Residence working ag e population economically active population Particip ation rate (%)
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Barisal division Total 5964 3021 2943 3347 2399 949 56.1 79.4 32.2 Barguna 657 323 334 376 259 117 57.2 80.1 35.1 Barisal 1787 910 877 1004 720 285 56.2 79.1 32.5 Bhola 1114 575 538 659 453 207 59.2 78.7 38.4 Jhalokati 538 276 262 281 219 62 52.1 79.3 23.6 Patuakhali 1045 522 523 619 433 186 59.2 82.9 35.6 Pirojpur 824 414 410 408 316 92 49.5 76.2 22.6
Chittagong division Total 17392 8549 8843 9505 6764 2740 54.7 79.1 31.0 Bandarban 205 101 104 163 89 74 79.5 88.2 71.0 Brahmanbaria 1418 691 727 721 548 172 50.8 79.3 23.7 Chandpur 1710 854 856 808 642 166 47.3 75.2 19.4 Chittagong 4910 2450 2460 2759 1967 793 56.2 80.3 32.2 Comilla 3107 1460 1647 1780 1159 621 57.3 79.4 37.7 Cox's bazar 1144 608 536 607 465 142 53.1 76.5 26.5 Feni 933 437 496 498 343 155 53.3 78.4 31.2 Khagrachhari 602 299 303 410 249 161 68.1 83.3 53.1 Lakshmipur 1205 587 618 615 467 148 51.0 79.6 23.9 Noakhali 1707 849 858 861 651 210 50.4 76.7 24.5 Rangamati 453 215 237 284 184 100 62.8 85.7 42.0
Dhaka division Total 30451 15158 15293 18143 12580 5563 59.6 83.0 36.4 Dhaka 7500 3775 3725 4138 2959 1179 55.2 78.4 31.7 Faridpur 1189 595 593 614 480 133 51.6 80.6 22.5 Gazipur 1570 764 806 900 618 282 57.3 81.0 34.9 Gopalganj 837 427 409 450 321 129 53.8 75.1 31.5 Jamalpur 1570 783 787 1054 682 371 67.1 87.1 47.2 Kishorgonj 1988 996 992 1246 867 379 62.7 87.0 38.2 Madaripur 841 417 424 481 348 133 57.2 83.4 31.4 Manikganj 1085 530 555 581 429 152 53.5 80.8 27.4 Munshiganj 706 346 360 380 276 104 53.9 79.8 29.0
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Residence working ag e population economically active population Particip ation rate (%) Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
Mymensingh 3419 1690 1729 2212 1482 730 64.7 87.7 42.2 Narayanganj 1922 967 955 1170 820 351 60.9 84.7 36.7 Narsingdi 1180 582 598 731 481 250 62.0 82.7 41.9 Netrakona 1642 817 825 1046 712 334 63.7 87.1 40.5 Rajbari 678 335 344 417 291 126 61.5 86.9 36.7 Shariatpur 789 395 393 451 330 121 57.2 83.5 30.8 Sherpur 1001 498 504 673 447 226 67.2 89.9 44.9 Tangail 2535 1239 1296 1600 1037 563 63.1 83.7 43.4 Khulna division Total 11537 5791 5746 6868 4776 2092 59.5 82.5 36.4 Bagerhat 1110 553 557 633 444 189 57.1 80.4 34.0 Chuadanga 843 427 416 509 362 147 60.4 84.8 35.4 Jessore 1901 965 936 1199 795 404 63.1 82.4 43.2 Jhenaidah 1199 605 594 748 500 247 62.4 82.7 41.7 Khulna 1805 894 911 976 714 262 54.1 79.8 28.7 Kushti a 1481 758 724 910 635 275 61.4 83.9 38.0 Magura 576 282 294 334 232 103 58.1 82.2 34.9 Meherpur 543 276 267 324 239 85 59.6 86.6 31.8 Narail 474 234 240 288 198 90 60.8 84.7 37.6 Satkhira 1605 798 807 947 657 290 59.0 82.3 35.9 Rajshahi division Total 24628 12511 12116 15462 10571 4890 62.8 84.5 40.4 Bogra 2386 1210 1176 1449 1001 449 60.7 82.7 38.1 Dinajpur 2142 1107 1035 1380 930 449 64.4 84.0 43.4 Gaibandha 1506 760 746 926 655 271 61.5 86.2 36.3 Joypurhat 741 382 359 487 326 161 65.7 85.4 44.8 Kurigram 1411 729 682 926 657 269 65.6 90.1 39.4 Lalmonirhat 990 506 485 670 443 227 67.6 87.5 46.8 Naogaon 2209 1120 1089 1494 981 514 67.7 87.6 47.2 Natore 1288 650 639 738 505 233 57.3 77.8 36.5 Nawabganj 1128 553 575 686 475 211 60.8 85.9 36.6 Nilphamari 1242 625 617 810 527 283 65.3 84.3 45.9 Pabna 1865 958 907 985 701 283 52.8 73.2 31.2 Panchagarh 662 338 324 475 310 166 71.8 91.6 51.1 Rajshahi 1867 931 936 1134 763 372 60.8 81.9 39.7 Rangpur 2091 1047 1045 1332 939 393 63.7 89.7 37.6 Sirajganj 2081 1084 997 1270 913 357 61.0 84.2 35.8 Thakurgaon 1018 513 505 701 448 253 68.9 87.3 50.2 Sylhet division Total 5612 2816 2796 3326 2386 940 59.3 84.7 33.6 Habiganj 1249 630 619 772 553 220 61.8 87.8 35.5 Maulvi bazar 1100 545 555 583 421 162 53.0 77.2 29.3 Sunamganj 1589 803 786 989 713 276 62.2 88.8 35.1 Syl het 1675 839 836 982 700 282 58.6 83.4 33.7
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Table-L11: Economically active persons aged 15 years and over by labour force participation rate (%), sex division and district
(000) Residence Total Urban Rural
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
Barisal division
Total 3347 2399 949 429 305 124 2918 2094 825
Barguna 376 259 117 41 27 14 335 232 103
Barisal 1004 720 285 165 112 53 840 608 232
Bhola 659 453 207 78 56 23 581 397 184
Jhalokati 281 219 62 32 25 8 248 194 54
Patuakhali 619 433 186 59 44 15 560 389 171
Pirojpur 408 316 92 54 43 12 354 273 81
Chittagong division
Total 9505 6764 2740 2532 1807 725 6973 4958 2015
Bandarban 163 89 74 55 29 26 108 60 48
Brahmanbaria 721 548 172 90 74 16 630 474 156
Chandpur 808 642 166 158 115 43 650 527 123
Chittagong 2759 1967 793 1442 1018 424 1317 948 369
Comilla 1780 1159 621 185 133 52 1595 1026 569
Cox's bazar 607 465 142 113 93 20 495 372 122
Feni 498 343 155 52 38 15 446 305 140
Khagrachhari 410 249 161 122 76 47 287 173 114
Lakshmipur 615 467 148 110 83 28 504 384 120
Noakhali 861 651 210 128 97 31 733 554 179
Rangamati 284 184 100 76 51 24 209 133 75
Dhaka division
Total 18143 12580 5563 6548 4568 1980 11594 8012 3583
Dhaka 4138 2959 1179 3921 2795 1126 218 164 53
Faridpur 614 480 133 62 54 8 551 426 126
Gazipur 900 618 282 398 260 138 502 359 143
Gopalganj 450 321 129 33 25 8 417 296 121
Jamalpur 1054 682 371 162 100 63 891 583 309
Kishorgonj 1246 867 379 174 112 62 1071 755 316
Madaripur 481 348 133 39 31 8 443 317 125
Manikganj 581 429 152 55 42 14 525 387 138
Munshiganj 380 276 104 37 30 7 343 246 98
Mymensingh 2212 1482 730 352 243 110 1859 1239 620
Narayanganj 1170 820 351 716 497 218 455 322 132
Narsingdi 731 481 250 96 66 30 635 415 220
Netrakona 1046 712 334 128 86 42 918 626 292
Rajbari 417 291 126 47 32 14 370 259 112
Shariatpur 451 330 121 48 32 16 403 298 105
Sherpur 673 447 226 53 38 15 620 409 211
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Residence Total Urban Rural
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
Tangail 1600 1037 563 227 125 102 1372 912 460
Khulna division
Total 6868 4776 2092 1224 864 361 5644 3913 1731
Bagerhat 633 444 189 82 55 26 552 389 163
Chuadanga 509 362 147 145 104 41 365 258 106
Jessore 1199 795 404 144 100 44 1055 695 361
Jhenaidah 748 500 247 99 63 36 649 438 211
Khulna 976 714 262 522 383 139 453 330 123
Kushti a 910 635 275 110 70 40 800 565 235
Magura 334 232 103 25 19 6 310 213 97
Meherpur 324 239 85 25 21 4 298 217 81
Narail 288 198 90 6 3 3 282 196 87
Satkhira 947 657 290 67 45 22 880 612 268
Rajshahi division
Total 15462 10571 4890 2144 1439 705 13318 9132 4186
Bogra 1449 1001 449 186 125 60 1263 875 388
Dinajpur 1380 930 449 161 104 57 1218 826 392
Gaibandha 926 655 271 70 56 14 855 599 257
Joypurhat 487 326 161 51 37 13 436 289 148
Kurigram 926 657 269 145 103 41 781 553 228
Lalmonirhat 670 443 227 101 67 34 568 375 193
Naogaon 1494 981 514 118 72 46 1376 909 468
Natore 738 505 233 95 63 33 643 442 201
Nawabganj 686 475 211 89 64 26 596 411 185
Nilphamari 810 527 283 122 76 46 689 451 238
Pabna 985 701 283 174 126 47 811 575 236
Panchagarh 475 310 166 55 34 21 420 275 145
Rajshahi 1134 763 372 376 250 126 758 512 246
Rangpur 1332 939 393 207 130 77 1125 809 316
Sirajganj 1270 913 357 138 93 45 1132 820 311
Thakurgaon 701 448 253 56 38 18 645 410 235
Sylhet division
Total 3326 2386 940 401 293 108 2924 2093 832
Habiganj 772 553 220 69 48 20 703 504 199
Maulvi bazar 583 421 162 61 46 16 522 375 147
Sunamganj 989 713 276 114 80 34 875 633 242
Syl het 982 700 282 157 119 38 825 581 244
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Table-E1: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by division, district, sex and residence
(000)
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
Bangladesh 54084 37883 16202 12421 8752 3669 41664 29131 12533
Barisal division
Total 3196 2300 895 398 284 114 2798 2017 781
Barguna 362 253 109 39 26 13 323 228 96
Barisal 965 696 269 154 104 49 811 592 220
Bhola 613 419 195 67 47 20 547 372 175
Jhalokati 268 209 59 32 24 7 236 185 52
Patuakhali 598 420 178 56 42 15 542 378 164
Pirojpur 389 304 85 50 41 9 339 263 76
Chittagong division
Total 8940 6393 2547 2368 1704 664 6572 4689 1884
Bandarban 156 85 71 55 29 26 102 56 45
Brahmanbaria 678 518 160 82 70 12 596 448 148
Chandpur 746 595 151 144 109 34 602 486 116
Chittagong 2618 1870 749 1359 958 401 1260 912 347
Comilla 1698 1108 589 172 125 47 1525 983 542
Cox's bazar 575 449 126 107 90 16 468 359 110
Feni 467 322 145 50 36 14 417 286 131
Khagrachhari 386 236 150 117 73 43 269 163 106
Lakshmipur 565 427 138 98 74 24 467 353 114
Noakhali 794 606 187 115 90 24 679 516 163
Rangamati 257 176 81 71 50 21 186 127 60
Dhaka division
Total 17119 11948 5172 6064 4272 1792 11056 7676 3379
Dhaka 3781 2721 1060 3599 2587 1012 182 134 48
Faridpur 600 475 125 59 53 6 541 422 120
Gazipur 818 575 243 365 248 117 453 327 126
Gopalganj 394 272 122 25 18 8 369 255 114
Jamalpur 1019 667 352 154 95 59 865 573 293
Kishorgonj 1197 849 348 161 108 53 1036 741 294
Madaripur 444 331 113 37 29 8 407 302 105
Manikganj 545 399 146 55 42 14 489 357 132
Munshiganj 354 258 96 36 29 7 318 229 89
Mymensingh 2146 1446 700 329 234 95 1818 1212 606
Narayanganj 1121 780 340 688 472 215 433 308 125
Narsingdi 675 453 222 87 59 27 589 394 195
Netrakona 1009 698 311 115 79 36 894 619 275
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Total Urban Rural
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
Rajbari 402 288 114 39 30 9 363 258 105
Shariatpur 429 316 113 46 30 16 384 286 98
Sherpur 651 431 220 52 38 14 599 393 206
Tangail 1535 988 547 217 119 97 1318 869 449
Khulna division
Total 6626 4636 1990 1147 822 325 5479 3814 1665
Bagerhat 595 420 175 76 52 24 518 368 150
Chuadanga 496 356 141 139 102 37 357 254 104
Jessore 1178 782 396 139 97 41 1039 685 354
Jhenaidah 708 482 226 94 60 34 614 422 191
Khulna 918 683 235 475 360 115 443 323 120
Kushti a 883 617 266 105 66 40 778 552 227
Magura 330 231 99 25 19 6 306 212 93
Meherpur 318 236 82 25 21 4 293 214 79
Narail 278 188 89 5 2 3 273 186 86
Satkhira 921 641 281 63 43 20 858 597 261
Rajshahi division
Total 15083 10334 4749 2071 1393 678 13013 8941 4072
Bogra 1405 976 429 182 123 59 1223 852 370
Dinajpur 1349 910 439 159 103 56 1190 807 383
Gaibandha 903 642 262 70 56 14 833 585 247
Joypurhat 481 323 158 47 34 12 434 289 146
Kurigram 911 647 264 144 103 40 767 543 224
Lalmonirhat 645 425 220 94 61 34 551 364 187
Naogaon 1465 969 496 115 71 44 1350 898 452
Natore 711 484 228 91 58 33 621 426 195
Nawabganj 675 467 208 86 60 26 590 407 182
Nilphamari 795 518 277 117 73 44 678 445 233
Pabna 938 667 270 165 122 44 772 545 227
Panchagarh 467 305 162 53 34 19 414 271 143
Rajshahi 1109 749 361 358 241 116 752 508 244
Rangpur 1293 910 384 200 125 75 1093 784 309
Sirajganj 1239 898 341 133 90 44 1106 808 298
Thakurgaon 697 446 251 56 38 18 640 408 232
Syl het di vision
Total 3120 2272 848 373 277 96 2747 1995 752
Habiganj 749 540 210 67 48 20 682 492 190
Maulvi bazar 532 384 148 54 40 14 478 344 134
Sunamganj 944 691 253 107 78 29 837 613 224
Syl het 895 657 238 145 111 34 750 546 204
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Table-E2: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by status in employment, sex and residence
(000) Status in employment
Total Urban Rural Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number Total 54084 37883 16202 12421 8752 3669 41664 29131 12533
Regular paid employee
7876 6437 1439 3758 2876 882 4118 3560 558
Employer 119 89 30 24 22 2 95 67 28
Self employed (agri)
12308 9767 2542 798 570 228 11510 9197 2314
Self employed (non-agri)
9714 8187 1528 2687 2379 308 7027 5807 1220
Unpaid family worker
11787 2671 9116 2118 349 1769 9669 2322 7347
Irregular paid worker
1486 1190 296 715 552 163 771 638 133
Day labourer (agri)
5792 5393 400 450 418 33 5342 4975 367
Day labourer (non-agri)
4838 4389 449 1783 1614 169 3055 2775 280
Servant 455 47 408 132 16 117 323 31 291
Percent Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Regular paid employee
14.6 17.0 8.9 30.3 32.9 24.0 9.9 12.2 4.4
Employer .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .1 .2 .2 .2
Self employed (agri)
22.8 25.8 15.7 6.4 6.5 6.2 27.6 31.6 18.5
Self employed (non-agri)
18.0 21.6 9.4 21.6 27.2 8.4 16.9 19.9 9.7
Unpaid family worker
21.8 7.1 56.3 17.0 4.0 48.2 23.2 8.0 58.6
Irregular paid worker
2.7 3.1 1.8 5.8 6.3 4.4 1.9 2.2 1.1
Day labourer (agri)
10.7 14.2 2.5 3.6 4.8 .9 12.8 17.1 2.9
Day labourer (non-agri)
8.9 11.6 2.8 14.4 18.4 4.6 7.3 9.5 2.2
Servant .8 .1 2.5 1.1 .2 3.2 .8 .1 2.3
Table-E3: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major industry, sex and residence
(000) BSIC Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Number
Total 54084 37883 16202 12421 8752 3669 41664 29131 12533
Agriculture, fores try and fishing
25679 15174 10506 2981 1187 1794 22698 13987 8712
Mining and quarrying 109 93 17 24 22 1 86 70 15
Manufacturing 6731 4824 1907 2542 1694 848 4189 3130 1058
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BSIC Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning suppl y
96 91 5 49 45 4 47 46 1
Water suppl y; sewerage, was te management and remediation ac t
27 23 4 12 10 2 15 13 1
Construction 2617 2390 227 818 766 52 1799 1625 175
Whol esale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
7540 6513 1027 2073 1922 151 5467 4591 876
Transportation and storage
3983 3738 245 1179 1140 39 2804 2598 206
Accommodation and food ser vice acti vities
831 775 56 253 238 15 578 537 41
Infor mati on and communication
55 52 3 21 21 1 34 32 2
Financial and insurance ac tiviti es
364 313 52 229 194 35 135 118 17
Real estate acti vities 35 33 2 25 25 0 10 8 2
Professional, sci entific and technical acti vities
115 93 22 62 57 5 53 37 17
Admi nistrati ve and support ser vice activiti es
487 443 44 285 261 24 202 182 20
Public administration and defence; compulsor y social security
539 503 36 257 233 24 282 270 12
Education 1285 959 326 418 274 144 867 685 182
Human health and social wor k acti vities
430 265 165 147 102 45 283 163 121
Arts, entertainment and recreati on
67 60 7 14 12 2 53 48 5
Other service acti vities 2358 1640 718 686 510 175 1672 1130 542
Activiti es of households as employers; undif ferentiated good
1006 161 845 396 87 309 610 74 536
Activiti es of extraterritorial organizations and bodi es
4 4 0 3 3 0 1 1 0
Percent Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Agriculture, fores try and fishing
47.5 40.1 64.8 24.0 13.6 48.9 54.5 48.0 69.5
Mining and quarrying 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 Manufacturing 12.4 12.7 11.8 20.5 19.4 23.1 10.1 10.7 8.4 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning suppl y
0.2 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0
Water suppl y; sewerage, was te management and remediation ac t
0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Construction 4.8 6.3 1.4 6.6 8.7 1.4 4.3 5.6 1.4 Whol esale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
13.9 17.2 6.3 16.7 22.0 4.1 13.1 15.8 7.0
Transportation and storage
7.4 9.9 1.5 9.5 13.0 1.1 6.7 8.9 1.6
Accommodation and 1.5 2.0 0.3 2.0 2.7 0.4 1.4 1.8 0.3
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BSIC Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female food ser vice acti vities Infor mati on and communication
0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
Financial and insurance ac tiviti es
0.7 0.8 0.3 1.8 2.2 0.9 0.3 0.4 0.1
Real estate acti vities 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Professional, sci entific and technical acti vities
0.2 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Admi nistrati ve and support ser vice activiti es
0.9 1.2 0.3 2.3 3.0 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.2
Public administration and defence; compulsor y social security
1.0 1.3 0.2 2.1 2.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.1
Education 2.4 2.5 2.0 3.4 3.1 3.9 2.1 2.4 1.5 Human health and social wor k acti vities
0.8 0.7 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.7 0.6 1.0
Arts, entertainment and recreati on
0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0
Other service acti vities 4.4 4.3 4.4 5.5 5.8 4.8 4.0 3.9 4.3 Activiti es of households as employers; undif ferentiated good
1.9 0.4 5.2 3.2 1.0 8.4 1.5 0.3 4.3
Activiti es of extraterritorial organizations and bodi es
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Table-E4: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by nature of work, sex and residence
(000) Work type
Total Urban Rural Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number
Total 54084 37883 16202 12421 8752 3669 41664 29131 12533
Full time 51784 37399 14385 11944 8631 3313 39840 28768 11071
Part time 2525 702 1824 516 160 356 2009 542 1467
Percent Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Full time 95.7 98.7 88.8 96.2 98.6 90.3 95.6 98.8 88.3
Part time 4.7 1.9 11.3 4.2 1.8 9.7 4.8 1.9 11.7
Table-E5: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by sector of employment, sex and residence
(000) Sector of employment
Total Urban Rural Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number
Total 54084 37883 16202 12421 8752 3669 41664 29131 12533
Informal 47350 32391 14959 9310 6337 2973 38040 26054 11986
Formal 6787 5542 1244 3128 2432 696 3659 3111 549
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Sector of employment
Total Urban Rural Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Percent Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Informal 87.5 85.5 92.3 75.0 72.4 81.0 91.3 89.4 95.6
Formal 12.5 14.6 7.7 25.2 27.8 19.0 8.8 10.7 4.4
Table-E6 : Employed persons aged 15 years over by major industry, sector of employment and residence. (000)
Major industry
Sector of emp lo yment
Total informal formal
Total Total 54084 47350 6787
Agriculture, fores try and fishing 25679 24894 815
Mining and quarrying 109 106 3
Manufacturing 6731 4707 2037
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning suppl y 96 40 56
Water suppl y; sewerage, was te management and remediation ac t 27 15 12
Construction 2617 2436 183
Whol esale and retail trade; r epair of motor vehicles and mot 7540 7043 505
Transportation and s torage 3983 3728 264
Accommodation and food ser vice acti vities 831 751 81
Infor mati on and communication 55 23 31
Financial and insur ance acti vities 364 69 300
Real estate acti vities 35 26 9
Professional, sci entific and technical acti vities 115 83 32
Admi nistrati ve and support ser vice acti vities 487 130 357
Public administration and defence; compulsory social securit 539 60 482
Education 1285 253 1055
Human health and social work acti vities 430 261 172
Arts, entertainment and recr eati on 67 58 9
Other service acti vities 2358 1985 376
Activiti es of househol ds as employers; undifferentiated good 1006 950 58
Activiti es of extraterritorial organizations and bodies 4 0 4
Urban Total 12421 9310 3128
Agriculture, fores try and fishing 2981 2882 106
Mining and quarrying 24 23 1
Manufacturing 2542 1378 1172
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning suppl y 49 19 30
Water suppl y; sewerage, was te management and remediation ac t 12 6 7
Construction 818 749 69
Whol esale and retail trade; r epair of motor vehicles and mot 2073 1773 304
Transportation and s torage 1179 1056 125
Accommodation and food ser vice acti vities 253 223 31
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Major industry
Sector of emp lo yment
Total informal formal
Infor mati on and communication 21 7 15
Financial and insur ance acti vities 229 34 197
Real estate acti vities 25 17 8
Professional, sci entific and technical acti vities 62 38 23
Admi nistrati ve and support ser vice acti vities 285 84 201
Public administration and defence; compulsory social securit 257 31 226
Education 418 105 316
Human health and social work acti vities 147 57 91
Arts, entertainment and recr eati on 14 12 2
Other service acti vities 686 507 179
Activiti es of househol ds as employers; undifferentiated good 396 359 38
Activiti es of extraterritorial organizations and bodies 3 0 3
Rural Total 41664 38040 3659
Agriculture, fores try and fishing 22698 22011 710
Mining and quarrying 86 83 2
Manufacturing 4189 3329 865
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning suppl y 47 21 26
Water suppl y; sewerage, was te management and remediation ac t 15 9 5
Construction 1799 1688 114
Whol esale and retail trade; r epair of motor vehicles and mot 5467 5270 201
Transportation and s torage 2804 2672 139
Accommodation and food ser vice acti vities 578 528 50
Infor mati on and communication 34 17 17
Financial and insur ance acti vities 135 34 103
Real estate acti vities 10 9 1
Professional, sci entific and technical acti vities 53 45 9
Admi nistrati ve and support ser vice acti vities 202 46 156
Public administration and defence; compulsory social securit 282 29 255
Education 867 147 739
Human health and social work acti vities 283 204 80
Arts, entertainment and recr eati on 53 46 7
Other service acti vities 1672 1478 197
Activiti es of househol ds as employers; undifferentiated good 610 591 19
Activiti es of extraterritorial organizations and bodies 1 0 1
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Table-E7:Employed persons aged 15 years and over in informal sector by age group, sex and residence
(000) Age group Total Urban Rural
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
Number
Total 47350 32391 14959 9310 6337 2973 38040 26054 11986 15-19 4413 2844 1568 919 553 365 3494 2291 1203 20-24 5975 3469 2506 1229 706 523 4747 2763 1983 25-29 6380 3980 2400 1256 786 470 5124 3194 1930 30-34
6519 4120 2399 1560 1012 549 4959 3108 1850 35-39 5930 3831 2099 1080 699 381 4850 3132 1718 40-44 5506 3795 1711 1094 776 318 4412 3019 1393 45-49 4267 2983 1284 778 572 206 3489 2411 1078 50-54 3029 2587 442 673 585 87 2357 2001 355 55-59
2055 1766 288 286 248 38 1769 1519 250 60-64 1418 1335 83 209 196 13 1208 1138 70 65+ 1859 1681 178 227 205 22 1632 1477 155
Number
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 15-19 9.3% 8.8% 10.5% 9.9% 8.7% 12.3% 9.2% 8.8% 10.0% 20-24 12.6% 10.7% 16.8% 13.2% 11.1% 17.6% 12.5% 10.6% 16.5% 25-29 13.5% 12.3% 16.0% 13.5% 12.4% 15.8% 13.5% 12.3% 16.1% 30-34 13.8% 12.7% 16.0% 16.8% 16.0% 18.5% 13.0% 11.9% 15.4% 35-39 12.5% 11.8% 14.0% 11.6% 11.0% 12.8% 12.7% 12.0% 14.3% 40-44 11.6% 11.7% 11.4% 11.7% 12.2% 10.7% 11.6% 11.6% 11.6% 45-49 9.0% 9.2% 8.6% 8.4% 9.0% 6.9% 9.2% 9.3% 9.0% 50-54 6.4% 8.0% 3.0% 7.2% 9.2% 2.9% 6.2% 7.7% 3.0% 55-59 4.3% 5.5% 1.9% 3.1% 3.9% 1.3% 4.6% 5.8% 2.1% 60-64 3.0% 4.1% .6% 2.2% 3.1% .4% 3.2% 4.4% .6% 65+ 3.9% 5.2% 1.2% 2.4% 3.2% .8% 4.3% 5.7% 1.3%
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Table-E8: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by place of work during last week, sex and residence
(000) Location of work Total Urban Rural
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
Number
Total 54084 37883 16202 12421 8752 3669 41664 29131 12533
no fixed place in o wn house
669 423 246 129 76 53 540 348 193
inside/fixed place of house
4241 2068 2173 689 344 345 3552 1724 1828
factory/workshop/shop etc
4775 3555 1220 2216 1628 588 2559 1927 632
farm or seperate agri land 25973 16251 9721 2605 974 1631 23368 15278 8090
customer's home 823 610 212 290 189 101 533 421 112
construction site 1773 1620 153 586 541 45 1187 1079 108
market, shop of market or business fair
5522 5269 253 1965 1888 76 3558 3380 177
fixed place of foothpath/highway
859 763 96 368 311 57 491 452 39
office location 3249 2662 587 1637 1292 346 1612 1370 241
emplo yer's house 1409 242 1167 376 88 288 1033 154 880
transportation/vehicle 2733 2690 43 891 873 18 1842 1817 25
no fixed premises (hawker, home to home)
704 650 54 202 182 20 502 469 34
others 1641 1357 284 519 416 104 1122 942 180
Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
no fixed place in own house
1.2 1.1 1.5 1.0 .9 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.5
inside/fixed place of house
7.8 5.5 13.4 5.5 3.9 9.4 8.5 5.9 14.6
factory/workshop/shop etc
8.8 9.4 7.5 17.8 18.6 16.0 6.1 6.6 5.0
farm or seperate agri land
48.0 42.9 60.0 21.0 11.1 44.4 56.1 52.4 64.6
customer's home 1.5 1.6 1.3 2.3 2.2 2.7 1.3 1.4 .9
construction site 3.3 4.3 .9 4.7 6.2 1.2 2.8 3.7 .9
market, shop of market or business fair
10.2 13.9 1.6 15.8 21.6 2.1 8.5 11.6 1.4
fixed place of foothpath/highway
1.6 2.0 .6 3.0 3.6 1.6 1.2 1.6 .3
office location 6.0 7.0 3.6 13.2 14.8 9.4 3.9 4.7 1.9
employer's house 2.6 .6 7.2 3.0 1.0 7.8 2.5 .5 7.0
transportation/vehicle 5.1 7.1 .3 7.2 10.0 .5 4.4 6.2 .2
no fixed premises (hawker, home to home)
1.3 1.7 .3 1.6 2.1 .6 1.2 1.6 .3
others 3.0 3.6 1.8 4.2 4.7 2.8 2.7 3.2 1.4
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Table-E9: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by weekly hours worked, sex and residence
(000) Hours worked in group
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
Number
Total 54082 37882 16201 12419 8751 3668 41664 29131 12533
<15 hours 5940 1403 4537 987 158 829 4952 1245 3707
15-19 755 618 138 85 64 22 670 554 116
20-29 2236 806 1430 401 117 284 1835 689 1146
30-39 1028 857 172 214 161 53 814 695 119
40-49 16662 9841 6821 4303 2803 1499 12359 7038 5322
50-59 17774 15819 1955 3289 2762 527 14485 13057 1428
60 + hours 9687 8538 1148 3139 2685 453 6548 5853 695
Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
<15 hours 11.0 3.7 28.0 8.0 1.8 22.6 11.9 4.3 29.6
15-19 1.4 1.6 .8 .7 .7 .6 1.6 1.9 .9
20-29 4.1 2.1 8.8 3.2 1.3 7.8 4.4 2.4 9.1
30-39 1.9 2.3 1.1 1.7 1.8 1.4 2.0 2.4 .9
40-49 30.8 26.0 42.1 34.6 32.0 40.9 29.7 24.2 42.5
50-59 32.9 41.8 12.1 26.5 31.6 14.4 34.8 44.8 11.4
60 + hours 17.9 22.5 7.1 25.3 30.7 12.4 15.7 20.1 5.5
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Table-E10: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major industry and mode of payment of wage & salary
(000) Major industry Mode of salary/wages
Total Daily W eekly Monthly Piece rate basis
Others
Bangladesh 26814 10260 714 8313 86 7510
agriculture, for estry and fishing 9676 5806 127 779 3 3008
mining and quarrying 59 46 1 5 0 7
manufacturing 4387 658 310 2570 25 835
electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning suppl y 83 12 1 59 1 10
water suppl y; sewerage, waste management and remediation ac t
22 5 0 15 0 2
constructi on 1898 1431 132 204 5 138
wholesal e and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
3351 351 42 799 10 2158
transportation and storage 2251 1291 31 382 11 548
accommodation and food service acti vities 427 77 8 121 4 217
information and communicati on 46 2 1 37 0 7
financi al and insurance acti vities 350 5 2 302 2 44
real estate acti vities 27 1 0 13 0 14
professional, scientific and technical ac tiviti es 81 4 1 48 0 27
administrati ve and support service acti vities 453 25 2 375 4 47
public administration and defence; compulsor y social securit
528 9 3 493 1 26
education 1187 9 2 1110 0 84
human health and social wor k acti vities 341 5 0 272 1 65
arts, entertainment and r ecreati on 51 21 3 17 0 11
other ser vice ac tiviti es 1295 429 42 471 18 339
activiti es of househol ds as employers; undif ferentiated good
494 138 11 293 2 54
activiti es of extr aterritorial organizations and bodi es
4 0 1 3 0 0
Urban 8048 2164 227 3884 42 1749
agriculture, for estry and fishing 854 496 7 109 1 251
mining and quarrying 16 12 1 2 0 1
manufacturing 2212 256 115 1517 10 318
electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning suppl y 44 6 1 31 0 6
water suppl y; sewerage, waste management and remediation ac t
11 0 0 10 0 1
constructi on 645 454 40 91 3 61
wholesal e and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
1192 151 19 398 2 625
transportation and storage 887 558 16 178 5 136
accommodation and food service acti vities 149 30 3 48 3 65
information and communicati on 18 0 1 16 0 1
financi al and insurance acti vities 224 1 1 196 1 29
real estate acti vities 20 0 0 11 0 10
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Major industry Mode of salary/wages
Total Daily W eekly Monthly Piece rate basis
Others
professional, scientific and technical ac tiviti es 49 1 0 28 0 19
administrati ve and support service acti vities 267 12 1 213 3 38
public administration and defence; compulsor y social securit
249 5 1 232 0 12
education 380 3 0 348 0 33
human health and social wor k acti vities 125 0 0 104 0 20
arts, entertainment and r ecreati on 13 2 0 6 0 5
other ser vice ac tiviti es 484 129 16 216 13 111
activiti es of househol ds as employers; undif ferentiated good
248 62 8 140 2 38
activiti es of extr aterritorial organizations and bodi es
3 0 1 2 0 0
Rural 18766 8096 487 4429 44 5761
agriculture, for estry and fishing 8822 5310 120 670 2 2757
mining and quarrying 43 34 0 3 0 6
manufacturing 2174 402 195 1053 15 516
electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning suppl y 39 6 0 28 1 4
water suppl y; sewerage, waste management and remediation ac t
11 5 0 5 0 2
constructi on 1253 977 93 114 3 76
wholesal e and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
2159 201 22 401 7 1533
transportation and storage 1363 733 15 204 6 413
accommodation and food service acti vities 278 47 5 73 1 152
information and communicati on 28 2 0 20 0 6
financi al and insurance acti vities 126 5 1 106 1 15
real estate acti vities 7 1 0 2 0 4
professional, scientific and technical ac tiviti es 32 3 1 20 0 8
administrati ve and support service acti vities 186 14 0 163 1 9
public administration and defence; compulsor y social securit
279 4 2 261 1 14
education 807 6 2 761 0 51
human health and social wor k acti vities 216 5 0 167 1 45
arts, entertainment and r ecreati on 38 19 3 11 0 6
other ser vice ac tiviti es 811 299 26 255 6 228
activiti es of househol ds as employers; undif ferentiated good
246 76 4 152 0 16
activiti es of extr aterritorial organizations and bodi es
1 0 0 1 0 0
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Table-E11: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major occupation and residence
(000) Major occupation ISCO 88
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
Number
Total 54084 37883 16202 12421 8752 3669 41664 29131 12533
Special o ccupation 36 36 0 18 18 0 18 18 0
Lagislators, senior officials and man agers
653 557 96 294 268 26 359 289 70
Professionals 1540 1195 346 559 400 158 982 794 187
Technicians and asso ciated professionals
861 692 170 358 304 54 503 387 116
Clerks 1009 906 104 428 378 49 582 528 54
Service workers and shop and market sales workers
9464 7818 1646 2483 2252 231 6980 5565 1415
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers
7397 6927 471 642 596 46 6755 6331 424
Craft and releted trade workers
4902 3636 1267 1453 1131 321 3449 2504 945
Plant and machin e operators and assemblers
3126 2357 769 1631 1074 558 1495 1283 212
Elementary occupations
25366 14026 11341 4600 2373 2227 20766 11652 9114
Percent Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Special occupation .1 .1 .0 .1 .2 .0 .0 .1 .0
Lagislators, senior officials and managers
1.2 1.5 .6 2.4 3.1 .7 .9 1.0 .6
Professionals 2.8 3.2 2.1 4.5 4.6 4.3 2.4 2.7 1.5
Technicians and associated professionals
1.6 1.8 1.0 2.9 3.5 1.5 1.2 1.3 .9
Clerks 1.9 2.4 .6 3.4 4.3 1.3 1.4 1.8 .4
Service workers and shop and market sales workers
17.5 20.6 10.2 20.0 25.7 6.3 16.8 19.1 11.3
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers
13.7 18.3 2.9 5.2 6.8 1.3 16.2 21.7 3.4
Craft and related trade workers
9.1 9.6 7.8 11.7 12.9 8.8 8.3 8.6 7.5
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
5.8 6.2 4.7 13.1 12.3 15.2 3.6 4.4 1.7
Elementary occupations
46.9 37.0 70.0 37.0 27.1 60.7 49.8 40.0 72.7
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Table-E12: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by weekly hours worked, status in employment, sex and residence.
(000) Status in emplo yment bangladesh
Hours worked in group
Total <15 hours 15-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60 + hours
Number
Total 54082 5940 755 2236 1028 16662 17774 9687
Regular paid emplo yee
7876 3 3 1 85 3923 2227 1634
Emplo yer 119 0 1 0 2 28 60 28
Self emp lo yed ( agri) 12308 341 405 341 65 3723 4086 3347
Self emp lo yed (non-agri)
9714 141 148 286 250 2711 3615 2564
Unpaid family worker
11787 5459 206 1608 470 3314 562 167
Irregular paid wo rker 1486 2 0 7 14 422 652 390
Day labourer (agri) 5792 2 5 5 34 1035 4261 451
Day labourer (non-agri)
4837 2 1 9 110 1498 2149 1069
Servant 455 0 0 1 4 75 274 101
Male 37882 1403 618 806 857 9841 15819 8538
Regular paid emplo yee
6437 3 3 0 66 3171 1870 1324
Emplo yer 89 0 1 0 2 17 49 20
Self emp lo yed ( agri) 9767 279 350 310 63 2060 3894 2811
Self emp lo yed (non-agri)
8187 104 113 252 228 1793 3216 2481
Unpaid family worker
2671 1022 159 250 377 191 516 157
Irregular paid wo rker 1190 1 0 2 10 347 495 335
Day labourer (agri) 5393 2 5 5 29 981 3942 429
Day labourer (non-agri)
4388 2 1 8 87 1337 1924 1028
Servant 47 0 0 0 0 10 20 17
Female 16201 4537 138 1430 172 6821 1955 1148
Regular paid emplo yee
1439 0 0 1 18 753 357 310
Emplo yer 30 0 0 0 0 12 11 8
Self emp lo yed ( agri) 2542 62 55 32 2 1663 192 536
Self emp lo yed (non-agri)
1528 36 34 34 23 918 399 84
Unpaid family worker
9116 4437 48 1359 93 3123 46 10
Irregular paid wo rker 295 1 0 4 4 75 156 55
Day labourer (agri) 400 0 0 0 5 54 318 22
Day labourer (non-agri)
449 0 0 1 23 160 224 40
Servant 408 0 0 1 4 66 254 83
Urban total 12419 987 85 401 214 4303 3289 3139
Regular paid emplo yee
3758 1 1 0 29 1936 715 1076
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Status in emplo yment bangladesh
Hours worked in group
Total <15 hours 15-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60 + hours
Emplo yer 24 0 0 0 1 6 11 6
Self emp lo yed ( agri) 798 36 35 24 6 271 220 206
Self emp lo yed (non-agri)
2687 34 32 65 55 608 928 964
Unpaid family worker
2118 918 18 308 52 699 77 45
Irregular paid wo rker 714 0 0 2 8 183 283 238
Day labourer (agri) 450 0 0 0 6 78 329 36
Day labourer (non-agri)
1782 0 0 4 55 512 674 537
Servant 132 0 0 0 3 25 68 35
Urban male 8751 158 64 117 161 2803 2762 2685
Regular paid emplo yee
2876 1 1 0 20 1489 551 813
Emplo yer 22 0 0 0 1 5 10 6
Self emp lo yed ( agri) 570 21 30 23 6 123 215 151
Self emp lo yed (non-agri)
2379 23 25 56 45 505 810 916
Unpaid family worker
349 115 9 36 43 31 71 44
Irregular paid wo rker 552 0 0 0 5 140 210 197
Day labourer (agri) 418 0 0 0 5 75 303 34
Day labourer (non-agri)
1613 0 0 4 36 447 604 522
Servant 16 0 0 0 0 3 5 7
Urban female 3668 829 22 284 53 1499 527 453
Regular paid emplo yee
882 0 0 0 9 446 164 262
Emplo yer 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Self emp lo yed ( agri) 228 15 5 1 0 147 5 56
Self emp lo yed (non-agri)
308 11 8 10 10 103 119 48
Unpaid family worker
1769 803 9 272 9 668 6 1
Irregular paid wo rker 162 0 0 1 3 43 73 41
Day labourer (agri) 33 0 0 0 1 3 27 2
Day labourer (non-agri)
169 0 0 0 19 65 70 15
Servant 117 0 0 0 3 22 63 28
Rural total 41664 4952 670 1835 814 12359 14485 6548
Regular paid emplo yee
4118 2 2 1 55 1988 1512 558
Emplo yer 95 0 1 0 1 22 49 22
Self emp lo yed ( agri) 11510 305 370 317 59 3452 3866 3141
Self emp lo yed (non-agri)
7027 106 115 221 195 2103 2686 1600
Unpaid family worker
9669 4541 188 1301 418 2615 485 122
Irregular paid wo rker 771 2 0 5 6 239 368 152
Day labourer (agri) 5342 2 5 5 28 956 3931 415
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Status in emplo yment bangladesh
Hours worked in group
Total <15 hours 15-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60 + hours
Day labourer (non-agri)
3055 2 1 5 55 986 1475 531
Servant 323 0 0 0 1 50 206 65
Rural male 29131 1245 554 689 695 7038 13057 5853
Regular paid emplo yee
3560 2 2 0 46 1681 1319 510
Emplo yer 67 0 1 0 1 12 39 14
Self emp lo yed ( agri) 9197 258 319 287 57 1937 3679 2661
Self emp lo yed (non-agri)
5807 81 89 196 182 1288 2407 1565
Unpaid family worker
2322 907 149 214 334 160 445 113
Irregular paid wo rker 638 1 0 2 5 207 285 138
Day labourer (agri) 4975 2 5 5 23 906 3640 395
Day labourer (non-agri)
2775 2 1 4 51 890 1320 506
Servant 31 0 0 0 0 7 15 10
Rural female 12533 3707 116 1146 119 5322 1428 695
Regular paid emplo yee
558 0 0 1 9 306 193 48
Emplo yer 28 0 0 0 0 11 10 8
Self emp lo yed ( agri) 2314 47 51 31 2 1515 188 480
Self emp lo yed (non-agri)
1220 25 27 25 13 815 280 36
Unpaid family worker
7347 3634 39 1087 84 2455 40 9
Irregular paid wo rker 133 1 0 3 1 32 83 14
Day labourer (agri) 367 0 0 0 5 50 292 21
Day labourer (non-agri)
280 0 0 1 4 95 154 25
Servant 291 0 0 0 1 43 191 55
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Table-E13: Salaried persons aged 15 years and over by monthly income, sex and residence Monthly earnings in group
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
Number (000)
Total 32328 28522 3806 9259 7687 1573 23069 20835 2233
<1500 456 306 150 61 41 20 395 266 129
1500-1999 1262 1021 241 213 139 74 1049 882 167
2000-2499 2724 2342 382 612 430 182 2112 1912 200
2500-2999 2540 2269 271 446 344 102 2094 1924 169
3000-3999 3703 3387 316 812 660 152 2892 2727 165
4000-4999 5678 5311 367 1527 1325 201 4151 3985 166
5000-5999 2861 2742 119 689 643 47 2172 2099 72
6000-6999 2977 2609 368 919 818 101 2057 1791 267
7000-7999 1691 1308 383 549 387 163 1142 922 220
8000-8999 3135 2598 537 1052 848 204 2082 1750 333
9000-9999 969 786 184 329 251 78 640 535 106
10000-12499 2515 2156 359 961 796 165 1554 1360 194
12500-14999 370 336 33 171 155 16 199 182 17
15000-17499 420 394 26 249 230 19 170 164 7
17500-19999 93 85 8 60 55 5 34 30 3
20000-24999 432 403 29 268 248 20 164 155 9
25000-29999 105 98 7 69 62 7 36 36 0 30000-34999 107 100 7 71 65 6 36 35 1
35000+ 291 271 20 201 189 12 90 82 8
Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
<1500 1.4 1.1 3.9 .7 .5 1.3 1.7 1.3 5.8
1500-1999 3.9 3.6 6.3 2.3 1.8 4.7 4.5 4.2 7.5
2000-2499 8.4 8.2 10.0 6.6 5.6 11.6 9.2 9.2 8.9
2500-2999 7.9 8.0 7.1 4.8 4.5 6.5 9.1 9.2 7.6
3000-3999 11.5 11.9 8.3 8.8 8.6 9.6 12.5 13.1 7.4
4000-4999 17.6 18.6 9.6 16.5 17.2 12.8 18.0 19.1 7.4
5000-5999 8.8 9.6 3.1 7.4 8.4 3.0 9.4 10.1 3.2
6000-6999 9.2 9.1 9.7 9.9 10.6 6.4 8.9 8.6 11.9
7000-7999 5.2 4.6 10.1 5.9 5.0 10.4 4.9 4.4 9.9
8000-8999 9.7 9.1 14.1 11.4 11.0 13.0 9.0 8.4 14.9
9000-9999 3.0 2.8 4.8 3.6 3.3 4.9 2.8 2.6 4.7
10000-12499 7.8 7.6 9.4 10.4 10.3 10.5 6.7 6.5 8.7
12500-14999 1.1 1.2 .9 1.8 2.0 1.0 .9 .9 .8
15000-17499 1.3 1.4 .7 2.7 3.0 1.2 .7 .8 .3
17500-19999 .3 .3 .2 .6 .7 .3 .1 .1 .1
20000-24999 1.3 1.4 .8 2.9 3.2 1.3 .7 .7 .4 25000-29999 .3 .3 .2 .7 .8 .4 .2 .2 .0
30000-34999 .3 .4 .2 .8 .8 .4 .2 .2 .0
35000+ .9 1.0 .5 2.2 2.5 .7 .4 .4 .4
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Table-E14: Day labourer aged 15 years and over by weekly income, sex and residence
(000) W eekly earnings in group
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
Number
Total 10634 9785 849 2235 2033 202 8400 7752 647
<= 500 1125 943 182 168 135 33 956 808 149
501-1000 4098 3861 237 726 681 44 3372 3179 192
1001-1500 3164 3082 82 708 687 21 2456 2395 61
1501-2000 1844 1565 279 492 409 83 1352 1156 196
2001+ 404 334 70 140 120 20 264 215 50
Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
<= 500 10.6 9.6 21.4 7.5 6.7 16.3 11.4 10.4 23.0
501-1000 38.5 39.5 27.9 32.5 33.5 22.0 40.1 41.0 29.7
1001-1500 29.8 31.5 9.6 31.7 33.8 10.5 29.2 30.9 9.4
1501-2000 17.3 16.0 32.9 22.0 20.1 41.4 16.1 14.9 30.2
2001+ 3.8 3.4 8.2 6.3 5.9 9.8 3.1 2.8 7.7
Table-E15: Day labourer aged 15 years and over by weekly average wage rate and industry
(000) Major industry weekly earn ings in group
Total <= 500 501-1000 1001-1500 1501-2000 2001+
Total 10584 1113 4082 3154 1831 403
Agricu lture, forestry and fishing
5868 808 2477 1532 897 153
Mining and quarrying 48 4 5 23 10 5
Manufacturing 756 71 269 178 213 24
Electricit y, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
14 1 4 5 3 1
W ater supply; sewerag e, waste management and remediation act
5 0 4 1 1 0
Construction 1545 88 570 595 212 81
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
329 22 97 106 84 19
Transportation and storage 1328 61 463 511 230 63
Accommodation and food service activities
74 15 19 20 14 6
Information and communication
2 0 0 0 1 0
Financial and insuran ce activities
2 0 0 2 0 0
Real estate activities 2 0 0 0 2 0
Professional, scientific and technical activities
5 0 0 2 3 0
Administrative and support service activities
24 1 8 5 6 3
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Major industry weekly earn ings in group
Total <= 500 501-1000 1001-1500 1501-2000 2001+
Public administration and defence; compulsory social securit y
1 0 0 0 1 0
Education 9 1 2 0 5 1
Human health and social work activities
5 2 1 1 1 0
Arts, entertainment and recreation
24 0 14 4 3 1
Other service activities 440 22 131 162 104 20
Activities of households as emplo yers; undifferentiated good
144 18 26 24 51 25
Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
1 0 0 0 1 0
Table-E16: Average wage rate of day labourer (agri. & non-agri.) 15 years and over by sex and residence
Sex Bangladesh Urban Rural Total 183.20 199.88 178.77
Male 184.35 200.05 180.24
Female 169.91 198.14 161.10
Table-E17: Average annual growth rural non-farm economic activities 2005-06 to 2010
(000) Rural non-farm economic activities 2005-06 2010 Growth rate Manufacturing 3086 4188 8.9 Electricity, gas and water supply 40 62 13.8 Construction 1006 1799 19.7 Whole sale 4513 5467 5.3 Hotel & restaurant 462 578 6.3 Transport 2670 2804 1.3 Financial 186 135 -6.9
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Table-E18: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by industry, age group and residence
(000) Industry age group
Total 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65+ Bangladesh Total 54084 5089 6941 7313 7611 6643 6246 4851 3570 2342 1524 1954 agriculture, for estry and fishing
25679 2354 3972 3660 2986 2070 2742 2452 1648 1244 1062 1491
mining and quarrying
109 30 13 17 12 12 8 5 3 5 2 2
manufacturing 6731 866 954 1005 958 832 594 678 448 255 65 77 electricity, gas, steam and air conditi oning suppl y
96 9 17 8 13 12 14 6 13 2 0 1
water suppl y; sewerage, was te management and remediation ac t
27 1 3 2 1 5 3 3 4 1 1 3
constructi on 2617 337 368 359 359 317 346 168 161 108 55 39 wholesal e and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
7540 413 588 790 1026 1836 1103 680 500 297 146 161
transportation and storage
3983 256 376 612 727 722 598 268 218 121 51 36
accommodation and food ser vice activiti es
831 106 96 73 116 120 103 83 62 33 13 26
information and communication
55 5 6 6 8 4 10 2 8 2 1 3
financi al and insurance ac tiviti es
364 7 34 53 74 42 39 39 50 19 3 4
real estate acti vities 35 3 0 5 6 4 7 4 2 1 3 0 professional, scientific and technical acti vities
115 9 8 14 18 12 19 12 12 4 2 4
administrati ve and support ser vice activiti es
487 15 33 59 91 54 65 56 68 27 11 9
public administration and defence; compulsor y social securit
539 16 47 52 82 66 87 73 62 30 17 7
education 1285 38 90 140 243 215 180 136 124 88 23 10 human health and social wor k acti vities
430 7 29 40 128 52 51 37 40 23 9 14
arts, entertainment and recreati on
67 4 11 7 7 7 7 10 7 3 1 2
other ser vice activiti es
2358 564 267 280 336 237 236 139 124 75 51 50
activiti es of households as employers; undif ferentiated good
1006 52 41 156 458 68 80 33 47 29 20 20
activiti es of extraterritorial organizations and bodi es
4 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urban Total 12421 1227 1660 1669 2134 1386 1460 1037 945 401 239 262 agriculture, for estry and fishing
2981 277 497 427 416 314 359 276 156 93 70 96
mining and quarrying
24 5 2 3 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 1
manufacturing 2542 452 446 400 414 223 214 154 120 63 29 29 electricity, gas, 49 4 8 4 9 5 6 3 10 1 0 0
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Industry age group Total 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65+
steam and air conditi oning suppl y water suppl y; sewerage, was te management and remediation ac t
12 0 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 0 1
constructi on 818 75 112 115 124 93 110 58 60 30 26 15 wholesal e and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
2073 143 234 230 335 284 248 199 230 80 45 46
transportation and storage
1179 66 122 162 245 165 161 92 97 27 24 18
accommodation and food ser vice activiti es
253 31 29 26 29 29 36 25 22 8 5 12
information and communication
21 3 2 1 4 3 3 1 0 0 1 2
financi al and insurance ac tiviti es
229 6 18 28 44 26 26 26 40 12 1 3
real estate acti vities 25 2 0 3 6 2 3 3 2 1 3 0 professional, scientific and technical acti vities
62 2 3 5 13 6 13 7 9 2 1 0
administrati ve and support ser vice activiti es
285 4 18 23 59 35 42 31 49 12 6 6
public administration and defence; compulsor y social securit
257 8 16 22 42 33 43 37 34 10 6 5
education 418 22 35 52 94 45 60 39 33 30 5 4 human health and social wor k acti vities
147 3 13 18 21 19 25 13 18 8 4 6
arts, entertainment and recreati on
14 0 1 1 3 1 1 3 3 0 0 0
other ser vice activiti es
686 97 83 91 121 72 70 56 51 18 11 16
activiti es of households as employers; undif ferentiated good
396 27 24 62 155 34 38 17 18 9 8 5
activiti es of extraterritorial organizations and bodi es
3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rural Total 41664 3862 5281 5644 5478 5257 4787 3815 2624 1941 1285 1691 agriculture, for estry and fishing
22698 2076 3474 3234 2570 1756 2383 2176 1491 1151 992 1395
mining and quarrying
86 25 11 14 9 11 5 4 2 4 1 1
manufacturing 4189 414 508 605 544 609 380 524 328 191 37 48 electricity, gas, steam and air conditi oning suppl y
47 5 9 5 4 8 8 3 3 1 0 1
water suppl y; sewerage, was te management and remediation ac t
15 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 3 0 1 2
constructi on 1799 262 257 245 235 224 235 109 101 78 30 24 wholesal e and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
5467 270 355 560 692 1552 855 480 270 217 101 116
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Industry age group Total 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65+
transportation and storage
2804 189 253 450 482 558 437 176 121 94 26 18
accommodation and food ser vice activiti es
578 75 67 48 86 91 66 58 40 24 8 13
information and communication
34 2 4 5 4 1 6 1 8 2 0 1
financi al and insurance ac tiviti es
135 1 16 25 30 16 13 13 10 7 2 1
real estate acti vities 10 1 0 2 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 professional, scientific and technical acti vities
53 7 5 10 5 6 5 5 3 2 2 4
administrati ve and support ser vice activiti es
202 11 16 35 32 19 23 25 19 14 5 3
public administration and defence; compulsor y social securit
282 8 30 30 40 33 44 36 28 20 11 2
education 867 16 54 88 149 169 120 98 91 58 17 6 human health and social wor k acti vities
283 5 16 22 107 33 26 23 22 16 5 8
arts, entertainment and recreati on
53 4 10 6 4 6 6 7 4 3 1 2
other ser vice activiti es
1672 466 184 189 216 165 165 83 73 57 40 34
activiti es of households as employers; undif ferentiated good
610 25 17 94 303 34 42 17 29 20 12 16
activiti es of extraterritorial organizations and bodi es
1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Table-E19: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major industry, status in employment, sex and residence
(000) Maj or industry Status in employment
Total Regular paid
employee
Employer Self employed
(agri)
Self employed (non-a gri)
Unpaid family
worker
Irregular paid
worker
Day labourer
(agri)
Day labourer
(non-agri)
Serv ant
Bangladesh 54084 7876 119 12308 9714 11787 1486 5792 4838 455 Agriculture, forestry and fishing
25679 748 23 7982 1518 9559 116 5526 383 31
Mining and quarr ying 109 5 1 4 30 20 2 17 30 0 Manufacturing 6731 2553 20 1267 1023 567 559 65 696 24 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioni ng supply
96 58 0 0 19 2 2 0 14 1
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation act
27 14 0 1 4 1 1 0 5 1
Construction 2617 190 3 65 710 30 80 87 1470 15 Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor v ehicles and mot
7540 756 19 2499 3318 444 230 40 297 43
Transportation a nd storage
3983 381 6 474 1620 80 137 35 1298 1
Accommodati on and food serv ice activ ities
831 117 6 114 379 101 49 5 71 4
Information a nd communication
55 37 2 2 11 0 1 1 1 0
Financial and insurance activ ities
364 302 5 2 25 2 32 0 2 0
Real estate activ ities 35 13 1 0 15 1 3 0 2 0 Professional, scientific and technical activ ities
115 40 3 5 48 2 3 0 5 9
Administrativ e and support serv ice activ ities
487 375 1 6 51 7 25 2 22 0
Public administration and defence; compulsor y social securit
539 503 1 5 13 0 22 0 1 0
Education 1285 1089 22 18 106 3 46 2 7 21 Human health and social work activ ities
430 186 1 10 124 10 15 2 3 86
Arts, entertainment and recreation
67 17 0 7 14 3 2 2 22 1
Other serv ice activ ities
2358 469 7 36 778 505 136 11 434 3
Activ ities of households as employers; undifferentiated good
1006 73 1 9 53 469 42 17 127 220
Activ ities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Male 37883 6437 89 9767 8187 2671 1190 5393 4389 47 Agriculture, forestry and fishing
15174 667 19 6585 679 1798 98 5167 350 15
Mining and quarr ying 93 3 1 4 30 9 2 15 29 0 Manufacturing 4824 1807 14 992 780 304 379 57 532 1 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioni ng supply
91 54 0 0 19 2 2 0 14 1
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation act
23 14 0 1 2 0 1 0 5 0
Construction 2390 164 3 60 662 24 72 81 1356 0 Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor
6513 726 10 1804 3192 354 218 30 279 7
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Maj or industry Status in employment Total Regular
paid employee
Employer Self employed
(agri)
Self employed (non-a gri)
Unpaid family
worker
Irregular paid
worker
Day labourer
(agri)
Day labourer
(non-agri)
Serv ant
v ehicles and mot Transportation a nd storage
3738 369 6 326 1591 42 135 34 1282 1
Accommodati on and food serv ice activ ities
775 109 3 111 371 79 44 5 67 0
Information a nd communication
52 36 2 1 11 0 1 1 1 0
Financial and insurance activ ities
313 263 5 1 20 2 26 0 2 0
Real estate activ ities 33 13 1 0 13 1 3 0 2 0 Professional, scientific and technical activ ities
93 35 1 3 44 2 3 0 4 1
Administrativ e and support serv ice activ ities
443 336 1 5 50 5 25 2 20 0
Public administration and defence; compulsor y social security
503 477 1 5 11 0 15 0 0 0
Education 959 823 20 18 81 3 30 2 7 5 Human health and social work activ ities
265 124 1 7 112 9 12 2 2 0
Arts, entertainment and recreation
60 17 0 4 12 3 2 2 21 0
Other serv ice activ ities
1640 416 4 29 615 51 126 11 406 1
Activ ities of households as employers; undifferentiated good
161 31 0 3 34 0 13 5 63 15
Activ ities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Female 16202 1439 30 2542 1528 9116 296 400 449 408 Agriculture, forestry and fishing
10506 81 4 1396 839 7761 18 359 33 15
Mining and quarr ying 17 2 0 0 0 10 0 2 2 0 Manufacturing 1907 745 6 275 243 263 180 9 165 23 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioni ng supply
5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation act
4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1
Construction 227 26 0 6 47 6 8 6 114 15 Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor v ehicles and mot
1027 30 9 695 126 90 12 10 18 36
Transportation a nd storage
245 12 0 148 29 38 2 1 16 0
Accommodati on and food serv ice activ ities
56 8 3 3 7 22 5 0 4 4
Information a nd communication
3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Financial and insurance activ ities
52 40 0 1 5 0 7 0 0 0
Real estate activ ities 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Professional, scientific and technical activ ities
22 5 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 7
Administrativ e and support serv ice activ ities
44 39 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
Public administration and defence; compulsor y social security
36 26 0 0 2 0 7 0 1 0
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Maj or industry Status in employment Total Regular
paid employee
Employer Self employed
(agri)
Self employed (non-a gri)
Unpaid family
worker
Irregular paid
worker
Day labourer
(agri)
Day labourer
(non-agri)
Serv ant
Education 326 266 3 0 26 0 15 0 1 17 Human health and social work activ ities
165 61 0 2 11 0 3 0 1 86
Arts, entertainment and recreation
7 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 1
Other serv ice activ ities
718 53 3 7 164 454 9 0 28 2
Activ ities of households as employers; undifferentiated good
845 41 1 6 19 469 30 13 64 205
Activ ities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rural 41664 4118 95 11510 7027 9669 771 5342 3055 323 Agriculture, forestry and fishing
22698 642 21 7429 1314 7936 87 5128 291 29
Mining and quarr ying 86 3 1 3 24 18 2 17 18 0 Manufacturing 4189 1041 16 1215 724 465 283 51 410 17 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioni ng supply
47 27 0 0 10 1 1 0 7 1
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation act
15 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 0
Construction 1799 102 3 56 511 21 48 69 1005 11 Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor v ehicles and mot
5467 366 13 2346 2185 300 122 32 162 35
Transportation a nd storage
2804 203 4 442 1303 63 52 26 748 1
Accommodati on and food serv ice activ ities
578 71 4 104 256 77 29 3 43 2
Information a nd communication
34 20 2 2 7 0 0 1 1 0
Financial and insurance activ ities
135 106 3 2 15 1 11 0 1 0
Real estate activ ities 10 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 Professional, scientific and technical activ ities
53 12 3 5 17 1 2 0 4 8
Administrativ e and support serv ice activ ities
202 163 0 6 13 4 7 2 9 0
Public administration and defence; compulsor y social security
282 266 0 4 6 0 9 0 1 0
Education 867 755 20 17 59 3 23 2 5 8 Human health and social work activ ities
283 81 1 8 95 7 5 2 3 86
Arts, entertainment and recreation
53 11 0 6 11 3 1 2 20 0
Other serv ice activ ities
1672 254 6 31 569 438 88 9 296 1
Activ ities of households as employers; undifferentiated good
610 24 1 6 22 342 11 16 63 128
Activ ities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rural Male 29131 3560 67 9197 5807 2322 638 4975 2775 31 Agriculture, forestry and fishing
13987 580 16 6158 563 1703 71 4795 263 14
Mining and quarr ying 70 1 1 3 24 8 2 15 17 0 Manufacturing 3130 850 11 951 530 244 205 46 323 1 Electricity, gas, 46 26 0 0 10 1 1 0 7 1
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Maj or industry Status in employment Total Regular
paid employee
Employer Self employed
(agri)
Self employed (non-a gri)
Unpaid family
worker
Irregular paid
worker
Day labourer
(agri)
Day labourer
(non-agri)
Serv ant
steam and air conditioni ng supply Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation act
13 5 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 0
Construction 1625 83 3 51 474 16 43 64 918 0 Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor v ehicles and mot
4591 349 5 1725 2093 218 112 25 153 5
Transportation a nd storage
2598 198 4 306 1280 32 51 26 741 1
Accommodati on and food serv ice activ ities
537 67 2 101 251 56 26 3 42 0
Information a nd communication
32 19 2 1 7 0 0 1 1 0
Financial and insurance activ ities
118 94 3 1 9 1 11 0 1 0
Real estate activ ities 8 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 Professional, scientific and technical activ ities
37 10 1 3 16 1 2 0 4 0
Administrativ e and support serv ice activ ities
182 146 0 5 13 3 7 2 8 0
Public administration and defence; compulsor y social securit
270 257 0 4 5 0 8 0 0 0
Education 685 600 18 17 47 3 16 2 5 1 Human health and social work activ ities
163 59 1 6 85 7 5 2 2 0
Arts, entertainment and recreation
48 11 0 4 9 3 1 2 19 0
Other serv ice activ ities
1130 225 3 25 486 37 83 9 280 1
Activ ities of households as employers; undifferentiated good
74 14 0 3 18 0 4 4 24 8
Activ ities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rural Female 12533 558 28 2314 1220 7347 133 367 280 291 Agriculture, forestry and fishing
8712 62 4 1272 751 6233 16 333 28 14
Mining and quarr ying 15 2 0 0 0 10 0 2 1 0 Manufacturing 1058 191 5 264 193 221 79 6 87 16 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioni ng supply
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation act
1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Construction 175 20 0 6 37 5 5 6 87 11 Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor v ehicles and mot
876 17 8 620 92 81 10 8 9 30
Transportation a nd storage
206 5 0 136 23 31 2 1 8 0
Accommodati on and food serv ice activ ities
41 3 3 3 5 21 2 0 1 2
Information a nd communication
2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Financial and insurance activ ities
17 12 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0
Real estate activ ities 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Professional, 17 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 7
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Maj or industry Status in employment Total Regular
paid employee
Employer Self employed
(agri)
Self employed (non-a gri)
Unpaid family
worker
Irregular paid
worker
Day labourer
(agri)
Day labourer
(non-agri)
Serv ant
scientific and technical activ ities Administrativ e and support serv ice activ ities
20 17 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Public administration and defence; compulsor y social securit
12 10 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
Education 182 154 2 0 12 0 7 0 1 7 Human health and social work activ ities
121 23 0 2 9 0 0 0 1 86
Arts, entertainment and recreation
5 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
Other serv ice activ ities
542 29 3 5 83 401 6 0 16 0
Activ ities of households as employers; undifferentiated good
536 10 1 3 5 342 7 12 39 121
Activ ities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urban 12421 3758 24 798 2687 2118 715 450 1783 132 Agriculture, forestry and fishing
2981 107 3 552 204 1623 29 398 92 2
Mining and quarr ying 24 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 13 0 Manufacturing 2542 1512 4 52 300 101 276 14 286 8 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioni ng supply
49 31 0 0 9 1 1 0 7 0
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation act
12 9 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1
Construction 818 87 0 9 199 9 32 18 466 3 Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor v ehicles and mot
2073 390 6 154 1133 144 108 8 135 9
Transportation a nd storage
1179 178 2 32 317 17 85 9 550 0
Accommodati on and food serv ice activ ities
253 46 2 10 123 24 20 2 28 1
Information a nd communication
21 16 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
Financial and insurance activ ities
229 196 2 0 10 1 22 0 1 0
Real estate activ ities 25 11 1 0 10 0 2 0 1 0 Professional, scientific and technical activ ities
62 27 0 0 31 0 1 0 1 1
Administrativ e and support serv ice activ ities
285 213 1 0 38 3 18 0 13 0
Public administration and defence; compulsor y social securit
257 236 1 0 7 0 13 0 0 0
Education 418 334 2 1 48 0 23 0 2 14 Human health and social work activ ities
147 104 0 1 29 3 10 0 0 0
Arts, entertainment and recreation
14 6 0 1 3 0 1 0 3 0
Other serv ice activ ities
686 214 1 5 210 67 47 3 138 2
Activ ities of households as employers; undifferentiated good
396 49 0 3 31 127 32 1 64 92
Activ ities of 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
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Maj or industry Status in employment Total Regular
paid employee
Employer Self employed
(agri)
Self employed (non-a gri)
Unpaid family
worker
Irregular paid
worker
Day labourer
(agri)
Day labourer
(non-agri)
Serv ant
extraterritorial organizations and bodies Urban Male 8752 2876 22 570 2379 349 552 418 1614 16 Agriculture, forestry and fishing
1187 88 3 428 115 94 27 372 87 1
Mining and quarr ying 22 2 0 0 6 1 1 0 12 0 Manufacturing 1694 957 3 41 249 60 174 11 209 0 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioni ng supply
45 28 0 0 9 1 1 0 7 0
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation act
10 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Construction 766 81 0 9 188 8 29 17 438 0 Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor v ehicles and mot
1922 376 5 79 1099 135 106 5 126 2
Transportation a nd storage
1140 172 2 21 311 10 85 9 542 0
Accommodati on and food serv ice activ ities
238 41 2 10 120 23 17 2 25 0
Information a nd communication
21 16 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
Financial and insurance activ ities
194 168 2 0 10 1 15 0 1 0
Real estate activ ities 25 11 1 0 10 0 2 0 1 0 Professional, scientific and technical activ ities
57 25 0 0 28 0 1 0 0 1
Administrativ e and support serv ice activ ities
261 191 1 0 37 3 18 0 12 0
Public administration and defence; compulsor y social securit
233 220 1 0 6 0 7 0 0 0
Education 274 223 2 1 34 0 15 0 2 4 Human health and social work activ ities
102 66 0 1 27 3 7 0 0 0
Arts, entertainment and recreation
12 6 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0
Other serv ice activ ities
510 191 1 3 129 14 44 3 126 0
Activ ities of households as employers; undifferentiated good
87 18 0 0 16 0 9 1 39 8
Activ ities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Urban Female 3669 882 2 228 308 1769 163 33 169 117 Agriculture, forestry and fishing
1794 19 0 125 88 1528 2 26 5 1
Mining and quarr ying 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Manufacturing 848 555 1 11 50 42 102 3 78 8 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioni ng supply
4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation act
2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
Construction 52 6 0 0 10 1 3 1 27 3 Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor v ehicles and mot
151 13 1 75 34 9 2 3 9 7
Transportation a nd storage
39 6 0 11 6 7 0 0 8 0
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Maj or industry Status in employment Total Regular
paid employee
Employer Self employed
(agri)
Self employed (non-a gri)
Unpaid family
worker
Irregular paid
worker
Day labourer
(agri)
Day labourer
(non-agri)
Serv ant
Accommodati on and food serv ice activ ities
15 5 0 0 3 1 3 0 3 1
Information a nd communication
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Financial and insurance activ ities
35 28 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0
Real estate activ ities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Professional, scientific and technical activ ities
5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Administrativ e and support serv ice activ ities
24 22 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Public administration and defence; compulsor y social securit
24 16 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0
Education 144 112 0 0 14 0 8 0 0 10 Human health and social work activ ities
45 39 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0
Arts, entertainment and recreation
2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Other serv ice activ ities
175 23 0 2 81 53 4 0 12 2
Activ ities of households as employers; undifferentiated good
309 31 0 3 14 127 23 1 25 84
Activ ities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Table-E20: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major occupation, level of education, sex and residence.
(000) Maj or occupation Total ( ISCO 88)
Highest class passed Total No
education
Class i-v
Class vi-viii
Class ix-x
S.S.C/ Equival
ent
H.S.C/ Equival
ent
Bachelor
degree/ Equival
ent
Master degree/ Equival
ent
Medical/
Engineering
degree
Technical
Vocational
educati
on
others
Total 54084 22078 12452 7655 4725 3264 1808 1171 736 91 82 23 Special occupation
36 0 0 9 4 13 6 3 1 0 0 0
Legislators, senior officials and managers
653 168 109 85 50 54 38 60 79 7 1 0
Professionals 1540 107 59 134 71 205 271 347 271 46 26 2 Technicians and associated professionals
861 82 91 90 75 139 148 141 79 10 6 1
Clerks 1009 121 114 152 96 145 152 138 80 5 6 0 Serv ice workers and shop and market sales workers
9464 3371 2197 1413 935 783 398 230 104 9 16 6
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers
7397 3257 1658 949 712 470 219 89 36 2 4 1
Craft and related trade
4902 1852 1378 854 464 228 76 26 14 2 4 3
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Maj or occupation Total ( ISCO 88)
Highest class passed Total No
education
Class i-v
Class vi-viii
Class ix-x
S.S.C/ Equival
ent
H.S.C/ Equival
ent
Bachelor
degree/ Equival
ent
Master degree/ Equival
ent
Medical/
Engineering
degree
Technical
Vocational
educati
on
others
workers Plant and machine operators and assemblers
3126 787 950 661 323 242 93 42 20 3 3 1
Elementary occupations
25366 12438 5957 3342 2014 998 420 107 60 6 16 8
Male 37883 15381 8744 5180 3057 2375 1388 972 622 78 70 16 Special occupation
36 0 0 9 4 13 6 3 1 0 0 0
Legislators, senior officials and managers
557 119 94 80 46 48 35 55 71 7 1 0
Professionals 1195 66 54 103 50 153 200 279 224 40 23 2 Technicians and associated professionals
692 49 69 71 65 114 127 114 68 8 5 1
Clerks 906 106 108 138 90 128 133 122 71 5 6 0 Serv ice workers and shop and market sales workers
7818 2499 1816 1213 834 735 367 221 102 9 15 5
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers
6927 3030 1584 865 655 450 211 89 35 2 4 1
Craft and related trade workers
3636 1401 1063 612 302 158 59 24 10 1 2 3
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
2357 548 653 520 267 221 88 36 18 3 3 0
Elementary occupations
14026 7666 3365 1602 764 369 175 41 29 1 9 4
Female 16202 6697 3709 2475 1669 889 419 199 114 14 12 6 Special occupation
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Legislators, senior officials and managers
96 49 15 5 4 6 3 5 9 0 0 0
Professionals 346 41 6 32 21 52 71 68 46 7 2 0 Technicians and associated professionals
170 33 22 19 11 24 21 27 10 1 1 0
Clerks 104 15 6 14 6 17 19 16 9 0 0 0 Serv ice workers and shop and market sales workers
1646 872 381 201 101 48 31 9 1 0 1 1
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers
471 227 74 84 57 20 7 0 1 0 0 0
Craft and related trade workers
1267 451 315 242 162 70 17 2 4 1 2 0
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
769 240 297 141 56 21 5 6 2 0 0 1
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Maj or occupation Total ( ISCO 88)
Highest class passed Total No
education
Class i-v
Class vi-viii
Class ix-x
S.S.C/ Equival
ent
H.S.C/ Equival
ent
Bachelor
degree/ Equival
ent
Master degree/ Equival
ent
Medical/
Engineering
degree
Technical
Vocational
educati
on
others
Elementary occupations
11341 4772 2592 1740 1250 629 245 66 31 5 6 4
Rural 41664 18621 9602 5600 3565 2242 1078 562 316 18 44 17 Special occupation
18 0 0 3 3 10 2 1 0 0 0 0
Legislators, senior officials and managers
359 139 78 57 32 22 10 8 10 1 1 0
Professionals 982 85 47 94 56 144 180 207 148 6 13 2 Technicians and associated professionals
503 65 54 57 50 92 81 66 32 3 3 1
Clerks 582 84 83 90 60 108 79 52 22 1 4 0 Serv ice workers and shop and market sales workers
6980 2874 1643 1001 649 471 202 88 37 2 7 5
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers
6755 3030 1498 848 646 423 194 80 31 1 3 1
Craft and related trade workers
3449 1411 941 572 331 139 33 9 8 1 2 3
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
1495 409 430 302 182 112 43 12 3 0 3 0
Elementary occupations
20766 10610 4881 2605 1573 733 266 50 32 2 10 5
Rural Male 29131 13044 6789 3731 2272 1638 838 472 280 16 36 14 Special occupation
18 0 0 3 3 10 2 1 0 0 0 0
Legislators, senior officials and managers
289 95 66 55 29 18 8 5 10 1 1 0
Professionals 794 56 44 79 42 111 138 170 136 6 12 2 Technicians and associated professionals
387 35 40 44 40 73 68 55 27 3 2 1
Clerks 528 72 79 81 56 97 70 46 21 1 4 0 Serv ice workers and shop and market sales workers
5565 2101 1323 824 563 435 184 86 36 2 7 4
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers
6331 2816 1428 776 601 407 188 80 30 1 3 1
Craft and related trade workers
2504 1070 718 385 203 89 24 9 4 0 0 3
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
1283 337 355 266 161 104 43 11 3 0 3 0
Elementary occupations
11652 6546 2790 1245 591 306 122 21 20 1 6 4
Rural Female 12533 5577 2812 1869 1294 604 240 89 36 2 8 2 Special occupation
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Legislators, 70 44 12 2 3 4 2 3 0 0 0 0
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152
Maj or occupation Total ( ISCO 88)
Highest class passed Total No
education
Class i-v
Class vi-viii
Class ix-x
S.S.C/ Equival
ent
H.S.C/ Equival
ent
Bachelor
degree/ Equival
ent
Master degree/ Equival
ent
Medical/
Engineering
degree
Technical
Vocational
educati
on
others
senior officials and managers Professionals 187 29 3 15 15 33 43 36 12 0 1 0 Technicians and associated professionals
116 30 14 13 10 19 13 11 5 0 1 0
Clerks 54 12 4 8 4 11 9 6 1 0 0 0 Serv ice workers and shop and market sales workers
1415 773 321 177 86 37 17 3 1 0 0 1
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers
424 214 70 72 45 16 6 0 1 0 0 0
Craft and related trade workers
945 341 223 187 128 51 8 1 4 1 2 0
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
212 72 75 36 21 8 0 1 0 0 0 0
Elementary occupations
9114 4064 2091 1360 982 426 144 29 11 1 4 1
Urban 12421 3457 2851 2055 1160 1022 730 610 420 73 37 6 Special occupation
18 0 0 6 1 4 4 2 1 0 0 0
Legislators, senior officials and managers
294 29 31 28 18 32 28 52 69 6 0 0
Professionals 559 22 12 41 15 61 91 141 123 40 13 1 Technicians and associated professionals
358 17 37 33 25 47 67 75 47 7 4 0
Clerks 428 38 31 63 36 37 73 86 58 4 2 0 Serv ice workers and shop and market sales workers
2483 497 554 413 286 312 196 142 66 8 9 1
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers
642 227 160 101 66 47 24 9 6 1 1 0
Craft and related trade workers
1453 441 438 282 132 89 44 17 7 0 2 0
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
1631 379 521 359 141 130 50 30 17 3 1 1
Elementary occupations
4600 1828 1076 736 441 265 155 57 29 4 6 3
Urban Male 8752 2337 1954 1449 785 737 550 500 342 62 33 2 Special occupation
18 0 0 6 1 4 4 2 1 0 0 0
Legislators, senior officials and managers
268 24 27 25 17 30 27 50 61 6 0 0
Professionals 400 11 10 24 9 42 62 109 89 33 12 1 Technicians and
304 14 29 27 24 42 59 59 42 6 4 0
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Maj or occupation Total ( ISCO 88)
Highest class passed Total No
education
Class i-v
Class vi-viii
Class ix-x
S.S.C/ Equival
ent
H.S.C/ Equival
ent
Bachelor
degree/ Equival
ent
Master degree/ Equival
ent
Medical/
Engineering
degree
Technical
Vocational
educati
on
others
associated professionalsClerks 378 35 28 57 34 31 62 76 50 4 2 0 Serv ice workers and shop and market sales workers
2252 398 493 389 271 300 183 136 66 8 8 1
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers
596 214 155 89 54 43 23 9 6 1 1 0
Craft and related trade workers
1131 331 346 227 98 69 35 15 7 0 2 0
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
1074 211 298 254 106 117 45 25 14 3 1 0
Elementary occupations
2373 1120 575 357 173 63 53 20 9 0 3 0
Urban Female
3669 1119 896 606 375 284 180 110 78 12 4 4
Special occupation
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Legislators, senior officials and managers
26 5 3 3 1 2 2 2 9 0 0 0
Professionals 158 12 2 17 6 19 29 32 34 7 1 0 Technicians and associated professionals
54 3 8 6 1 5 8 16 5 1 0 0
Clerks 49 3 3 6 2 6 11 10 8 0 0 0 Serv ice workers and shop and market sales workers
231 99 60 24 15 12 14 7 0 0 1 0
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers
46 13 5 12 12 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
Craft and related trade workers
321 110 92 55 34 20 9 2 0 0 0 0
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
558 168 223 105 35 13 5 5 2 0 0 1
Elementary occupations
2227 708 501 380 268 203 102 36 20 4 2 3
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Table-E21: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major industry, level of education, sex and residence
(000) Major industry Highest class passed
Total No education
Class i-v
Class vi-viii
Class ix-x
S.S.C/ equivalent
H.S.C/ equivalent
Bachelor degree/
equivalent
Master degree/
equivalent
Medical/ engineering
degree
Technical /vocational education
Others
Bangladesh 54084 22078 12452 7655 4725 3264 1808 1171 736 91 82 23 Agriculture, forestry and fishing
25679 11921 5971 3346 2326 1289 548 168 81 7 15 7
Mining and quarrying
109 55 20 16 12 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
Manufacturing 6731 2389 1753 1145 607 436 210 114 60 4 8 6 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
96 8 11 31 13 12 10 4 5 3 0 0
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation act
27 10 4 7 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
Construction 2617 1212 751 351 148 72 42 21 13 1 4 1 Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
7540 2715 1726 1136 749 626 307 179 76 9 13 3
Transportation and storage
3983 2147 967 436 201 126 65 19 13 5 3 1
Accommodation and food service activities
831 299 260 113 84 44 16 9 4 0 2 1
Information and communication
55 6 6 21 3 6 4 4 2 1 3 0
Financial and insurance activities
364 15 26 50 33 36 60 80 61 3 0 0
Real estate activities
35 9 7 4 5 5 1 1 1 1 0 0
Professional, scientific and technical activities
115 15 13 11 10 20 10 13 18 5 0 0
Administrative and support service activities
487 30 25 81 55 74 77 85 49 9 1 0
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
539 29 20 145 63 116 81 56 23 3 3 0
Education 1285 77 34 128 65 163 228 315 248 14 10 2 Human health and social work activities
430 75 47 59 45 57 59 35 27 17 8 0
Arts, entertainment and recreation
67 26 17 13 2 3 3 1 2 0 0 0
Other service activities
2358 618 631 464 275 153 78 67 52 8 10 2
Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated good
1006 521 228 131 51 36 20 9 9 1 0 0
Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
4 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Male 37883 15381 8744 5180 3057 2375 1388 972 622 78 70 16
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
15174 7634 3551 1715 1090 687 317 110 53 3 10 4
Mining and quarrying
93 48 17 13 11 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
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Major industry Highest class passed Total No
education Class i-
v Class vi-viii
Class ix-x
S.S.C/ equivalent
H.S.C/ equivalent
Bachelor degree/
equivalent
Master degree/
equivalent
Medical/ engineering
degree
Technical /vocational education
Others
Manufacturing 4824 1551 1192 858 483 380 185 105 55 3 8 4
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
91 8 11 28 13 12 9 3 5 3 0 0
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation act
23 6 4 7 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
Construction 2390 1046 717 332 147 67 42 20 13 1 4 1
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
6513 2190 1487 1004 684 589 287 173 75 9 12 2
Transportation and storage
3738 2032 917 403 187 104 59 16 12 5 3 1
Accommodation and food service activities
775 266 246 109 81 42 15 9 4 0 2 1
Information and communication
52 5 6 21 2 5 4 4 2 1 3 0
Financial and insurance activities
313 9 20 43 31 30 51 72 53 3 0 0
Real estate activities
33 9 7 4 3 5 1 1 1 1 0 0
Professional, scientific and technical activities
93 4 11 6 10 20 9 13 16 5 0 0
Administrative and support service activities
443 29 24 73 50 67 72 75 44 9 1 0
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
503 21 17 132 61 111 79 53 21 3 3 0
Education 959 48 29 101 45 105 163 241 205 11 9 2
Human health and social work activities
265 24 20 31 28 48 47 29 21 12 6 0
Arts, entertainment and recreation
60 20 17 12 2 3 3 1 2 0 0 0
Other service activities
1640 459 466 293 143 108 54 57 44 8 9 2
Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated good
161 68 47 27 7 4 2 2 5 0 0 0
Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
4 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Female 16202 6697 3709 2475 1669 889 419 199 114 14 12 6 Agriculture, forestry and fishing
10506 4287 2420 1631 1235 603 231 58 28 4 6 3
Mining and quarrying
17 7 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Manufacturing 1907 838 561 287 124 56 24 9 4 1 0 2 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
5 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and
4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Major industry Highest class passed Total No
education Class i-
v Class vi-viii
Class ix-x
S.S.C/ equivalent
H.S.C/ equivalent
Bachelor degree/
equivalent
Master degree/
equivalent
Medical/ engineering
degree
Technical /vocational education
Others
remediation act Construction 227 166 34 19 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
1027 525 239 132 65 37 20 6 1 0 1 1
Transportation and storage
245 115 50 33 14 22 7 3 1 0 0 0
Accommodation and food service activities
56 33 13 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Information and communication
3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Financial and insurance activities
52 6 6 6 3 6 9 8 8 0 0 0
Real estate activities
2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Professional, scientific and technical activities
22 11 2 5 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
Administrative and support service activities
44 1 1 8 5 7 5 10 6 0 0 0
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
36 8 2 13 1 5 3 2 1 0 0 0
Education 326 29 5 27 20 58 65 75 43 3 1 0 Human health and social work activities
165 52 27 28 17 9 12 7 6 5 2 0
Arts, entertainment and recreation
7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other service activities
718 159 165 172 133 46 24 10 8 0 2 0
Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated good
845 453 181 104 43 32 18 7 4 1 0 0
Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rural 41664 18621 9602 5600 3565 2242 1078 562 316 18 44 17
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
22698 10931 5249 2884 1977 1045 418 122 54 3 10 5
Mining and quarrying
86 42 16 13 11 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
Manufacturing 4189 1747 1038 629 364 248 98 40 18 1 5 3
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
47 4 8 12 6 9 5 1 1 1 0 0
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation act
15 7 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Construction 1799 882 523 228 96 39 17 6 6 0 1 1
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
5467 2289 1269 778 518 363 145 65 29 2 6 3
Transportation and storage
2804 1589 664 280 136 85 33 10 5 1 2 1
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Major industry Highest class passed Total No
education Class i-
v Class vi-viii
Class ix-x
S.S.C/ equivalent
H.S.C/ equivalent
Bachelor degree/
equivalent
Master degree/
equivalent
Medical/ engineering
degree
Technical /vocational education
Others
Accommodation and food service activities
578 215 181 82 53 29 9 5 1 0 2 1
Information and communication
34 4 4 15 2 3 3 1 0 1 2 0
Financial and insurance activities
135 6 5 22 14 22 31 24 12 0 0 0
Real estate activities
10 3 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Professional, scientific and technical activities
53 12 8 6 5 14 3 3 2 0 0 0
Administrative and support service activities
202 17 11 46 30 35 31 22 8 1 0 0
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
282 14 9 73 38 78 39 19 11 0 2 0
Education 867 51 22 90 45 123 160 215 150 2 6 2
Human health and social work activities
283 62 38 47 35 39 39 12 8 2 3 0
Arts, entertainment and recreation
53 22 16 9 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0
Other service activities
1672 465 457 337 217 103 47 23 13 4 6 2
Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated good
610 335 139 70 33 17 8 4 3 0 0 0
Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rural Male 29131 13044 6789 3731 2272 1638 838 472 280 16 36 14
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
13987 7142 3245 1552 991 625 278 96 43 2 7 4
Mining and quarrying
70 35 13 10 10 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
Manufacturing 3130 1206 773 494 292 214 90 36 16 0 5 3
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
46 4 8 11 6 9 5 1 1 1 0 0
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation act
13 6 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Construction 1625 750 500 212 95 36 17 6 6 0 1 1
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
4591 1818 1067 668 466 335 135 64 28 2 6 2
Transportation and storage
2598 1486 625 251 124 67 29 8 5 1 2 1
Accommodation and food service activities
537 192 172 79 50 27 8 5 1 0 2 1
Information and communication
32 3 4 15 1 3 3 1 0 1 2 0
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Major industry Highest class passed Total No
education Class i-
v Class vi-viii
Class ix-x
S.S.C/ equivalent
H.S.C/ equivalent
Bachelor degree/
equivalent
Master degree/
equivalent
Medical/ engineering
degree
Technical /vocational education
Others
Financial and insurance activities
118 2 5 20 13 19 28 21 10 0 0 0
Real estate activities
8 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Professional, scientific and technical activities
37 0 7 3 5 14 2 3 2 0 0 0
Administrative and support service activities
182 16 11 40 28 31 29 19 7 1 0 0
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
270 12 8 70 38 77 36 17 11 0 2 0
Education 685 35 19 78 31 83 120 173 135 2 6 2
Human health and social work activities
163 15 14 26 22 34 32 9 8 2 1 0
Arts, entertainment and recreation
48 18 15 9 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0
Other service activities
1130 345 333 200 112 69 30 20 10 4 4 2
Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated good
74 28 24 13 4 1 1 1 2 0 0 0
Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rural Female 12533 5577 2812 1869 1294 604 240 89 36 2 8 2
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
8712 3789 2004 1332 985 420 140 26 11 1 3 1
Mining and quarrying
15 7 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Manufacturing 1058 540 264 135 72 33 8 3 2 1 0 0
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation act
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Construction 175 132 23 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
876 471 202 111 52 28 10 0 1 0 0 1
Transportation and storage
206 104 39 29 11 18 4 2 0 0 0 0
Accommodation and food service activities
41 23 9 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Information and communication
2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Financial and insurance activities
17 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 2 0 0 0
Real estate activities
2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Major industry Highest class passed Total No
education Class i-
v Class vi-viii
Class ix-x
S.S.C/ equivalent
H.S.C/ equivalent
Bachelor degree/
equivalent
Master degree/
equivalent
Medical/ engineering
degree
Technical /vocational education
Others
Professional, scientific and technical activities
17 11 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Administrative and support service activities
20 1 0 6 2 3 2 3 1 0 0 0
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
12 2 2 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
Education 182 16 3 12 14 40 40 42 15 0 0 0
Human health and social work activities
121 46 24 21 13 5 7 3 0 0 2 0
Arts, entertainment and recreation
5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other service activities
542 120 124 136 105 34 16 2 3 0 2 0
Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated good
536 307 115 57 29 16 7 3 1 0 0 0
Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urban 12421 3457 2851 2055 1160 1022 730 610 420 73 37 6
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
2981 989 721 462 349 245 130 46 27 4 5 2
Mining and quarrying
24 13 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Manufacturing 2542 642 715 516 243 188 112 75 42 3 3 3
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
49 4 3 19 7 3 5 3 4 2 0 0
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation act
12 3 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
Construction 818 330 229 124 52 33 25 15 7 1 3 0
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
2073 427 457 358 231 263 162 114 47 7 7 0
Transportation and storage
1179 558 303 155 65 41 33 9 8 4 2 0
Accommodation and food service activities
253 84 78 31 31 15 7 4 3 0 0 0
Information and communication
21 1 2 6 1 3 1 3 2 0 1 0
Financial and insurance activities
229 9 22 27 19 14 29 56 49 3 0 0
Real estate activities
25 6 6 3 1 4 1 1 1 1 0 0
Professional, scientific and technical activities
62 4 5 5 4 6 6 10 16 5 0 0
Administrative and support service activities
285 13 14 35 25 40 47 63 41 7 1 0
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Major industry Highest class passed Total No
education Class i-
v Class vi-viii
Class ix-x
S.S.C/ equivalent
H.S.C/ equivalent
Bachelor degree/
equivalent
Master degree/
equivalent
Medical/ engineering
degree
Technical /vocational education
Others
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
257 15 10 72 24 39 43 37 12 3 1 0
Education 418 26 12 38 20 39 68 100 98 12 4 1
Human health and social work activities
147 14 10 12 10 19 20 24 19 14 5 0
Arts, entertainment and recreation
14 4 2 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
Other service activities
686 153 174 128 59 50 31 44 38 4 4 0
Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated good
396 186 89 61 17 19 12 5 6 1 0 0
Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urban Male 8752 2337 1954 1449 785 737 550 500 342 62 33 2
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
1187 491 306 163 99 62 39 14 10 1 3 0
Mining and quarrying
22 13 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Manufacturing 1694 345 418 364 191 165 95 69 40 3 3 1
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
45 4 3 17 7 3 4 2 4 2 0 0
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation act
10 1 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
Construction 766 296 217 121 52 31 25 13 7 1 3 0
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
1922 373 420 336 218 254 152 109 47 7 6 0
Transportation and storage
1140 547 292 151 63 36 30 8 7 4 2 0
Accommodation and food service activities
238 74 74 30 31 15 7 4 3 0 0 0
Information and communication
21 1 2 6 1 3 1 3 2 0 1 0
Financial and insurance activities
194 6 16 23 18 11 23 51 43 3 0 0
Real estate activities
25 6 6 3 1 4 1 1 1 1 0 0
Professional, scientific and technical activities
57 4 4 4 4 6 6 10 14 5 0 0
Administrative and support service activities
261 13 13 33 22 36 44 56 36 7 1 0
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
233 9 10 63 23 34 42 36 11 3 1 0
Education 274 13 10 23 14 21 43 68 70 9 3 1
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Major industry Highest class passed Total No
education Class i-
v Class vi-viii
Class ix-x
S.S.C/ equivalent
H.S.C/ equivalent
Bachelor degree/
equivalent
Master degree/
equivalent
Medical/ engineering
degree
Technical /vocational education
Others
Human health and social work activities
102 9 7 5 6 14 15 20 13 9 5 0
Arts, entertainment and recreation
12 2 2 3 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
Other service activities
510 115 133 92 31 38 23 37 33 4 4 0
Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated good
87 40 23 14 4 3 0 1 3 0 0 0
Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urban Female 3669 1119 896 606 375 284 180 110 78 12 4 4
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
1794 498 416 300 250 183 90 32 17 3 2 2
Mining and quarrying
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manufacturing 848 297 297 152 52 23 17 6 3 0 0 2
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
4 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation act
2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Construction 52 34 11 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
151 54 37 22 13 9 10 5 0 0 1 0
Transportation and storage
39 11 11 4 2 4 3 2 1 0 0 0
Accommodation and food service activities
15 10 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Information and communication
1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Financial and insurance activities
35 3 6 4 2 3 6 5 6 0 0 0
Real estate activities
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Professional, scientific and technical activities
5 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Administrative and support service activities
24 0 1 2 3 4 3 7 5 0 0 0
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
24 6 0 10 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0
Education 144 13 2 15 6 18 25 33 28 3 1 0
Human health and social work activities
45 5 3 8 4 4 5 4 6 5 0 0
Arts, entertainment and recreation
2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Major industry Highest class passed Total No
education Class i-
v Class vi-viii
Class ix-x
S.S.C/ equivalent
H.S.C/ equivalent
Bachelor degree/
equivalent
Master degree/
equivalent
Medical/ engineering
degree
Technical /vocational education
Others
Other service activities
175 39 41 36 28 12 7 8 5 0 0 0
Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated good
309 146 66 47 14 16 11 4 3 1 0 0
Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Table-E22: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major occupation, sector of employment, sex and residence
(000) Major occupation (ISCO 88)
Sector of emp lo yment
Total Informal Formal
Number
Bangladesh 54084 47350 6787
Special o ccupation 36 0 36
Legislators, senior officials and managers 653 471 185
Professionals 1540 449 1111
Technicians and asso ciated professionals 861 399 473
Clerks 1009 416 597
Service workers and shop and market sales workers 9464 8675 804
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 7397 7335 82
Craft and related trade workers 4902 4345 560
Plant and machin e operators and assemblers 3126 1701 1428
Elementary o ccupations 25366 23827 1558
Urban 12421 9310 3128
Special o ccupation 18 0 18
Legislators, senior officials and managers 294 151 146
Professionals 559 162 400
Technicians and asso ciated professionals 358 152 208
Clerks 428 138 291
Service workers and shop and market sales workers 2483 2048 441
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 642 622 24
Craft and related trade workers 1453 1166 288
Plant and machin e operators and assemblers 1631 824 809
Elementary o ccupations 4600 4089 516
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Major occupation (ISCO 88)
Sector of emp lo yment
Total Informal Formal
Rural 41664 38040 3659
Special o ccupation 18 0 18
Legislators, senior officials and managers 359 320 39
Professionals 982 286 711
Technicians and asso ciated professionals 503 246 265
Clerks 582 278 306
Service workers and shop and market sales workers 6980 6627 363
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 6755 6713 58
Craft and related trade workers 3449 3179 272
Plant and machin e operators and assemblers 1495 876 619
Elementary o ccupations 20766 19738 1042
Percent
Bangladesh 100.0 100.0 100.0
Special o ccupation .1 .0 .5
Lagislators, senior officials and managers 1.2 1.0 2.7
Professionals 2.8 .9 16.4
Technicians and asso ciated professionals 1.6 .8 7.0
Clerks 1.9 .9 8.8
Service workers and shop and market sales workers 17.5 18.3 11.8
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 13.7 15.5 1.2
Craft and related trade workers 9.1 9.2 8.3
Plant and machin e operators and assemblers 5.8 3.6 21.0
Elementary o ccupations 46.9 50.3 23.0
Urban 100.0 100.0 100.0
Special o ccupation .1 .0 .6
Legislators, senior officials and managers 2.4 1.6 4.7
Professionals 4.5 1.7 12.8
Technicians and asso ciated professionals 2.9 1.6 6.6
Clerks 3.4 1.5 9.3
Service workers and shop and market sales workers 20.0 22.0 14.1
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 5.2 6.7 .8
Craft and related trade workers 11.7 12.5 9.2
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Major occupation (ISCO 88)
Sector of emp lo yment
Total Informal Formal
Plant and machin e operators and assemblers 13.1 8.9 25.9
Elementary o ccupations 37.0 43.9 16.5
Rural 100.0 100.0 100.0
Special o ccupation .0 .0 .5
Legislators, senior officials and managers .9 .8 1.1
Professionals 2.4 .8 19.4
Technicians and asso ciated professionals 1.2 .6 7.2
Clerks 1.4 .7 8.4
Service workers and shop and market sales workers 16.8 17.4 9.9
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 16.2 17.6 1.6
Craft and related trade workers 8.3 8.4 7.4
Plant and machin e operators and assemblers 3.6 2.3 16.9
Elementary o ccupations 49.8 51.9 28.5
Table-E23: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major industry, sector of employment, sex and residence
(000) Major Industry Sector of emp lo yment
Total Informal Formal
Number
Bangladesh 54084 47350 6787
Agriculture, fores try and fishing 25679 24894 815
Mining and quarrying 109 106 3
Manufacturing 6731 4707 2037
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning suppl y
96 40 56
Water suppl y; sewerage, was te management and r emediation act
27 15 12
Construction 2617 2436 183
Whol esale and retail trade; r epair of motor vehicles and mot
7540 7043 505
Transportation and s torage 3983 3728 264
Accommodation and food ser vice acti vities 831 751 81
Infor mati on and communication 55 23 31
Financial and insur ance acti vities 364 69 300
Real estate acti vities 35 26 9
Professional, sci entific and technical activiti es
115 83 32
Admi nistrati ve and support ser vice activiti es
487 130 357
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Major Industry Sector of emp lo yment
Total Informal Formal
Public administration and defence; compulsor y social securit
539 60 482
Education 1285 253 1055
Human health and social work acti vities 430 261 172
Arts, entertainment and recr eati on 67 58 9
Other service acti vities 2358 1985 376
Activiti es of househol ds as employers; undif ferentiated good
1006 950 58
Activiti es of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
4 0 4
Urban 12421 9310 3128
Agriculture, fores try and fishing 2981 2882 106
Mining and quarrying 24 23 1
Manufacturing 2542 1378 1172
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning suppl y
49 19 30
Water suppl y; sewerage, was te management and r emediation act
12 6 7
Construction 818 749 69
Whol esale and retail trade; r epair of motor vehicles and mot
2073 1773 304
Transportation and s torage 1179 1056 125
Accommodation and food ser vice acti vities 253 223 31
Infor mati on and communication 21 7 15
Financial and insur ance acti vities 229 34 197
Real estate acti vities 25 17 8
Professional, sci entific and technical activiti es
62 38 23
Admi nistrati ve and support ser vice activiti es
285 84 201
Public administration and defence; compulsor y social security
257 31 226
Education 418 105 316
Human health and social work acti vities 147 57 91
Arts, entertainment and recr eati on 14 12 2
Other service acti vities 686 507 179
Activiti es of househol ds as employers; undif ferentiated good
396 359 38
Activiti es of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
3 0 3
Rural 41664 38040 3659
Agriculture, fores try and fishing 22698 22011 710
Mining and quarrying 86 83 2
Manufacturing 4189 3329 865
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning suppl y
47 21 26
Water suppl y; sewerage, was te management and r emediation act
15 9 5
Construction 1799 1688 114
Whol esale and retail trade; r epair of motor vehicles and mot
5467 5270 201
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Major Industry Sector of emp lo yment
Total Informal Formal
Transportation and s torage 2804 2672 139
Accommodation and food ser vice acti vities 578 528 50
Infor mati on and communication 34 17 17
Financial and insur ance acti vities 135 34 103
Real estate acti vities 10 9 1
Professional, sci entific and technical activiti es
53 45 9
Admi nistrati ve and support ser vice activiti es
202 46 156
Public administration and defence; compulsor y social security
282 29 255
Education 867 147 739
Human health and social work acti vities 283 204 80
Arts, entertainment and recr eati on 53 46 7
Other service acti vities 1672 1478 197
Activiti es of househol ds as employers; undif ferentiated good
610 591 19
Activiti es of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
1 0 1
Percent
Bangladesh 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture, fores try and fishing 47.5 52.6 12.0
Mining and quarrying 0.2 0.2 0.1
Manufacturing 12.4 9.9 30.0
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning suppl y
0.2 0.1 0.8
Water suppl y; sewerage, was te management and r emediation act
0.0 0.0 0.2
Construction 4.8 5.1 2.7
Whol esale and retail trade; r epair of motor vehicles and mot
13.9 14.9 7.4
Transportation and s torage 7.4 7.9 3.9
Accommodation and food ser vice acti vities 1.5 1.6 1.2
Infor mati on and communication 0.1 0.0 0.5
Financial and insur ance acti vities 0.7 0.1 4.4
Real estate acti vities 0.1 0.1 0.1
Professional, sci entific and technical activiti es
0.2 0.2 0.5
Admi nistrati ve and support ser vice activiti es
0.9 0.3 5.3
Public administration and defence; compulsor y social security
1.0 0.1 7.1
Education 2.4 0.5 15.5
Human health and social work acti vities 0.8 0.6 2.5
Arts, entertainment and recr eati on 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other service acti vities 4.4 4.2 5.5
Activiti es of househol ds as employers; undif ferentiated good
1.9 2.0 0.8
Activiti es of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
0.0 0.0 0.1
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Major Industry Sector of emp lo yment
Total Informal Formal
Urban 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture, fores try and fishing 24.0 31.0 3.4
Mining and quarrying 0.2 0.2 0.0
Manufacturing 20.5 14.8 37.5
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning suppl y
0.4 0.2 1.0
Water suppl y; sewerage, was te management and r emediation act
0.1 0.1 0.2
Construction 6.6 8.0 2.2
Whol esale and retail trade; r epair of motor vehicles and mot
16.7 19.0 9.7
Transportation and s torage 9.5 11.3 4.0
Accommodation and food ser vice acti vities 2.0 2.4 1.0
Infor mati on and communication 0.2 0.1 0.5
Financial and insur ance acti vities 1.8 0.4 6.3
Real estate acti vities 0.2 0.2 0.2
Professional, sci entific and technical activiti es
0.5 0.4 0.7
Admi nistrati ve and support ser vice activiti es
2.3 0.9 6.4
Public administration and defence; compulsor y social security
2.1 0.3 7.2
Education 3.4 1.1 10.1
Human health and social work acti vities 1.2 0.6 2.9
Arts, entertainment and recr eati on 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other service acti vities 5.5 5.4 5.7
Activiti es of househol ds as employers; undif ferentiated good
3.2 3.9 1.2
Activiti es of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
0.0 0.0 0.1
Rural 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture, fores try and fishing 54.5 57.9 19.4
Mining and quarrying 0.2 0.2 0.1
Manufacturing 10.1 8.8 23.6
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning suppl y
0.1 0.1 0.7
Water suppl y; sewerage, was te management and r emediation act
0.0 0.0 0.1
Construction 4.3 4.4 3.1
Whol esale and retail trade; r epair of motor vehicles and mot
13.1 13.9 5.5
Transportation and s torage 6.7 7.0 3.8
Accommodation and food ser vice acti vities 1.4 1.4 1.4
Infor mati on and communication 0.1 0.0 0.5
Financial and insur ance acti vities 0.3 0.1 2.8
Real estate acti vities 0.0 0.0 0.0
Professional, sci entific and technical activiti es
0.1 0.1 0.2
Admi nistrati ve and support ser vice activiti es
0.5 0.1 4.3
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Major Industry Sector of emp lo yment
Total Informal Formal
Public administration and defence; compulsor y social security
0.7 0.1 7.0
Education 2.1 0.4 20.2
Human health and social work acti vities 0.7 0.5 2.2
Arts, entertainment and recr eati on 0.1 0.1 0.2
Other service acti vities 4.0 3.9 5.4
Activiti es of househol ds as employers; undif ferentiated good
1.5 1.6 0.5
Activiti es of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
0.0 0.0 0.0
Table-E24: Salaried persons aged 15 years and over by major occupation, sector of employment, sex and residence
(000) Major occupation Sector of emp lo yment
Total Informal Formal
Number
Bangladesh 54084 47350 6787
Special occupati on 36 0 36
Legislators, senior officials and managers
653 471 185
Professionals 1540 449 1111
Technicians and associ ated professionals
861 399 473
Clerks 1009 416 597
Service wor kers and shop and mar ket sales wor kers
9464 8675 804
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 7397 7335 82
Craft and related trade wor kers 4902 4345 560
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
3126 1701 1428
Elementary occupations 25366 23827 1558
Urban 12421 9310 3128
Special occupati on 18 0 18
Legislators, senior officials and managers
294 151 146
Professionals 559 162 400
Technicians and associ ated professionals
358 152 208
Clerks 428 138 291
Service wor kers and shop and mar ket sales wor kers
2483 2048 441
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 642 622 24
Craft and related trade wor kers 1453 1166 288
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
1631 824 809
Elementary occupations 4600 4089 516
Rural 41664 38040 3659
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Major occupation Sector of emp lo yment
Total Informal Formal
Special occupati on 18 0 18
Legislators, senior officials and managers
359 320 39
Professionals 982 286 711
Technicians and associ ated professionals
503 246 265
Clerks 582 278 306
Service wor kers and shop and mar ket sales wor kers
6980 6627 363
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 6755 6713 58
Craft and related trade wor kers 3449 3179 272
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
1495 876 619
Elementary occupations 20766 19738 1042
Percent Bangladesh 100.0 100.0 100.0
Special occupati on 0.1 0.0 0.5
Legislators, senior officials and managers
1.2 1.0 2.7
Professionals 2.8 0.9 16.4
Technicians and associ ated professionals
1.6 0.8 7.0
Clerks 1.9 0.9 8.8
Service wor kers and shop and mar ket sales wor kers
17.5 18.3 11.8
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 13.7 15.5 1.2
Craft and related trade wor kers 9.1 9.2 8.3
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
5.8 3.6 21.0
Elementary occupations 46.9 50.3 23.0
Urban 100.0 100.0 100.0
Special occupati on 0.1 0.0 0.6
Legislators, senior officials and managers
2.4 1.6 4.7
Professionals 4.5 1.7 12.8
Technicians and associ ated professionals
2.9 1.6 6.6
Clerks 3.4 1.5 9.3
Service wor kers and shop and mar ket sales wor kers
20.0 22.0 14.1
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 5.2 6.7 0.8
Craft and related trade wor kers 11.7 12.5 9.2
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
13.1 8.9 25.9
Elementary occupations 37.0 43.9 16.5
Rural 100.0 100.0 100.0
Special occupati on 0.0 0.0 0.5
Legislators, senior officials and managers
0.9 0.8 1.1
Professionals 2.4 0.8 19.4
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Major occupation Sector of emp lo yment
Total Informal Formal
Technicians and associ ated professionals
1.2 0.6 7.2
Clerks 1.4 0.7 8.4
Service wor kers and shop and mar ket sales wor kers
16.8 17.4 9.9
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 16.2 17.6 1.6
Craft and related trade wor kers 8.3 8.4 7.4
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
3.6 2.3 16.9
Elementary occupations 49.8 51.9 28.5
Table-E25: Paid workers aged 15 years and over by getting employment benefits and sector of employment
(000) Emplo yment b efit
Sector of emp lo yment
Total informal formal
Leave for illn ess Yes 9481 3538 5977
No 10878 10097 789
Don't know 47 36 11
Regular leave Yes 8559 2825 5766
No 11802 10809 1005
Don't know 45 38 6
Maternit y leave Yes 3771 567 3223
No 13349 10346 3025
Don't know 3267 2741 528
Subsidized food Yes 849 97 753
No 19553 13574 6021
Don't know 4 1 3
Subsidized hou se Yes 756 48 707
No 19649 13623 6068
Don't know 1 0 1
Bonus Yes 6746 1313 5460
No 13628 12335 1308
Don't know 33 24 9
Liverage / dress Yes 2159 316 1847
No 18213 13332 4918
Don't know 34 24 12
Pension Yes 3675 157 3541
No 16666 13469 3216
Don't know 66 46 21
Dismissal notice Yes 5144 1123 4049
No 44217 42770 1465
Don't know 4723 3457 1273
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Table-E26: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major occupation, status in employment and residence
(000) Status in emplo yment
Major occupation Regular paid
emplo yee
Emplo yer Self emplo yed
(agri)
Self emplo yed (non-agri)
Unpaid family worker
Irregular paid
worker
Day labourer
(agri)
Day labourer
(non-agri)
Servant
Bangladesh 54084 7876 119 12308 9714 11787 1486 5792 4838 455
Special occupation
36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Legislators, senior officials and managers
653 188 7 74 289 48 22 13 15 2
Professionals 1540 1196 19 29 203 12 54 2 22 31
Technicians and associated professionals
861 504 7 17 251 7 49 5 37 2
Clerks 1009 626 6 125 182 15 37 6 23 2
Service wor kers and shop and mar ket sales wor kers
9464 1112 32 3317 3519 739 295 64 343 169
Skilled agricultural and fisher y wor kers
7397 70 12 5980 489 667 32 195 107 2
Craft and related trade wor kers
4902 773 6 632 1217 736 315 26 1217 17
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
3126 1824 8 34 403 84 354 10 420 2
Elementary occupations
25366 1594 24 2312 3285 9498 343 5514 2700 228
Urban 12421 3758 24 798 2687 2118 715 450 1783 132
Special occupation
18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Legislators, senior officials and managers
294 150 1 3 117 6 13 0 6 0
Professionals 559 436 3 2 80 4 23 0 2 15
Technicians and associated professionals
358 217 1 0 98 1 27 0 15 1
Clerks 428 310 1 13 78 2 15 0 11 0
Service wor kers and shop and mar ket sales wor kers
2483 560 9 183 1220 192 151 10 149 23
Skilled agricultural and fisher y wor kers
642 31 2 420 98 28 16 29 40 0
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Status in emplo yment
Major occupation Regular paid
emplo yee
Emplo yer Self emplo yed
(agri)
Self emplo yed (non-agri)
Unpaid family worker
Irregular paid
worker
Day labourer
(agri)
Day labourer
(non-agri)
Servant
Craft and related trade wor kers
1453 397 1 32 338 107 100 4 470 6
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
1631 1073 3 7 104 25 222 4 197 1
Elementary occupations
4600 575 3 160 572 1756 154 405 906 86
Rural 41664 4118 95 11510 7027 9669 771 5342 3055 323
Special occupation
18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Legislators, senior officials and managers
359 38 6 71 171 42 9 13 10 2
Professionals 982 760 17 26 123 8 31 2 19 16
Technicians and associated professionals
503 287 6 17 153 6 22 5 22 1
Clerks 582 316 5 112 104 14 22 6 11 2
Service wor kers and shop and mar ket sales wor kers
6980 551 23 3134 2299 546 144 54 194 146
Skilled agricultural and fisher y wor kers
6755 39 10 5560 391 639 17 166 67 2
Craft and related trade wor kers
3449 377 5 599 878 629 215 22 746 12
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
1495 751 5 26 299 59 131 6 223 1
Elementary occupations
20766 1019 21 2153 2713 7743 188 5109 1793 142
Table-E27: Employed persons aged a5 years and over by major industry, status in employment and residence
(000) Major indus try Status in employment
Total Regular paid
employee
Empl oyer Self employed
(agri)
Self employed (non-agri)
Unpaid famil y wor ker
Irregular paid
wor ker
Day labourer
(agri)
Day labourer
(non-agri)
Servant
Bangladesh 54084 7876 119 12308 9714 11787 1486 5792 4838 455
Agriculture, forestr y and fishing
25679 748 23 7982 1518 9559 116 5526 383 31
Mining and quarrying
109 5 1 4 30 20 2 17 30 0
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Major indus try Status in employment
Total Regular paid
employee
Empl oyer Self employed
(agri)
Self employed (non-agri)
Unpaid famil y wor ker
Irregular paid
wor ker
Day labourer
(agri)
Day labourer
(non-agri)
Servant
Manufacturing 6731 2553 20 1267 1023 567 559 65 696 24
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditi oning suppl y
96 58 0 0 19 2 2 0 14 1
Water suppl y; sewerage, was te management and remediation ac t
27 14 0 1 4 1 1 0 5 1
Construction 2617 190 3 65 710 30 80 87 1470 15
Whol esale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
7540 756 19 2499 3318 444 230 40 297 43
Transportation and storage
3983 381 6 474 1620 80 137 35 1298 1
Accommodation and food service activiti es
831 117 6 114 379 101 49 5 71 4
Infor mati on and communication
55 37 2 2 11 0 1 1 1 0
Financial and insurance activiti es
364 302 5 2 25 2 32 0 2 0
Real estate activiti es
35 13 1 0 15 1 3 0 2 0
Professional, scientific and technical acti vities
115 40 3 5 48 2 3 0 5 9
Admi nistrati ve and support service acti vities
487 375 1 6 51 7 25 2 22 0
Public administration and defence; compulsor y social security
539 503 1 5 13 0 22 0 1 0
Education 1285 1089 22 18 106 3 46 2 7 21
Human health and social wor k activiti es
430 186 1 10 124 10 15 2 3 86
Arts, entertainment and recreation
67 17 0 7 14 3 2 2 22 1
Other service activiti es
2358 469 7 36 778 505 136 11 434 3
Activiti es of households as employers; undif ferentiated good
1006 73 1 9 53 469 42 17 127 220
Activiti es of extraterritorial organizations and bodi es
4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rural 41664 4118 95 11510 7027 9669 771 5342 3055 323
Agriculture, forestr y and fishing
22698 642 21 7429 1314 7936 87 5128 291 29
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Major indus try Status in employment
Total Regular paid
employee
Empl oyer Self employed
(agri)
Self employed (non-agri)
Unpaid famil y wor ker
Irregular paid
wor ker
Day labourer
(agri)
Day labourer
(non-agri)
Servant
Mining and quarrying
86 3 1 3 24 18 2 17 18 0
Manufacturing 4189 1041 16 1215 724 465 283 51 410 17
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditi oning suppl y
47 27 0 0 10 1 1 0 7 1
Water suppl y; sewerage, was te management and remediation ac t
15 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 0
Construction 1799 102 3 56 511 21 48 69 1005 11
Whol esale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
5467 366 13 2346 2185 300 122 32 162 35
Transportation and storage
2804 203 4 442 1303 63 52 26 748 1
Accommodation and food service activiti es
578 71 4 104 256 77 29 3 43 2
Infor mati on and communication
34 20 2 2 7 0 0 1 1 0
Financial and insurance activiti es
135 106 3 2 15 1 11 0 1 0
Real estate activiti es
10 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0
Professional, scientific and technical acti vities
53 12 3 5 17 1 2 0 4 8
Admi nistrati ve and support service acti vities
202 163 0 6 13 4 7 2 9 0
Public administration and defence; compulsor y social security
282 266 0 4 6 0 9 0 1 0
Education 867 755 20 17 59 3 23 2 5 8
Human health and social wor k activiti es
283 81 1 8 95 7 5 2 3 86
Arts, entertainment and recreation
53 11 0 6 11 3 1 2 20 0
Other service activiti es
1672 254 6 31 569 438 88 9 296 1
Activiti es of households as employers; undif ferentiated good
610 24 1 6 22 342 11 16 63 128
Activiti es of extraterritorial organizations and bodi es
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urban 12421 3758 24 798 2687 2118 715 450 1783 132
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Major indus try Status in employment
Total Regular paid
employee
Empl oyer Self employed
(agri)
Self employed (non-agri)
Unpaid famil y wor ker
Irregular paid
wor ker
Day labourer
(agri)
Day labourer
(non-agri)
Servant
Agriculture, forestr y and fishing
2981 107 3 552 204 1623 29 398 92 2
Mining and quarrying
24 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 13 0
Manufacturing 2542 1512 4 52 300 101 276 14 286 8
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditi oning suppl y
49 31 0 0 9 1 1 0 7 0
Water suppl y; sewerage, was te management and remediation ac t
12 9 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1
Construction 818 87 0 9 199 9 32 18 466 3
Whol esale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
2073 390 6 154 1133 144 108 8 135 9
Transportation and storage
1179 178 2 32 317 17 85 9 550 0
Accommodation and food service activiti es
253 46 2 10 123 24 20 2 28 1
Infor mati on and communication
21 16 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
Financial and insurance activiti es
229 196 2 0 10 1 22 0 1 0
Real estate activiti es
25 11 1 0 10 0 2 0 1 0
Professional, scientific and technical acti vities
62 27 0 0 31 0 1 0 1 1
Admi nistrati ve and support service acti vities
285 213 1 0 38 3 18 0 13 0
Public administration and defence; compulsor y social security
257 236 1 0 7 0 13 0 0 0
Education 418 334 2 1 48 0 23 0 2 14
Human health and social wor k activiti es
147 104 0 1 29 3 10 0 0 0
Arts, entertainment and recreation
14 6 0 1 3 0 1 0 3 0
Other service activiti es
686 214 1 5 210 67 47 3 138 2
Activiti es of households as employers; undif ferentiated good
396 49 0 3 31 127 32 1 64 92
Activiti es of extraterritorial organizations and bodi es
3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
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Table-E28: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by major industry, major occupation and residence
(000) Major industry
ISCO 88
Total Special occupa
tion
legislators, senior officials
and managers
pro- fessiona
ls
technicians and
asso ciated professiona
ls
clerks service workers
and shop and market
sales workers
skil led agricultural and fishery
workers
craft and related trade
workers
plant and machine operators
and assembler
s
elementary
occupations
Bangladesh 54084 36 653 1540 861 1009 9464 7397 4902 3126 25366
Agricu lture, forestry and fishing
25679 0 8 17 9 23 74 7388 24 10 18325
Mining and quarrying
109 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 101
Manufacturing
6731 0 164 28 68 66 1240 26 2553 2055 575
Electricit y, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
96 0 9 3 8 6 0 0 52 1 18
W ater supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation act
27 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 11 0 13
Construction
2617 0 20 7 71 7 11 13 699 4 1812
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
7540 0 184 6 40 24 6827 52 75 36 398
Transportation and storage
3983 0 14 4 27 67 318 11 7 897 2676
Accommodation and food service activities
831 0 25 0 0 266 526 9 5 0 17
Information and communication
55 0 6 8 12 7 1 2 3 3 13
Financial and insurance activities
364 0 57 53 67 135 2 1 1 0 53
Real estate activities
35 0 6 2 16 1 3 0 3 3 1
Professional, scientific and technical activities
115 0 20 36 48 3 2 0 0 1 5
Administrative and support service activities
487 0 68 24 91 157 18 1 10 9 112
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Major industry
ISCO 88
Total Special occupa
tion
legislators, senior officials
and managers
pro- fessiona
ls
technicians and
asso ciated professiona
ls
clerks service workers
and shop and market
sales workers
skil led agricultural and fishery
workers
craft and related trade
workers
plant and machine operators
and assembler
s
elementary
occupations
Public administration and defence; compulsory social securit y
539 36 10 24 59 124 139 2 8 7 137
Education 1285 0 9 1020 139 37 22 12 1 2 73
Human health and social work activities
430 0 4 167 76 28 90 4 0 5 63
Arts, entertainment and recreation
67 0 3 15 26 9 0 1 0 1 13
Other service activities
2358 0 47 150 113 62 248 8 1472 93 185
Activities of households as emplo yers; undifferentiated good
1006 0 5 3 8 3 76 1 20 10 884
Activities of extraterr itorial organizations and bodies
4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
Urban 12421 18 294 559 358 428 2483 642 1453 1631 4600
Agricu lture, forestry and fishing
2981 0 5 2 0 5 11 637 3 3 2343
Mining and quarrying
24 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 20
Manufacturing
2542 0 19 12 16 31 260 9 747 1185 275
Electricit y, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
49 0 9 2 5 1 0 0 20 0 12
W ater supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation act
12 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 6
Construction
818 0 11 3 42 4 3 3 264 3 490
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
2073 0 55 2 12 9 1838 8 28 23 114
Transportati 1179 0 6 0 12 25 46 4 5 368 722
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Major industry
ISCO 88
Total Special occupa
tion
legislators, senior officials
and managers
pro- fessiona
ls
technicians and
asso ciated professiona
ls
clerks service workers
and shop and market
sales workers
skil led agricultural and fishery
workers
craft and related trade
workers
plant and machine operators
and assembler
s
elementary
occupations
on and storage Accommodation and food service activities
253 0 14 0 0 74 159 2 2 0 5
Information and communication
21 0 4 4 4 2 1 0 1 3 3
Financial and insurance activities
229 0 50 30 36 80 1 0 0 0 34
Real estate activities
25 0 6 1 11 1 3 0 0 3 0
Professional, scientific and technical activities
62 0 14 18 24 1 0 0 0 1 3
Administrative and support service activities
285 0 54 19 56 78 10 0 5 3 59
Public administration and defence; compulsory social securit y
257 18 7 12 31 54 55 0 8 5 68
Education 418 0 6 336 31 11 4 1 1 1 32
Human health and social work activities
147 0 1 73 26 15 1 0 0 5 27
Arts, entertainment and recreation
14 0 1 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 2
Other service activities
686 0 32 41 42 36 74 2 357 28 75
Activities of households as emplo yers; undifferentiated good
396 0 4 2 4 0 35 0 17 7 330
Activities of extraterr itorial organizations and bodies
3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rural 41664 18 359 982 503 582 6980 6755 3449 1495 20766
Agricu lture, forestry and fishing
22698 0 3 15 9 18 63 6751 21 7 15982
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Major industry
ISCO 88
Total Special occupa
tion
legislators, senior officials
and managers
pro- fessiona
ls
technicians and
asso ciated professiona
ls
clerks service workers
and shop and market
sales workers
skil led agricultural and fishery
workers
craft and related trade
workers
plant and machine operators
and assembler
s
elementary
occupations
Mining and quarrying
86 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 82
Manufacturing
4189 0 145 16 53 35 981 17 1806 870 300
Electricit y, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
47 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 33 0 6
W ater supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation act
15 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 6
Construction
1799 0 9 4 29 3 8 10 435 1 1322
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
5467 0 129 4 28 16 4989 44 47 13 284
Transportation and storage
2804 0 7 4 15 41 272 7 2 529 1954
Accommodation and food service activities
578 0 11 0 0 192 366 7 4 0 12
Information and communication
34 0 2 4 8 5 0 2 2 1 10
Financial and insurance activities
135 0 7 23 31 55 1 1 1 0 19
Real estate activities
10 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 1
Professional, scientific and technical activities
53 0 6 18 24 2 2 0 0 0 1
Administrative and support service activities
202 0 14 5 35 79 8 1 4 5 53
Public administration and defence; compulsory social securit y
282 18 3 11 28 70 84 1 0 2 69
Education 867 0 3 683 108 26 18 11 0 1 42
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Major industry
ISCO 88
Total Special occupa
tion
legislators, senior officials
and managers
pro- fessiona
ls
technicians and
asso ciated professiona
ls
clerks service workers
and shop and market
sales workers
skil led agricultural and fishery
workers
craft and related trade
workers
plant and machine operators
and assembler
s
elementary
occupations
Human health and social work activities
283 0 3 94 50 13 89 4 0 0 36
Arts, entertainment and recreation
53 0 2 11 20 8 0 1 0 1 12
Other service activities
1672 0 15 109 71 25 174 6 1115 65 110
Activities of households as emplo yers; undifferentiated good
610 0 1 1 4 3 41 1 3 3 554
Activities of extraterr itorial organizations and bodies
1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Table-E29: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by status in employment and level of education
(000) Status in emplo yment
Highest class passed
Total No educati
on
Class i-v
Class vi-viii
Class ix-x
S.S.C /equival
ent
H.S.C /equival
ent
Bachelor
degree /equival
ent
Master degree/ equival
ent
Medical/
engineering degree
Technical/
Vocational
education
Others
Number
Bangladesh 54084 22078 12452 7656 4725 3264 1808 1171 735 91 82 23
Regular paid employee
7876 1135 1258 1678 808 894 734 737 520 69 40 4
Employer 119 36 23 10 14 10 11 8 7 0 0 0
Self employed (agri)
12308 6305 2656 1334 936 619 287 117 45 0 6 3
Self employed (non-agri)
9714 3898 2427 1275 754 631 323 185 174 22 20 6
Unpaid family worker
11787 3735 2974 2124 1649 840 337 109 0 0 13 5
Irregular paid worker
1486 425 413 273 165 110 69 28 0 0 3 1
Day labourer (agri)
5792 3744 1324 430 177 83 32 0 0 0 0 3
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Day labourer (non-agri)
4838 2594 1365 530 230 88 31 0 0 0 0 1
Servant 455 333 78 31 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Percent
Bangladesh 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Regular paid employee
14.6 5.1 10.1 21.9 17.1 27.4 40.6 63.0 70.7 75.3 48.7 18.4
Employer .2 .2 .2 .1 .3 .3 .6 .7 .9 .0 .0 .0
Self employed (agri)
22.8 28.6 21.3 17.4 19.8 19.0 15.9 10.0 6.1 .0 7.5 15.0
Self employed (non-agri)
18.0 17.7 19.5 16.7 15.9 19.3 17.9 15.8 23.6 24.7 24.2 24.8
Unpaid family worker
21.8 16.9 23.9 27.7 34.9 25.8 18.6 9.3 .0 .0 16.3 23.7
Irregular paid worker
2.7 1.9 3.3 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.8 2.4 .0 .0 3.3 4.3
Day labourer (agri)
10.7 17.0 10.6 5.6 3.7 2.5 1.7 .0 .0 .0 .0 14.4
Day labourer (non-agri)
8.9 11.7 11.0 6.9 4.9 2.7 1.7 .0 .0 .0 .0 3.5
Servant .8 1.5 .6 .4 .3 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Table-E30: Employed persons aged 15 years and over by detail occupation (3 digit), sex and residence
(000) Description of occupation
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Special occupati on 13882 13882 0 5740 5740 0 8142 8142 0
Senior government officials
921 921 0 0 0 0 921 921 0
Senior officials of special-inter est organizations
1767 1767 0 0 0 0 1767 1767 0
Directors and chief executives
3119 2146 973 2146 2146 0 973 0 973
Produc tion and operations department managers
22890 20174 2716 6604 6604 0 16286 13570 2716
Other department managers
24037 21518 2520 16522 14003 2520 7515 7515 0
General managers 144768 138736 6032 30091 28357 1734 114677 110378 4298
Mathematicians, statisticians and related professionals
973 973 0 0 0 0 973 973 0
Computing professionals
6073 5152 921 2464 2464 0 3609 2688 921
Architects, engineers and related professionals
10488 8440 2047 4364 4364 0 6124 4077 2047
Life science professionals
3259 1843 1417 1943 921 1021 1317 921 396
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Description of occupation
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Health professionals (except nursing)
23175 18588 4587 10184 7559 2625 12991 11029 1962
Nursing and midwifer y professionals
17735 8076 9659 7627 921 6706 10108 7155 2953
College, uni versity and higher education teaching profession
18373 11565 6807 7227 4863 2364 11145 6702 4443
Secondary educati on teaching professionals
84821 53835 30986 34388 19099 15289 50433 34736 15697
Primar y and pre-primar y education teaching professionals
101691 42116 59575 48916 17786 31130 52775 24330 28445
Special educati on teaching professionals
4098 4098 0 3050 3050 0 1047 1047 0
Other teaching professionals
5898 5250 649 2040 2040 0 3858 3210 649
Business professionals
18160 17297 862 7602 6740 862 10558 10558 0
Archivists, librarians and related information professionals
1004 1004 0 0 0 0 1004 1004 0
Social science and related professionals
921 921 0 0 0 0 921 921 0
Writers and creati ve or performing artists
5355 5014 341 2275 2275 0 3080 2739 341
Religious professionals
22032 21111 921 2690 1769 921 19342 19342 0
Physical and engineering science technicians
11330 9024 2307 5645 3339 2307 5685 5685 0
Computer associate professionals
11972 11323 649 5246 5246 0 6726 6077 649
Optical and electronic equipment operators
7880 6292 1588 3104 3104 0 4776 3188 1588
Ship and aircraft controllers and technicians
3303 3303 0 0 0 0 3303 3303 0
Safety and quality inspectors
2815 2815 0 973 973 0 1843 1843 0
Modern health associate professionals (except nursing)
7481 6560 921 1945 1945 0 5536 4615 921
Nursing and midwifer y associate professionals
1190 0 1190 794 0 794 396 0 396
Traditional medicine practitioners and faith heal ers
675 675 0 0 0 0 675 675 0
Primar y education teaching associ ate professionals
33180 22478 10702 3812 3163 649 29369 19316 10053
Pre-primar y education teachi ng associate professionals
976 976 0 976 976 0 0 0 0
Other teaching associate professionals
1003 0 1003 0 0 0 1003 0 1003
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Description of occupation
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Finance and sales associate professionals
20939 15646 5294 7203 4606 2597 13736 11040 2697
Business ser vices agents and trade brokers
17262 16614 649 6414 6414 0 10848 10199 649
Admi nistrati ve associate professionals
42415 35776 6639 23907 19111 4796 18508 16665 1843
Customs, tax and related government associate professionals
921 921 0 0 0 0 921 921 0
Police inspectors aand detecti ves
685 685 0 685 685 0 0 0 0
Social wor k associate professionals
36788 24287 12500 16155 11126 5029 20633 13161 7472
Artistic, entertainment and sports associate professionals
13101 11738 1363 2743 2402 341 10358 9336 1022
Secretaries and keyboard-operating clerks
51656 50975 681 17780 17780 0 33876 33195 681
Numerical cler ks 87983 76725 11257 37296 31427 5870 50687 45299 5388
Material-recording and transport cl erks
6131 4795 1336 4315 2979 1336 1816 1816 0
Library, mail and related cler ks
18027 14767 3260 8364 6023 2341 9664 8744 919
Other office clerks 24025 21659 2366 5351 3906 1445 18674 17753 921
Cashiers, tellers and related cler ks
25097 17735 7362 10915 6778 4138 14182 10957 3225
Client information clerks
10165 10165 0 3600 3600 0 6565 6565 0
Travel attendants and related wor kers
39221 38217 1004 13083 13083 0 26137 25133 1004
Housekeepi ng and restaurant services wor kers
198462 176491 21971 56367 47171 9196 142095 129320 12775
Personal care and related wor kers
1058 1058 0 409 409 0 649 649 0
Other personal service workers
90901 72251 18650 35823 18795 17028 55078 53457 1622
Protecti ve ser vices wor kers
37520 35804 1715 13165 12371 794 24354 23433 921
Fashion and other models
2237 2237 0 0 0 0 2237 2237 0
Shop sal espersons and demonstrators
943698 892067 51631 385847 366185 19662 557851 525881 31969
Stall and mar ket salespersons
921543 841577 79966 235960 219324 16637 685582 622253 63329
Market gardeners and crop growers
1105093 1042186 62907 76245 67801 8444 1028848 974386 54462
Market- oriented animal producers and related wor kers
53019 24910 28109 9322 5287 4035 43697 19624 24073
Market- oriented crop and ani mal producers
1843 0 1843 921 0 921 921 0 921
Fishery workers, hunters and trappers
159674 147939 11735 51735 48559 3175 107939 99379 8560
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Description of occupation
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Subsistence agricultural and fisher y wor kers
25668 24371 1298 0 0 0 25668 24371 1298
Miners, shotfirers, stone cutters and carvers
1443 1443 0 0 0 0 1443 1443 0
Building frame and related trades wor kers
243981 238091 5890 64689 62863 1826 179293 175229 4064
Building finishers and related trades wor kers
286446 278105 8341 92130 89166 2964 194316 188939 5377
Painters, building structure cl eaners and related tr ades wor
57279 55357 1922 28915 27389 1526 28364 27968 396
Metal moul ders, welders, sheet-metal wor kers, s tructur al-met
103165 88041 15124 53979 45825 8154 49186 42216 6971
Blacksmiths, tool-makers and related trades workers
8725 8725 0 1624 1624 0 7101 7101 0
Machiner y mechanics and fitters
77391 76389 1002 35258 35258 0 42133 41131 1002
Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics and fitters
54551 51566 2985 25925 24849 1077 28626 26717 1909
Precision wor kers i n metal and rel ated materials
52182 52182 0 20971 20971 0 31211 31211 0
Potters, glass-makers and related trades workers
5013 3715 1298 847 847 0 4166 2868 1298
Handicraft wor kers in wood, textile, leather and related mat
69770 41093 28677 25859 12518 13341 43911 28575 15336
Printing and related trades workers
9439 9439 0 4722 4722 0 4718 4718 0
Food processi ng and related trades wor kers
86708 47454 39254 54796 32259 22537 31913 15195 16718
Wood treaters, cabinet-makers and related trades wor kers
44280 33891 10389 8574 8574 0 35706 25317 10389
Textile, garment and related trades wor kers
1000622 362735 637887 214744 94849 119895 785878 267886 517992
Pelt, leather and shoemaki ng trades wor kers
35132 26552 8581 14740 7748 6993 20392 18804 1588
Mining and mineral-processing-plant operators
5769 2815 2954 0 0 0 5769 2815 2954
Metal-processing-plant operators
13133 11053 2080 9300 7220 2080 3833 3833 0
Glass, ceramics and related plant-operators
973 973 0 973 973 0 0 0 0
Wood-processing-and paper making-plant operators
7834 7438 396 3188 3188 0 4646 4251 396
Chemical-processing-plant
2867 2867 0 973 973 0 1894 1894 0
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Description of occupation
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
operators
Power-production and related plant operators
1243 1243 0 847 847 0 396 396 0
Metal-and mi neral-produc ts machi ne operators
13548 12575 973 10961 9988 973 2587 2587 0
Chemical-produc ts machine operators
2918 2918 0 0 0 0 2918 2918 0
Rubber- and plas tic-produc ts machi ne operators
25126 18998 6128 4010 1979 2031 21116 17019 4097
Wood-products machine operators
25404 24359 1044 6585 6585 0 18819 17775 1044
Printing-, bindi ng-and paper-products machine operators
9868 9868 0 6785 6785 0 3084 3084 0
Textile-, fur-and leather-products machine operators
1199101 678292 520809 712228 298793 413434 486873 379499 107374
Food and related produc ts machi ne operators
32106 24475 7630 6973 5480 1493 25133 18996 6137
Assemblers 6007 6007 0 3118 3118 0 2889 2889 0
Other machine operators and assemblers
2970 2970 0 0 0 0 2970 2970 0
Locomotive engine drivers and related wor kers
1894 1894 0 0 0 0 1894 1894 0
Motor vehicle dri vers 395835 355388 40447 140787 130138 10649 255047 225249 29798
Ships? Deck crews and related wor kers
23593 23593 0 3929 3929 0 19665 19665 0
Street vendors and related wor kers
70876 66386 4490 22111 19638 2473 48765 46748 2017
Shoe cleaning and other street ser vices elementar y occupatio
2300 2300 0 921 921 0 1379 1379 0
Domestic and related helpers, cleaners and launderers
229174 56245 172929 95626 22131 73495 133548 34114 99434
Building caretakers, window and r elated cleaners
12459 8484 3975 5612 2559 3053 6847 5925 921
Messengers, porters, door keepers and related wor kers
134929 123097 11832 65888 59744 6143 69041 63352 5689
Garbage collectors and related labourers
70223 55660 14563 32751 19965 12786 37472 35695 1777
Agricultural, fisher y and related labourers
8614416 3650986 4963430 1058582 242509 816073 7555834 3408477 4147357
Mining and constructi on labourers
773176 699162 74014 192131 169070 23061 581045 530092 50953
Manufacturing labourers
186125 146180 39945 81704 61158 20546 104421 85022 19399
Transport l abourers and freight handlers
790196 769274 20922 200428 193897 6531 589769 575378 14391
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Table-E31: Employed youth (15-29) and over by major occupation, weekly hours worked, sex and residence
(000) Major occupation Hours worked group
Total <15 hours 15-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+ hours
Bangladesh 19342 255 4416 1007 6468 4550 2645
Special occupati on 14 0 0 0 8 5 0
Legislators, senior officials and managers
199 4 20 24 69 42 40
Professionals 324 7 9 16 176 92 24
Technicians and associ ated professionals
215 3 8 8 118 45 33
Clerks 224 3 5 6 120 45 44
Service wor kers and shop and mar ket sales workers
2238 46 284 181 562 506 659
Skilled agricultural and fishery wor kers
1354 83 324 224 343 269 111
Craft and related trade wor kers
2142 21 479 103 582 626 332
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
1771 4 55 23 701 378 610
Elementary occupations 10897 87 3236 431 3794 2554 796
Male 12210 188 987 893 3857 4000 2286
Special occupati on 14 0 0 0 8 5 0
Legislators, senior officials and managers
187 2 19 23 65 42 37
Professionals 206 3 7 11 107 59 19
Technicians and associ ated professionals
170 2 7 7 84 39 31
Clerks 198 2 4 6 103 40 43
Service wor kers and shop and mar ket sales workers
2063 37 224 173 530 478 622
Skilled agricultural and fishery wor kers
1248 63 279 219 318 258 110
Craft and releted trade wor kers
1381 6 38 66 494 474 303
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
1189 3 16 21 480 281 389
Elementary occupations 5592 73 399 377 1671 2337 735
Female 7132 67 3430 114 2611 551 359
Special occupati on 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lagislators, senior officials and managers
12 2 2 1 4 1 3
Professionals 119 5 3 5 69 33 5
Technicians and associ ated professionals
45 1 1 1 34 6 2
Clerks 26 1 1 1 18 4 2
Service wor kers and shop and mar ket sales workers
175 9 60 8 32 28 37
Skilled agricultural and fishery wor kers
106 20 45 5 24 11 1
Craft and related trade wor kers
761 15 441 37 88 152 28
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Major occupation Hours worked group
Total <15 hours 15-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+ hours
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
582 1 40 2 221 97 221
Elementary occupations 5305 13 2837 54 2123 218 60
Urban 4555 39 665 163 1570 948 1171
Special occupati on 6 0 0 0 3 3 0
Lagislators, senior officials and managers
56 0 3 4 25 12 12
Professionals 135 3 5 4 71 40 12
Technicians and associ ated professionals
80 1 3 1 44 16 15
Clerks 88 1 1 1 49 9 27
Service wor kers and shop and mar ket sales workers
741 4 48 41 184 157 307
Skilled agricultural and fishery wor kers
140 8 24 10 40 32 26
Craft and related trade wor kers
649 8 70 46 177 191 156
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
911 1 11 10 330 148 410
Elementary occupations 1757 12 501 47 647 342 208
Urban Male 2806 19 115 131 900 750 891
Special occupati on 6 0 0 0 3 3 0
Legislators, senior officials and managers
52 0 2 3 25 12 11
Professionals 74 0 3 2 38 24 7
Technicians and associ ated professionals
63 1 2 1 31 14 13
Clerks 72 1 1 1 39 6 26
Service wor kers and shop and mar ket sales workers
677 3 37 39 171 146 281
Skilled agricultural and fishery wor kers
124 4 21 10 33 30 25
Craft and related trade wor kers
471 0 6 27 147 149 142
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
480 1 3 10 171 81 215
Elementary occupations 794 10 40 39 243 289 173
Urban Female 1749 20 550 31 670 198 280
Special occupati on 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Legislators, senior officials and managers
4 0 1 1 1 1 1
Professionals 61 3 2 2 33 16 5
Technicians and associ ated professionals
17 0 0 0 13 1 2
Clerks 15 0 0 0 10 4 1
Service wor kers and shop and mar ket sales workers
63 1 10 2 13 11 26
Skilled agricultural and fishery wor kers
17 4 3 0 7 2 1
Craft and related trade wor kers
178 8 64 19 30 43 14
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
431 1 9 0 158 68 195
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Major occupation Hours worked group
Total <15 hours 15-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+ hours
Elementary occupations 963 3 461 7 404 53 35
Rural 14786 216 3752 845 4898 3603 1473
Special occupati on 8 0 0 0 5 2 0
Lagislators, senior officials and managers
143 4 18 20 43 30 28
Professionals 190 5 5 12 104 53 12
Technicians and associ ated professionals
135 2 5 7 74 29 18
Clerks 136 2 4 6 72 35 17
Service wor kers and shop and mar ket sales workers
1498 42 236 140 378 349 352
Skilled agricultural and fishery wor kers
1213 75 300 214 302 237 85
Craft and related trade wor kers
1493 12 409 57 405 435 176
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
860 3 44 14 371 229 200
Elementary occupations 9140 74 2735 384 3147 2213 588
Rural Male 9403 169 872 762 2957 3249 1394
Special occupati on 8 0 0 0 5 2 0
Legislators, senior officials and managers
135 2 17 20 40 30 26
Professionals 132 3 4 9 69 36 12
Technicians and associ ated professionals
107 1 4 6 53 24 18
Clerks 125 2 3 5 64 35 17
Service wor kers and shop and mar ket sales workers
1386 34 186 134 359 332 341
Skilled agricultural and fishery wor kers
1124 59 258 209 285 228 85
Craft and related trade wor kers
910 6 32 39 347 325 161
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
709 2 13 12 309 200 174
Elementary occupations 4798 63 358 338 1428 2048 563
Rural Female 5383 47 2880 82 1941 353 79
Special occupati on 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lagislators, senior officials and managers
8 2 1 0 3 0 2
Professionals 58 2 1 2 36 17 0
Technicians and associ ated professionals
28 1 1 1 21 5 0
Clerks 11 1 1 1 7 0 1
Service wor kers and shop and mar ket sales workers
112 8 50 7 18 17 11
Skilled agricultural and fishery wor kers
89 16 42 5 17 10 0
Craft and related trade wor kers
583 7 377 18 57 110 14
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
152 1 31 2 63 29 26
Elementary occupations 4342 11 2376 46 1719 165 25
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Table-U1: Unemployed and inactive persons aged 15 years and over by age group, sex and residence.
(000) Age group
Total Urban Rural
Unemployed not in labour force
Unemployed not in labour force
Unemployed not in labour force
Bangladesh
Total 2566 38933 858 9887 1709 29046
15-19 606 8769 174 2450 432 6319
20-24 534 5710 182 1628 352 4082
25-29 418 3874 143 942 274 2932
30-34 331 3276 126 925 204 2351
35-39 149 2535 48 579 101 1956
40-44 149 2460 49 662 100 1798
45-49 88 1767 35 449 53 1318
50-54 102 2691 44 655 58 2036
55-59 64 2117 21 378 43 1739
60-64 40 1909 12 414 28 1495
65+ 86 3825 23 804 63 3021
Male
Total 1594 8371 524 2296 1070 6074
15-19 375 3908 94 1005 281 2903
20-24 306 1426 96 418 210 1008
25-29 214 418 74 117 140 301
30-34 200 145 78 55 122 91
35-39 121 77 39 18 82 59 40-44 123 91 40 23 83 68
45-49 72 97 32 31 40 66
50-54 66 197 33 77 33 120
55-59 48 266 17 82 31 184
60-64 25 431 8 132 17 299
65+ 45 1315 13 339 32 976
Female
Total 972 30563 334 7591 639 22972
15-19 231 4860 80 1445 152 3415
20-24 228 4284 86 1209 142 3075
25-29 203 3456 69 825 134 2630
30-34 130 3130 48 870 82 2260
35-39 29 2459 10 562 19 1897
40-44 26 2369 9 639 18 1731
45-49 16 1670 3 418 13 1252
50-54 37 2494 11 578 25 1916
55-59 17 1852 4 297 12 1555
60-64 15 1478 4 282 11 1196
65+ 40 2510 10 465 31 2044
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Table-U2: Unemployed persons aged 15 years and over by level of education, sex and residence.
(000) Level of education Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number (000)
Total 2566 1594 972 858 524 334 1709 1070 639
No education 641 356 284 138 83 54 503 273 230
Class i-v 491 307 184 152 90 61 339 216 123
Class vi-viii 419 261 157 122 78 45 296 184 113
Class ix-x 364 222 143 116 63 53 248 159 90
SSC/ Equivalent 258 194 65 110 76 34 148 117 31
HSC/ Equivalent 288 186 102 150 89 61 138 97 41
Bachelor degree/equivalent
6 3 3 3 2 1 3 1 2
Master degree/equivalent
84 56 28 54 35 20 30 21 9
Medical/engineering degree
15 9 6 13 8 5 2 1 1
Technical/vocational education
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Others 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
No education 25.0 22.4 29.2 16.1 15.9 16.3 29.4 25.5 36.0
Class i-v 19.1 19.2 18.9 17.7 17.2 18.4 19.8 20.2 19.2
Class vi-viii 16.3 16.4 16.2 14.3 14.8 13.4 17.3 17.2 17.6
Class ix-x 14.2 13.9 14.7 13.5 12.0 15.9 14.5 14.8 14.0
SSC/Equivalent 10.1 12.1 6.7 12.8 14.5 10.1 8.7 11.0 4.8
HSC/Equivalent 11.2 11.7 10.5 17.5 16.9 18.3 8.1 9.1 6.3
Bachelor degree/equivalent
.2 .2 .3 .3 .4 .2 .2 .1 .3
Master degree/equivalent
3.3 3.5 2.9 6.3 6.6 5.9 1.7 2.0 1.3
Medical/engineering degree
.6 .6 .6 1.5 1.6 1.4 .1 .1 .2
Technical/vocational education
.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Others .0 .0 .1 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .1
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Table-U3: Unemployed persons aged 15 years and over by Duration of unemployment, sex and residence.
(000) Duration of unemployment
Total Urban Rural Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number Total 2566 1594 972 858 524 334 1709 1070 639
1-3 months 160 138 23 52 47 6 108 91 17
4-6 months 307 208 98 86 61 25 221 148 73
7-9 months 205 135 70 56 38 18 149 97 52
10-12 months 1894 1113 781 663 379 284 1231 734 497
Percent Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
1-3 months 6.2% 8.6% 2.3% 6.1% 8.9% 1.8% 6.3% 8.5% 2.6%
4-6 months 11.9% 13.1% 10.1% 10.0% 11.6% 7.6% 12.9% 13.8% 11.4%
7-9 months 8.0% 8.5% 7.2% 6.5% 7.2% 5.4% 8.7% 9.1% 8.2%
10-12 months 73.8% 69.8% 80.3% 77.3% 72.3% 85.2% 72.1% 68.6% 77.8%
Table-U4: Unemployed persons aged 15 years and over by method of job seeking, sex and residence.
(000) Means for looking job
Total Urban Rural Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total
3403 2115 1290 1311 812 501 2095 1307 788
Communicated with government employment
95 77 19 56 45 11 39 32 7
Communicated with private employment agencies
593 410 183 192 127 65 402 283 119
Direct contact with employer
321 258 63 117 95 22 204 164 40
Search at factory 842 577 265 330 229 101 512 348 164
Communicate with friends/relatives
921 478 444 340 171 169 582 307 275
Application for job using newspaper
109 79 30 63 43 21 46 37 9
Application thru internet
57 53 4 41 37 4 17 17 0
Others 465 183 282 172 65 108 293 119 174
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Table-U5: Inactive persons aged 15 years and over by reasons of not trying to find job, sex and residence.
(000) Reasons of not looking for work
Total Urban Rural Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total 38811 8305 30505 9850 2280 7570 28961 6025 22936
Good job not available
2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Studying 7726 4518 3208 2366 1295 1071 5360 3223 2137
Household work
25884 1065 24819 6145 217 5928 19739 848 18891
Retired person 1438 855 583 479 339 140 959 516 443
No need to work
1015 428 587 275 103 172 740 325 415
Illness 1687 844 843 360 189 171 1327 655 672
Disappointment by looking for job
33 31 2 8 8 0 25 23 2
Others 1020 559 461 214 128 87 806 432 374
Table-U6: Unemployed persons aged 15 years and over by division, district, sex and residence.
(000) Division/District
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Bangladesh 2566 1594 972 858 524 334 1709 1070 639
Barisal Total 152 98 54 31 21 10 121 77 44
Barguna 13 5 8 2 1 1 12 4 7
Barisal 39 24 16 11 7 4 29 17 12
Bhola 46 34 12 11 9 2 34 25 9
Jhalokati 13 10 3 1 0 0 12 10 2
Patuakhali 21 13 8 2 2 0 19 12 7
Pirojpur 20 12 8 4 2 2 15 10 5
Chittagong Total 565 371 193 164 102 62 401 269 132
Bandarban 6 4 2 0 0 0 6 4 2
Brahmanbaria 42 30 12 8 4 4 34 26 8
Chandpur 63 47 15 15 6 9 48 42 6
Chittagong 141 97 44 83 61 23 57 36 21
Comilla 82 51 31 13 8 5 69 43 26
Cox's Bazar 32 16 16 6 3 3 26 14 12
Feni 31 21 10 3 2 1 29 19 10
Khagrachhari 24 13 11 6 3 3 18 10 8
Lakshmipur 50 40 10 13 9 4 37 31 6
Noakhali 67 44 23 13 7 7 54 38 16
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Division/District
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Rangamati 27 8 19 5 2 3 22 7 16
Dhaka Total 1023 632 391 484 297 188 539 336 203
Dhaka 357 238 120 321 208 114 36 30 6
Faridpur 13 5 8 3 1 2 10 4 6
Gazipur 82 43 39 33 11 21 49 31 18
Gopalganj 55 49 7 8 8 0 48 41 7
Jamalpur 34 15 19 8 5 3 26 10 16
Kishorgonj 49 17 31 13 4 9 36 13 22
Madaripur 38 18 20 2 2 0 36 16 20
Manikganj 36 30 6 0 0 0 36 30 6
Munshiganj 26 18 9 1 1 0 25 17 9
Mymensingh 66 36 29 24 9 15 42 28 14
Narayanganj 49 39 10 28 25 3 22 15 7
Narsingdi 56 28 28 10 7 3 47 21 25
Netrakona 37 14 23 12 7 6 24 7 17
Rajbari 15 3 12 7 2 5 8 1 7
Shariatpur 22 14 8 2 2 0 20 12 8
Sherpur 23 17 6 1 0 1 21 17 5
Tangail 65 49 16 11 6 5 54 43 11
Khulna Total 243 141 102 77 42 35 166 99 67
Bagerhat 39 24 15 5 3 2 33 21 12
Chuadanga 13 7 7 6 2 4 7 5 3
Jessore 21 13 8 5 3 2 16 10 6
Jhenaidah 40 19 22 5 3 2 35 15 20
Khulna 58 31 27 47 23 24 10 7 3
Kushti a 27 18 8 5 5 0 22 14 8
Magura 4 1 3 0 0 0 4 1 3
Meherpur 6 3 3 0 0 0 6 3 3
Narail 10 10 1 1 1 0 10 9 1
Satkhira 26 16 9 3 2 1 22 14 8
Rajshahi Total 379 237 141 73 46 27 305 191 114
Bogra 44 25 19 4 2 2 41 23 18
Dinajpur 31 20 10 2 1 1 29 19 9
Gaibandha 22 13 9 0 0 0 22 13 9
Joypurhat 6 3 3 4 3 1 2 0 2
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Division/District
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Kurigram 15 10 5 1 0 1 14 10 4
Lalmonirhat 24 18 6 7 7 0 18 11 6
Naogaon 30 12 18 3 1 2 27 11 16
Natore 27 21 6 5 5 0 22 17 6
Nawabganj 10 7 3 4 4 0 7 4 3
Nilphamari 15 8 7 5 3 2 10 6 5
Pabna 47 34 13 8 5 4 39 29 9
Panchagarh 8 5 4 2 0 2 6 5 2
Rajshahi 25 14 11 18 9 9 6 5 2
Rangpur 39 29 9 7 5 2 32 24 7
Sirajganj 31 15 16 5 3 2 26 12 14
Thakurgaon 5 2 3 0 0 0 5 2 3
Sylhet Total 206 114 92 29 16 12 177 98 79
Habiganj 23 13 10 1 1 1 22 12 9
Maulvi bazar 51 37 14 7 5 2 44 31 12
Sunamganj 45 21 23 7 2 5 37 19 18
Syl het 87 43 44 12 8 4 75 35 40
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Table-Y01: Youths (aged 15-29 years) by economic activity, sex and residence
(000) Economic activity
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
Total population 39253 18857 20396 10075 4610 5465 29178 14247 14931
economically active population/labour force
Total 20900 13105 7796 5055 3070 1985 15845 10034 5811
employed 19343 12210 7133 4556 2806 1750 14786 9403 5383
unempl oyed 1558 895 663 499 264 235 1059 631 428
not in labour force
Total 18353 5752 12600 5020 1540 3480 13333 4212 9120
student 7719 4493 3226 2346 1283 1064 5372 3210 2162
household wor k 9619 638 8981 2425 107 2318 7194 531 6663
others 1015 622 393 248 151 98 767 471 296
Table-Y02: Youths (aged 15-24 years) by economic activity, sex and residence
(000) Economic activity
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
Total population 27649 13504 14145 7321 3326 3995 20328 10178 10150
Economically active population/labour force
Total 13170 8169 5001 3243 1902 9927 6267 3660 1341
employed 12030 7489 4541 2887 1712 9143 5776 3366 1175
unempl oyed 1140 681 459 356 190 785 491 294 166
Not in labour force
Total 14479 5334 9145 4078 1424 10401 3911 6490 2654
student 7395 4247 3148 2226 1198 5168 3049 2119 1028
household wor k
6199 529 5670 1634 92 4566 437 4128 1542
others 885 558 327 218 133 667 425 242 84
Table-Y03: Youth labour force (aged 15-29 years) by district, sex and residence
(000) DISTRICT NAME Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Bangladesh 20900 13105 7796 5055 3070 1985 15845 10034 5811
Bagerhat 204 124 79 33 18 15 171 106 65
Bandarban 75 35 40 22 10 13 52 25 27
Barguna 134 80 54 15 8 7 119 72 46
Barisal 342 223 119 50 31 19 292 193 99
Bhola 246 146 100 25 16 9 221 130 91
Bogra 474 284 189 47 28 20 427 257 170
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DISTRICT NAME Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Brahmanbaria 260 185 75 34 27 7 226 159 67
Chandpur 325 246 80 75 49 25 251 196 54
Chittagong 1170 747 423 637 391 246 533 356 177
Chuadanga 168 109 58 53 33 20 114 77 38
Comilla 658 396 262 63 41 22 595 355 239
Cox's Bazar 282 207 76 54 45 9 228 162 66
Dhaka 1543 928 615 1464 876 588 79 52 27
Dinajpur 478 299 179 49 25 24 428 274 155
Faridpur 224 165 59 21 19 2 203 146 57
Feni 202 132 70 16 13 3 186 119 67
Gaibandha 324 188 136 21 14 7 304 174 130
Gazipur 324 176 147 168 79 89 156 97 58
Gopalganj 163 112 51 12 9 3 151 103 48
Habiganj 309 210 99 24 17 6 285 193 92
Jamalpur 363 198 165 66 31 34 297 166 131
Jessore 418 250 168 39 27 12 378 222 156
Jhalokati 78 53 25 11 7 4 67 46 22
Jhenaidah 222 141 82 29 18 12 193 123 70
Joypurhat 184 102 83 23 15 8 162 86 75
Khagrachhari 169 99 70 49 30 19 120 69 51
Khulna 329 201 128 191 117 74 138 84 54
Kishorgonj 473 300 173 63 37 26 410 263 148
Kurigram 316 217 99 45 34 10 271 182 89
Kushti a 313 189 124 35 18 17 278 171 107
Lakshmipur 261 183 77 50 33 17 211 151 60
Lalmonirhat 239 136 103 27 18 9 213 118 94
Madaripur 175 105 70 18 11 7 158 94 63
Magura 114 77 37 7 5 2 108 73 35
Manikganj 180 123 57 17 12 5 164 111 53
Maulvi bazar 204 133 71 22 17 6 182 116 65
Meherpur 117 80 36 6 5 1 111 75 36
Munshiganj 145 95 50 12 10 2 133 86 48
Mymensingh 820 493 327 155 95 60 665 398 268
Naogaon 524 322 203 37 20 18 487 302 185
Narail 100 56 43 3 0 3 97 56 41
Narayanganj 514 329 184 315 194 122 198 136 63
Narsingdi 283 158 125 33 17 17 250 142 108
Natore 219 119 100 28 15 13 191 104 87
Nawabganj 283 178 105 43 29 15 240 149 91
Netrakona 374 233 141 40 23 18 334 210 124
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DISTRICT NAME Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Nilphamari 268 170 98 45 26 19 223 144 79
Noakhali 335 225 110 58 41 17 277 184 93
Pabna 364 238 126 59 41 19 305 197 108
Panchagarh 210 123 87 26 14 12 184 110 75
Patuakhali 228 140 88 23 16 7 205 125 81
Pirojpur 116 82 33 14 8 6 102 74 28
Rajbari 173 108 65 20 13 7 153 95 58
Rajshahi 361 219 142 118 65 53 243 154 89
Rangamati 117 68 49 32 20 12 85 48 37
Rangpur 535 356 179 95 55 40 440 301 139
Satkhira 348 221 127 26 16 10 322 205 117
Shariatpur 156 107 49 14 9 5 143 99 44
Sherpur 241 146 95 26 17 9 215 129 86
Sirajganj 484 337 147 49 31 18 435 306 129
Sunamganj 411 267 144 46 30 17 364 237 127
Syl het 365 234 132 53 35 18 312 198 114
Tangail 589 335 254 83 35 47 507 299 207
Thakurgaon 275 163 112 21 14 7 254 149 105
Table-Y04: Youth labour force (aged 15-24 years) by division, sex and residence
(000) Division
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
Number
Total 13170 8169 5001 3243 1902 1341 9927 6267 3660
Barisal 674 415 259 79 45 34 595 370 225
Chittagong 2610 1704 907 732 462 270 1878 1241 637
Dhaka 4320 2588 1732 1631 897 734 2689 1691 998
Khulna 1407 869 538 260 157 102 1147 711 436
Rajshahi 3267 2002 1265 441 272 169 2826 1729 1097
Syl het 892 592 300 100 68 32 792 524 268
Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Barisal 5.1 5.1 5.2 2.4 2.4 2.5 6.0 5.9 6.1
Chittagong 19.8 20.9 18.1 22.6 24.3 20.1 18.9 19.8 17.4
Dhaka 32.8 31.7 34.6 50.3 47.2 54.7 27.1 27.0 27.3
Khulna 10.7 10.6 10.8 8.0 8.3 7.6 11.6 11.4 11.9
Rajshahi 24.8 24.5 25.3 13.6 14.3 12.6 28.5 27.6 30.0
Syl het 6.8 7.2 6.0 3.1 3.6 2.4 8.0 8.4 7.3
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Table-Y05: Youth (aged 15-29 years) Participation rate by age group, sex and residence (000)
Age group Total population Economically active population
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
Total Total 39253 18857 20396 20900 13105 7796
15-19 14463 7575 6888 5694 3667 2028
20-24 13186 5929 7257 7476 4503 2973
25-29 11604 5353 6251 7730 4935 2795
Urban Total 10075 4610 5465 5055 3070 1985
15-19 3851 1811 2040 1401 806 595
20-24 3470 1515 1956 1842 1096 746
25-29 2754 1284 1469 1812 1168 644
Rural Total 29178 14247 14931 15845 10034 5811
15-19 10612 5764 4848 4294 2861 1433
20-24 9716 4414 5302 5633 3406 2227
25-29 8850 4069 4781 5918 3767 2151
Table-Y06: Employed and unemployed youths (aged 15-29 years) by age group, sex and residence
(000) Age group
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
Empl oyed
Total 19343 12210 7133 4556 2806 1750 14786 9403 5383
15-19 5089 3292 1796 1227 712 515 3862 2580 1281
20-24 6941 4197 2745 1660 1000 660 5281 3196 2085
25-29 7313 4721 2592 1669 1094 575 5644 3627 2017
Unemployed
Total 1558 895 663 499 264 235 1059 631 428
15-19 606 375 231 174 94 80 432 281 152
20-24 534 306 228 182 96 86 352 210 142
25-29 418 214 203 143 74 69 274 140 134
Empl oyed
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
15-19 26.3 27.0 25.2 26.9 25.4 29.4 26.1 27.4 23.8
20-24 35.9 34.4 38.5 36.4 35.6 37.7 35.7 34.0 38.7
25-29 37.8 38.7 36.3 36.6 39.0 32.8 38.2 38.6 37.5
Unemployed
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
15-19 38.9 41.9 34.9 34.8 35.7 33.9 40.8 44.5 35.4
20-24 34.3 34.2 34.4 36.4 36.3 36.6 33.3 33.3 33.3
25-29 26.8 23.9 30.7 28.7 28.0 29.5 25.9 22.2 31.3
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Table-Y07: Youth (aged 15-29 years) employment rate by age group, sex and residence
(000) Total population Emplo yed
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
Total Total 39253 18857 20396 19343 12210 7133
15-19 14463 7575 6888 5089 3292 1796
20-24 13186 5929 7257 6941 4197 2745
25-29 11604 5353 6251 7313 4721 2592
Urban Total 10075 4610 5465 4556 2806 1750
15-19 3851 1811 2040 1227 712 515
20-24 3470 1515 1956 1660 1000 660
25-29 2754 1284 1469 1669 1094 575
Rural Total 29178 14247 14931 14786 9403 5383
15-19 10612 5764 4848 3862 2580 1281
20-24 9716 4414 5302 5281 3196 2085
25-29 8850 4069 4781 5644 3627 2017
Table-Y08: Youth (aged 15-29 years) labour force participation rate by sex and district
(000) District name Total population Economically active population
Total Male Female Total Male Female
Bangladesh 39253 18857 20396 20900 13105 7796
Bagerhat 410 189 222 204 124 79
Bandarban 94 44 49 75 35 40
Barguna 259 112 146 134 80 54 Barisal 703 358 345 342 223 119
Bhola 453 227 225 246 146 100
Bogra 959 457 501 474 284 189
Brahmanbaria 589 274 315 260 185 75
Chandpur 762 380 382 325 246 80
Chittagong 2234 1054 1180 1170 747 423
Chuadanga 308 154 153 168 109 58
Comilla 1261 594 667 658 396 262
Cox's Bazar 554 306 248 282 207 76
Dhaka 3320 1478 1842 1543 928 615
Dinajpur 856 440 416 478 299 179
Faridpur 492 232 260 224 165 59
Feni 387 186 202 202 132 70
Gaibandha 603 268 335 324 188 136
Gazipur 621 272 349 324 176 147
Gopalganj 358 199 159 163 112 51
Habiganj 519 255 265 309 210 99
Jamalpur 593 281 313 363 198 165
Jessore 768 381 387 418 250 168
Jhalokati 183 94 89 78 53 25 Jhenaidah 426 212 213 222 141 82
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District name Total population Economically active population Total Male Female Total Male Female
Joypurhat 318 155 163 184 102 83
Khagrachhari 269 132 137 169 99 70
Khulna 728 324 404 329 201 128
Kishorgonj 806 385 420 473 300 173
Kurigram 536 277 259 316 217 99 Kushti a 598 276 322 313 189 124
Lakshmipur 519 249 270 261 183 77
Lalmonirhat 402 189 212 239 136 103
Madaripur 343 160 184 175 105 70
Magura 228 115 113 114 77 37
Manikganj 384 190 194 180 123 57
Maulvi bazar 411 195 216 204 133 71
Meherpur 228 108 121 117 80 36
Munshiganj 288 138 150 145 95 50
Mymensingh 1336 659 676 820 493 327
Naogaon 832 428 404 524 322 203
Narail 169 77 92 100 56 43
Narayanganj 935 421 515 514 329 184
Narsingdi 497 232 265 283 158 125
Natore 510 245 265 219 119 100
Nawabganj 499 234 265 283 178 105
Netrakona 653 308 345 374 233 141
Nilphamari 479 239 239 268 170 98
Noakhali 745 355 390 335 225 110
Pabna 789 399 389 364 238 126 Panchagarh 299 146 153 210 123 87
Patuakhali 414 199 215 228 140 88
Pirojpur 281 141 140 116 82 33
Rajbari 291 139 152 173 108 65
Rajshahi 698 340 358 361 219 142
Rangamati 198 88 111 117 68 49
Rangpur 865 430 434 535 356 179
Satkhira 665 323 342 348 221 127
Shariatpur 282 150 132 156 107 49
Sherpur 379 179 200 241 146 95
Sirajganj 879 464 415 484 337 147
Sunamganj 659 320 339 411 267 144
Syl het 703 331 372 365 234 132
Tangail 966 451 516 589 335 254
Thakurgaon 462 218 243 275 163 112
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Table-Y09: Youth (aged 15-29 years) employment rate by sex and district (000)
District name Total population Emplo yed Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total 39253 18857 20396 19343 12210 7133
Bagerhat 410 189 222 184 111 72 Bandarban 94 44 49 71 33 39
Barguna 259 112 146 127 78 49
Barisal 703 358 345 316 207 109
Bhola 453 227 225 212 119 93
Bogra 959 457 501 454 275 178
Brahmanbaria 589 274 315 230 164 66
Chandpur 762 380 382 288 219 68
Chittagong 2234 1054 1180 1078 686 392
Chuadanga 308 154 153 160 105 54
Comilla 1261 594 667 602 363 239
Cox's bazar 554 306 248 258 195 63
Dhaka 3320 1478 1842 1360 829 531
Dinajpur 856 440 416 468 293 174
Faridpur 492 232 260 216 161 55
Feni 387 186 202 179 116 63
Gaibandha 603 268 335 309 181 129
Gazipur 621 272 349 283 163 121
Gopalganj 358 199 159 113 68 45
Habiganj 519 255 265 294 201 93
Jamalpur 593 281 313 340 188 152 Jessore 768 381 387 403 241 162
Jhalokati 183 94 89 67 44 23
Jhenaid ah 426 212 213 205 137 69
Jo ypurhat 318 155 163 180 100 80
Khagrachhari 269 132 137 154 89 65
Khulna 728 324 404 296 189 107
Kishorgonj 806 385 420 439 289 149
Kurigram 536 277 259 305 211 94
Kushtia 598 276 322 299 180 119
Lakshmipur 519 249 270 221 151 69
Lalmonirhat 402 189 212 236 135 100
Madaripur 343 160 184 145 91 53
Magura 228 115 113 113 77 36
Manikganj 384 190 194 163 108 55
Maulvibazar 411 195 216 176 114 62
Meherpur 228 108 121 114 79 35
Munshiganj 288 138 150 129 86 44
Mymensingh 1336 659 676 776 469 307
Naogaon 832 428 404 509 317 192
Narail 169 77 92 92 49 43 Narayanganj 935 421 515 491 311 179
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District name Total population Emplo yed Total Male Female Total Male Female
Narsingdi 497 232 265 240 138 102
Natore 510 245 265 202 106 96
Nawabganj 499 234 265 279 174 105
Netrakona 653 308 345 352 229 124
Nilphamari 479 239 239 263 168 96 Noakhali 745 355 390 283 190 93
Pabna 789 399 389 334 216 118
Panchag arh 299 146 153 205 122 84
Patuakh ali 414 199 215 214 131 83
Pirojpur 281 141 140 106 76 30
Rajbari 291 139 152 164 107 57
Rajshahi 698 340 358 348 214 135
Rangamati 198 88 111 101 64 37
Rangpur 865 430 434 515 341 174
Satkhira 665 323 342 334 213 122
Shariatpur 282 150 132 141 98 43
Sherpur 379 179 200 232 139 93
Sirajganj 879 464 415 469 331 139
Sunamganj 659 320 339 380 255 125
Sylhet 703 331 372 307 210 97
Tangail 966 451 516 545 300 245
Thakurgaon 462 218 243 273 163 110
Table-Y10: Economically active, employed and unemployed youths (aged 15-29 years) by literacy rate, sex and residence
(000) economically active population Emplo yed Unemplo yed
Total Literate Not-literate
Total Literate Not-literate
Total Literate Not-literate
Total Total 20900 14539 6362 19343 13233 6110 1558 1306 252
Male 13105 8985 4120 12210 8222 3988 895 763 132
Femal e 7796 5554 2242 7133 5011 2122 663 543 120
Rural Total 15845 10713 5132 14786 9842 4945 1059 872 187
Male 10034 6639 3395 9403 6105 3299 631 534 97
Femal e 5811 4074 1736 5383 3737 1646 428 337 91
Urban Total 5055 3825 1230 4556 3391 1165 499 434 65
Male 3070 2346 724 2806 2117 689 264 229 35
Femal e 1985 1479 506 1750 1274 476 235 206 30
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Table-Y11: Economically active, employed and unemployed youths (aged 15-24 years) by literacy rate
(000) economically active population Emplo yed Unemplo yed
Total Literate Not-literate
Total Literate Not-literate
Total Literate Not-literate
Total Total 13170 9477 3694 12030 8514 3516 1140 962 178
Male 8169 5725 2445 7489 5145 2344 681 580 101
Femal e 5001 3752 1249 4541 3370 1172 459 382 77
Rural Total 9927 6992 2935 9143 6342 2801 785 650 134
Male 6267 4271 1996 5776 3858 1919 491 413 77
Femal e 3660 2721 939 3366 2484 882 294 237 57
Urban Total 3243 2485 759 2887 2173 715 356 312 44
Male 1902 1454 449 1712 1287 425 190 167 23
Femal e 1341 1031 310 1175 886 289 166 145 20
Table-Y12: Economically active population, employed youths and unemployed youths (aged 15-29 years) by level of education and sex
(000) Highest class passed
Economically active population Emplo yed Unemplo yed
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
Number
Total 20900 13105 7796 19343 12210 7133 1558 895 663
No education 5614 3595 2019 5370 3476 1895 244 120 124
Class i-v 5726 3850 1876 5393 3652 1741 333 199 134
Class vi-viii 4018 2423 1595 3709 2243 1466 309 180 129
Class ix-x 2785 1518 1267 2492 1354 1138 293 164 129
S.S.C/equivalent 1469 878 591 1297 762 535 172 116 56
H.S.C/equivalent 782 475 306 620 383 237 161 92 69
Bachelor degree/equivalent
252 184 69 250 183 68 2 1 1
Master degree/equivalent
183 128 56 145 107 38 38 21 17
Medical/engineering degree
20 15 5 16 12 4 5 3 1
Technical/vocational education
35 27 8 35 27 8 0 0 0
Others 16 11 5 15 11 4 1 0 1
Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
No education 26.9 27.4 25.9 27.8 28.5 26.6 15.7 13.4 18.8
Class i-v 27.4 29.4 24.1 27.9 29.9 24.4 21.4 22.2 20.3
Class vi-viii 19.2 18.5 20.5 19.2 18.4 20.6 19.8 20.1 19.4
Class ix-x 13.3 11.6 16.3 12.9 11.1 16.0 18.8 18.3 19.5
S.S.C/equivalent 7.0 6.7 7.6 6.7 6.2 7.5 11.1 13.0 8.5
H.S.C/equivalent 3.7 3.6 3.9 3.2 3.1 3.3 10.4 10.3 10.5
Bachelor degree/equivalent
1.2 1.4 .9 1.3 1.5 .9 .1 .1 .1
Master .9 1.0 .7 .8 .9 .5 2.4 2.3 2.6
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Highest class passed
Economically active population Emplo yed Unemplo yed
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
degree/equivalent
Medical/engineering degree
.1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .3 .4 .2
Technical/vocational education
.2 .2 .1 .2 .2 .1 .0 .0 .0
Others .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .0 .0 .1
Table-Y13: Economically active, employed and unemployed youths (aged 15-24 years) by level of education and sex
(000) Highest class passed economically active population Emplo yed Unemplo yed
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Number
Total 13170 8169 5001 12030 7489 4541 1140 681 459
No education 3101 2021 1080 2937 1932 1005 164 89 75
Class i-v 3849 2610 1239 3578 2442 1136 270 168 102
Class vi-viii 2803 1682 1121 2570 1541 1030 233 142 91
Class ix-x 1921 993 929 1680 856 824 241 136 105
S.S.C/equivalent 874 497 377 754 417 337 120 81 39
H.S.C/equivalent 448 249 199 353 192 161 95 57 38
Bachelor degree/equivalent
88 58 29 87 58 29 0 0 0
Master degree/equivalent
48 30 18 36 26 10 12 4 8
Medical/engineering degree
8 8 0 4 4 0 3 3 0
Technical/vocational education
17 12 5 17 12 5 0 0 0
Others 13 8 5 12 8 4 1 0 1
Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
No education 23.5 24.7 21.6 24.4 25.8 22.1 14.4 13.1 16.4 Class i-v 29.2 31.9 24.8 29.7 32.6 25.0 23.7 24.7 22.3
Class vi-viii 21.3 20.6 22.4 21.4 20.6 22.7 20.4 20.8 19.9
Class ix-x 14.6 12.1 18.6 14.0 11.4 18.1 21.1 20.0 22.9
S.S.C/equivalent 6.6 6.1 7.5 6.3 5.6 7.4 10.5 11.9 8.6
H.S.C/equivalent 3.4 3.1 4.0 2.9 2.6 3.5 8.3 8.4 8.2
Bachelor degree/equivalent
.7 .7 .6 .7 .8 .6 .0 .1 .0
Master degree/equivalent
.4 .4 .4 .3 .3 .2 1.1 .7 1.7
Medical/engineering degree
.1 .1 .0 .0 .1 .0 .3 .5 .0
Technical/vocational education
.1 .1 .1 .1 .2 .1 .0 .0 .0
Others .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .0 .1
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Table-Y14: Employed youths (aged 15-29 years) by major industry, sex and residence
(000) Major industry Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total 19343 12210 7133 4556 2806 1750 14786 9403 5383
agriculture, for estry and fishing
9986 4918 5067 1201 370 832 8785 4549 4236
mining and quarrying 59 45 14 10 9 1 49 36 13
manufacturing 2825 1894 930 1297 738 559 1528 1156 372
electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning suppl y
34 33 2 15 14 1 19 18 1
water suppl y; sewerage, waste management and remediation ac t
5 4 1 2 1 1 3 3 0
constructi on 1065 995 70 302 280 22 764 715 48
wholesal e and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
1791 1696 96 607 577 31 1184 1119 65
transportation and storage
1243 1184 59 351 335 15 892 848 44
accommodation and food ser vice acti vities
276 263 13 86 81 5 190 182 8
information and communication
18 17 1 6 6 0 11 10 1
financi al and insurance activiti es
94 73 21 52 39 13 42 34 8
real estate acti vities 8 8 0 5 5 0 3 3 0
professional, scientific and technical acti vities
31 26 5 10 9 2 21 18 4
administrati ve and support ser vice activiti es
107 91 15 45 38 7 62 54 9
public administration and defence; compulsor y social securit
115 108 7 47 42 5 68 66 2
education 267 156 111 108 56 52 159 100 58
human health and social wor k acti vities
76 57 20 34 22 12 43 35 8
arts, entertainment and recreation
23 22 1 3 3 0 20 19 1
other ser vice ac tiviti es 1110 602 508 272 163 109 839 439 399
activiti es of househol ds as employers; undif ferentiated good
250 59 191 113 28 85 137 32 106
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Table-Y15: Employed youths (aged 15-24 years) by major industry, sex and residence
(000) Major industry Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number (000)
Total 12030 7489 4541 2887 1712 1175 9143 5776 3366
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
6325 3201 3125 775 251 523 5551 2950 2601
Mining and quarrying 43 29 14 7 6 1 35 22 13
Manufacturing 1820 1189 631 898 468 430 923 722 201
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
26 24 2 12 11 1 14 13 1
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation act
3 3 1 1 0 1 3 3 0
Construction 706 665 41 187 172 15 519 493 26
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
1002 940 62 377 355 22 625 585 40
Transportation and storage
631 578 53 188 175 13 443 403 40
Accommodation and food service activities
202 193 9 60 56 3 143 137 6
Information and communication
11 11 1 5 5 0 6 5 1
Financial and insurance activities
41 32 9 24 18 6 17 14 3
Real estate activities 3 3 0 2 2 0 1 1 0
Professional, scientific and technical activities
17 12 5 5 4 1 12 8 4
Administrative and support service activities
48 39 10 21 15 6 27 23 4
Public administration and defence; compulsory social securit
63 57 6 24 21 3 39 36 2
Education 127 72 55 57 29 28 70 43 27
Human health and social work activities
37 24 12 16 8 8 21 17 4
Arts, entertainment and recreation
15 14 1 1 1 0 14 13 1
Other service activities 830 378 452 180 100 81 650 279 371
Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated good
94 39 55 51 18 33 43 21 22
Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
52.6 42.7 68.8 26.8 14.7 44.5 60.7 51.1 77.3
Mining and quarrying .4 .4 .3 .2 .4 .1 .4 .4 .4
Manufacturing 15.1 15.9 13.9 31.1 27.3 36.6 10.1 12.5 6.0
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
.2 .3 .0 .4 .6 .1 .2 .2 .0
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and
.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .1 .0 .0 .0
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Major industry Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
remediation act
Construction 5.9 8.9 .9 6.5 10.1 1.3 5.7 8.5 .8
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
8.3 12.5 1.4 13.1 20.7 1.9 6.8 10.1 1.2
Transportation and storage
5.2 7.7 1.2 6.5 10.2 1.1 4.8 7.0 1.2
Accommodation and food service activities
1.7 2.6 .2 2.1 3.3 .3 1.6 2.4 .2
Information and communication
.1 .1 .0 .2 .3 .0 .1 .1 .0
Financial and insurance activities
.3 .4 .2 .8 1.1 .5 .2 .2 .1
Real estate activities .0 .0 .0 .1 .1 .0 .0 .0 .0
Professional, scientific and technical activities
.1 .2 .1 .2 .2 .1 .1 .1 .1
Administrative and support service activities
.4 .5 .2 .7 .9 .5 .3 .4 .1
Public administration and defence; compulsory social securit
.5 .8 .1 .8 1.2 .3 .4 .6 .1
Education 1.1 1.0 1.2 2.0 1.7 2.4 .8 .7 .8
Human health and social work activities
.3 .3 .3 .5 .4 .7 .2 .3 .1
Arts, entertainment and recreation
.1 .2 .0 .0 .1 .0 .2 .2 .0
Other service activities 6.9 5.1 9.9 6.2 5.8 6.9 7.1 4.8 11.0
Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated good
.8 .5 1.2 1.8 1.1 2.8 .5 .4 .7
Table-Y16: Employed youths (aged 15-29 years) by major occupation, sex and residence
(000) Major occupation Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Number (000)
Total 19343 12210 7133 4556 2806 1750 14786 9403 5383Special occupati on 14 14 0 6 6 0 8 8 0Lagislators, senior officials and managers
199 187 12 56 52 4 143 135 8
Professionals 324 206 119 135 74 61 190 132 58Technicians and associated professionals
215 170 45 80 63 17 135 107 28
Clerks 224 198 26 88 72 15 136 125 11Service wor kers and shop and mar ket sales wor kers
2238 2063 175 741 677 63 1498 1386 112
Skilled agricultural and fisher y wor kers
1354 1248 106 140 124 17 1213 1124 89
Craft and releted trade wor kers
2142 1381 761 649 471 178 1493 910 583
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
1771 1189 582 911 480 431 860 709 152
Elementary occupations 10898 5592 5306 1758 794 964 9140 4798 4342
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Major occupation Total Urban Rural Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Percent Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Special occupati on .1 .1 .0 .1 .2 .0 .1 .1 .0Lagislators, senior officials and managers
1.0 1.5 .2 1.2 1.9 .2 1.0 1.4 .1
Professionals 1.7 1.7 1.7 3.0 2.6 3.5 1.3 1.4 1.1Technicians and associated professionals
1.1 1.4 .6 1.7 2.2 .9 .9 1.1 .5
Clerks 1.2 1.6 .4 1.9 2.6 .9 .9 1.3 .2Service wor kers and shop and mar ket sales wor kers
11.6 16.9 2.5 16.3 24.1 3.6 10.1 14.7 2.1
Skilled agricultural and fisher y wor kers
7.0 10.2 1.5 3.1 4.4 .9 8.2 12.0 1.7
Craft and releted trade wor kers
11.1 11.3 10.7 14.2 16.8 10.2 10.1 9.7 10.8
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
9.2 9.7 8.2 20.0 17.1 24.6 5.8 7.5 2.8
Elementary occupations 56.3 45.8 74.4 38.6 28.3 55.1 61.8 51.0 80.7
Table-Y17: Employed youths (aged 15-24 years) by major occupation, sex and residence
(000) Major occupation
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number (000)
Total 12030 7489 4541 2887 1712 1175 9143 5776 3366
Special occupati on 8 8 0 3 3 0 5 5 0
Lagislators, senior officials and managers
86 78 8 29 27 2 57 51 6
Professionals 156 91 64 71 37 34 84 54 30
Technicians and associated professionals
107 85 22 41 31 11 66 55 11
Clerks 109 93 16 38 30 8 71 63 8
Service wor kers and shop and mar ket sales wor kers
1278 1177 101 474 429 46 804 748 55
Skilled agricultural and fisher y workers
917 844 72 92 77 16 824 768 57
Craft and releted trade workers
1490 915 575 418 290 128 1073 626 447
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
1234 757 477 649 300 349 585 457 129
Elementary occupations
6658 3452 3205 1076 494 582 5582 2958 2623
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Major occupation
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Special occupati on 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
Lagislators, senior officials and managers
0.7 1.0 0.2 1.0 1.6 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.2
Professionals 1.3 1.2 1.4 2.5 2.2 2.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
Technicians and associated professionals
0.9 1.1 0.5 1.4 1.8 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.3
Clerks 0.9 1.2 0.4 1.3 1.8 0.7 0.8 1.1 0.2
Service wor kers and shop and mar ket sales wor kers
10.6 15.7 2.2 16.4 25.0 3.9 8.8 13.0 1.6
Skilled agricultural and fisher y workers
7.6 11.3 1.6 3.2 4.5 1.3 9.0 13.3 1.7
Craft and releted trade workers
12.4 12.2 12.7 14.5 16.9 10.9 11.7 10.8 13.3
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
10.3 10.1 10.5 22.5 17.5 29.7 6.4 7.9 3.8
Elementary occupations
55.3 46.1 70.6 37.3 28.8 49.5 61.1 51.2 77.9
Table-Y18: Employed youths (aged 15-29 years) by employment status, sex and residence
(000) Status in emplo yment
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number (000)
Total 19343 12210 7133 4556 2806 1750 14786 9403 5383
Regular paid emplo yee
3287 2471 816 1522 1001 520 1765 1470 295
Emplo yer 19 16 3 4 3 0 16 13 3
Self emp lo yed (agri)
978 899 79 73 64 10 905 835 70
Self emp lo yed (non-agri)
2598 2326 272 644 524 120 1954 1801 153
Unpaid family worker
7679 2241 5438 1168 273 894 6511 1968 4544
Irregular paid worker
663 502 161 304 207 97 359 295 64
Day labourer (agri) 2473 2327 147 181 170 11 2292 2157 136
Day labourer (non-agri)
1599 1442 157 626 560 66 973 882 91
Servant 87 27 60 41 9 32 46 18 28
Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Regular paid emplo yee
17.0 20.2 11.4 33.4 35.7 29.7 11.9 15.6 5.5
Emplo yer 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
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Status in emplo yment
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Self emp lo yed (agri)
5.1 7.4 1.1 1.6 2.3 0.5 6.1 8.9 1.3
Self emp lo yed (non-agri)
13.4 19.0 3.8 14.1 18.7 6.8 13.2 19.2 2.8
Unpaid family worker
39.7 18.4 76.2 25.6 9.7 51.1 44.0 20.9 84.4
Irregular paid worker
3.4 4.1 2.3 6.7 7.4 5.5 2.4 3.1 1.2
Day labourer (agri) 12.8 19.1 2.1 4.0 6.1 0.6 15.5 22.9 2.5
Day labourer (non-agri)
8.3 11.8 2.2 13.7 20.0 3.8 6.6 9.4 1.7
Servant 0.4 0.2 0.8 0.9 0.3 1.8 0.3 0.2 0.5
Table-Y19: Employed youths (aged 15-24 years) by status in employment, sex and residence
(000) Status in employment
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
Number (000)
Total 12030 7489 4541 2887 1712 1175 9143 5776 3366
Regular paid employee
2121 1558 563 997 617 380 1124 941 183
Empl oyer 13 10 3 2 2 0 11 8 2
Self employed (agri)
442 394 48 35 27 8 407 367 40
Self employed (non-agri)
1370 1209 162 314 243 71 1056 965 91
Unpaid family wor ker
5103 1659 3444 779 213 566 4324 1446 2879
Irregular paid wor ker
465 358 107 225 142 83 240 216 24
Day l abourer (agri)
1466 1380 86 125 117 8 1341 1263 78
Day l abourer (non-agri)
1000 913 87 384 346 38 616 567 49
Servant 63 22 41 27 7 21 35 15 20
Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Regular paid employee
17.6 20.8 12.4 34.5 36.0 32.4 12.3 16.3 5.4
Empl oyer .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .0 .1 .1 .1
Self employed (agri)
3.7 5.3 1.1 1.2 1.6 .7 4.5 6.4 1.2
Self employed (non-agri)
11.4 16.1 3.6 10.9 14.2 6.0 11.6 16.7 2.7
Unpaid family wor ker
42.4 22.2 75.8 27.0 12.5 48.1 47.3 25.0 85.5
Irregular paid wor ker
3.9 4.8 2.4 7.8 8.3 7.1 2.6 3.7 .7
Day l abourer (agri)
12.2 18.4 1.9 4.3 6.8 .7 14.7 21.9 2.3
Day l abourer (non-agri)
8.3 12.2 1.9 13.3 20.2 3.2 6.7 9.8 1.5
Servant .5 .3 .9 1.0 .4 1.7 .4 .3 .6
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Table-Y20: Employed youths (aged 15-29 years) by nature of work, sex and residence
Work type
Total Urban Rural Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number (000) Total 19343 12210 7133 4556 2806 1750 14786 9403 5383
Full time 18869 11993 6876 4444 2754 1690 14425 9239 5186
Part time 516 259 257 119 59 60 397 200 198
Percent
Full time 97.6 98.2 96.4 97.5 98.1 96.6 97.6 98.2 96.3
Part time 2.7 2.1 3.6 2.6 2.1 3.4 2.7 2.1 3.7
Table-Y21: Employed youths (aged 15-29 years) by major occupation and employment status. Total Urban Rural
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
Number (ooo)
Total 19343 12210 7133 4556 2806 1750 14786 9403 5383
Special occupation
14 14 0 6 6 0 8 8 0
Lagislators, senior officials and managers
199 187 12 56 52 4 143 135 8
Professionals 324 206 119 135 74 61 190 132 58
Technicians and associ ated professionals
215 170 45 80 63 17 135 107 28
Clerks 224 198 26 88 72 15 136 125 11
Service wor kers and shop and mar ket sales wor kers
2238 2063 175 741 677 63 1498 1386 112
Skilled agricultural and fisher y wor kers
1354 1248 106 140 124 17 1213 1124 89
Craft and releted trade wor kers
2142 1381 761 649 471 178 1493 910 583
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
1771 1189 582 911 480 431 860 709 152
Elementary occupations
10898 5592 5306 1758 794 964 9140 4798 4342
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Table-Y22: Employed youths (aged 15-29 years) by sector of employment, sex and residence
Sector of emplo yment
Total Urban Rural
Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e Total Male Femal e
Number (000)
Total 19343 12210 7133 4556 2806 1750 14786 9403 5383
Informal 16768 10293 6474 3403 2045 1358 13364 8248 5116
Formal 2580 1922 658 1155 763 392 1425 1158 267
Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Informal 86.7 84.3 90.8 74.7 72.9 77.6 90.4 87.7 95.0
Formal 13.3 15.7 9.2 25.3 27.2 22.4 9.6 12.3 5.0
Table-Y23: Employed youths (aged 15-29 years) by major industry, sector of employment and residence
(000) Sector of emp lo yment
Total Informal Formal
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Bangladesh 19343 12210 7133 16768 10293 6474 2580 1922 658
Agriculture, forestr y and fishing
9986 4918 5067 9689 4674 5016 299 248 52
Mining and quarrying
59 45 14 57 45 12 2 0 2
Manufacturing 2825 1894 930 1656 1137 519 1170 759 412
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditi oning suppl y
34 33 2 17 17 0 17 16 2
Water suppl y; sewerage, was te management and remediation ac t
5 4 1 3 3 1 2 2 0
Construction 1065 995 70 994 932 62 73 64 9
Whol esale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
1791 1696 96 1550 1462 88 243 235 8
Transportation and storage
1243 1184 59 1149 1094 55 95 91 4
Accommodation and food service activiti es
276 263 13 238 227 11 38 36 2
Infor mati on and communication
18 17 1 10 10 0 8 7 1
Financial and insurance activiti es
94 73 21 23 15 8 71 58 13
Real estate activiti es
8 8 0 6 6 0 2 2 0
Professional, scientific and technical acti vities
31 26 5 25 21 4 7 5 1
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Sector of emp lo yment
Total Informal Formal
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Admi nistrati ve and support ser vice activiti es
107 91 15 27 23 4 80 69 12
Public administration and defence; compulsor y social securit
115 108 7 9 7 2 106 101 5
Education 267 156 111 82 55 26 187 102 85
Human health and social wor k activiti es
76 57 20 37 34 3 39 23 16
Arts, entertainment and recreation
23 22 1 18 17 1 5 5 0
Other service activiti es
1110 602 508 994 510 484 117 94 24
Activiti es of households as employers; undif ferentiated good
250 59 191 224 46 178 26 13 13
Activiti es of extraterritorial organizations and bodi es
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urban 4556 2806 1750 3403 2045 1358 1155 763 392
Agriculture, forestr y and fishing
1201 370 832 1163 344 819 39 27 13
Mining and quarrying
10 9 1 10 9 1 0 0 0
Manufacturing 1297 738 559 661 394 266 638 345 293
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditi oning suppl y
15 14 1 8 8 0 7 6 1
Water suppl y; sewerage, was te management and remediation ac t
2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
Construction 302 280 22 270 248 22 32 32 0
Whol esale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
607 577 31 473 449 25 135 129 6
Transportation and storage
351 335 15 321 306 15 29 29 0
Accommodation and food service activiti es
86 81 5 71 67 3 15 14 1
Infor mati on and communication
6 6 0 3 3 0 3 3 0
Financial and insurance activiti es
52 39 13 10 6 4 42 33 9
Real estate activiti es
5 5 0 3 3 0 2 2 0
Professional, scientific and
10 9 2 8 8 0 2 1 1
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Sector of emp lo yment
Total Informal Formal
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
technical acti vities
Admi nistrati ve and support ser vice activiti es
45 38 7 15 13 2 30 25 5
Public administration and defence; compulsor y social securit
47 42 5 7 5 2 39 37 3
Education 108 56 52 47 28 19 61 28 33
Human health and social wor k activiti es
34 22 12 13 10 3 21 12 9
Arts, entertainment and recreation
3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
Other service activiti es
272 163 109 228 129 99 44 34 10
Activiti es of households as employers; undif ferentiated good
113 28 85 96 20 76 17 8 9
Activiti es of extraterritorial organizations and bodi es
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rural 14786 9403 5383 13364 8248 5116 1425 1158 267
Agriculture, forestr y and fishing
8785 4549 4236 8527 4330 4197 260 221 39
Mining and quarrying
49 36 13 47 36 11 2 0 2
Manufacturing 1528 1156 372 995 742 253 533 414 119
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditi oning suppl y
19 18 1 9 9 0 10 9 1
Water suppl y; sewerage, was te management and remediation ac t
3 3 0 2 2 0 2 2 0
Construction 764 715 48 724 684 40 41 32 9
Whol esale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and mot
1184 1119 65 1076 1013 63 108 106 2
Transportation and storage
892 848 44 828 788 40 65 61 4
Accommodation and food service activiti es
190 182 8 167 160 8 23 23 0
Infor mati on and communication
11 10 1 7 7 0 4 3 1
Financial and insurance activiti es
42 34 8 13 9 4 29 25 4
Real estate activiti es
3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
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Sector of emp lo yment
Total Informal Formal
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Professional, scientific and technical acti vities
21 18 4 17 13 4 4 4 0
Admi nistrati ve and support ser vice activiti es
62 54 9 12 10 2 50 44 7
Public administration and defence; compulsor y social securit
68 66 2 2 1 0 66 65 2
Education 159 100 58 35 28 7 125 74 52
Human health and social wor k activiti es
43 35 8 24 24 0 19 11 8
Arts, entertainment and recreation
20 19 1 15 14 1 5 5 0
Other service activiti es
839 439 399 766 381 385 74 60 14
Activiti es of households as employers; undif ferentiated good
137 32 106 128 26 102 9 6 4
Table-Y24: Employed youths (aged 15-29 years) by place of work, sex and residence
(000) Location of work Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number
Total 19343 12210 7133 4556 2806 1750 14786 9403 5383
No fixed place in o wn house
200 104 97 55 25 30 146 79 67
Inside/fixed place of house
816 580 236 142 85 57 674 495 179
Factory/workshop/shop etc
2678 1717 962 1140 704 436 1538 1013 525
Farm or seperate agri land
9572 4632 4940 1091 283 808 8481 4349 4132
Customer's home 304 229 75 91 50 41 214 179 35
Construction site 762 705 56 219 201 18 543 505 38
Market, shop of market or business fair
1887 1784 103 648 613 36 1238 1171 67
Fixed place of foothpath/highway
274 231 44 123 97 27 151 134 17
Office location 918 656 262 457 292 166 461 364 96
Emplo yer' s house 306 99 206 104 35 69 202 64 137
Transportation/vehicle 927 909 18 274 264 10 653 644 9
No fixed premises (hawker, home to home)
183 167 16 51 44 8 132 124 8
Others 557 440 118 168 122 45 390 318 72
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Location of work Total Urban Rural
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
No fixed place in o wn house
1.0 .9 1.4 1.2 .9 1.7 1.0 .8 1.2
Inside/fixed place of house
4.2 4.8 3.3 3.1 3.0 3.3 4.6 5.3 3.3
Factory/workshop/shop etc
13.8 14.1 13.5 25.0 25.1 24.9 10.4 10.8 9.8
Farm or seperate agri land
49.5 37.9 69.3 24.0 10.1 46.2 57.4 46.2 76.8
Customer's home 1.6 1.9 1.1 2.0 1.8 2.3 1.4 1.9 .6
Construction site 3.9 5.8 .8 4.8 7.1 1.0 3.7 5.4 .7
Market, shop of market or business fair
9.8 14.6 1.4 14.2 21.8 2.0 8.4 12.5 1.2
Fixed place of foothpath/highway
1.4 1.9 .6 2.7 3.4 1.5 1.0 1.4 .3
Office location 4.7 5.4 3.7 10.0 10.4 9.5 3.1 3.9 1.8
Emplo yer' s house 1.6 .8 2.9 2.3 1.3 3.9 1.4 .7 2.6
Transportation/vehicle 4.8 7.4 .3 6.0 9.4 .5 4.4 6.9 .2
No fixed premises (hawker, home to home)
.9 1.4 .2 1.1 1.6 .4 .9 1.3 .2
Others 2.9 3.6 1.7 3.7 4.4 2.6 2.6 3.4 1.3
Table-Y25: Employed youths (aged 15-29 years) by weekly hours worked and sector of employment (000)
Sector of employment
Hours worked in group
Total <15 hours 15-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60 + hours
Total 19342 5001 245 1091 581 4167 5605 2651
Informal 16767 5001 245 1091 564 3000 4810 2056
Formal 2580 0 0 0 19 1169 796 596
Table-Y26: Employed youths (aged 15-29 years) by major occupation, sector of employment, sex and residence
(000) Sector of emp lo yment
Total Informal Formal
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Bangladesh 19343 12210 7133 16768 10293 6474 2580 1922 658
Special occupati on 14 14 0 0 0 0 14 14 0
Lagislators, senior officials and managers
199 187 12 165 155 10 35 33 2
Professionals 324 206 119 121 91 30 205 116 89
Technicians and associated professionals
215 170 45 89 79 10 125 91 35
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Sector of emp lo yment
Total Informal Formal
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Clerks 224 198 26 78 70 8 146 128 19
Service wor kers and shop and mar ket sales wor kers
2238 2063 175 1919 1757 162 321 308 13
Skilled agricultural and fisher y workers
1354 1248 106 1334 1232 102 20 16 4
Craft and releted trade workers
2142 1381 761 1834 1147 687 310 236 74
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
1771 1189 582 893 636 257 879 554 325
Elementary occupations
10898 5592 5306 10372 5164 5208 528 430 98
Rural 14786 9403 5383 13364 8248 5116 1425 1158 267
Special occupati on 8 8 0 0 0 0 8 8 0
Lagislators, senior officials and managers
143 135 8 131 124 7 12 11 1
Professionals 190 132 58 64 55 9 127 78 49
Technicians and associated professionals
135 107 28 57 49 8 78 57 21
Clerks 136 125 11 48 44 4 89 81 8
Service wor kers and shop and mar ket sales wor kers
1498 1386 112 1341 1234 107 158 153 5
Skilled agricultural and fisher y workers
1213 1124 89 1201 1112 88 13 12 1
Craft and releted trade workers
1493 910 583 1325 779 545 170 132 38
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
860 709 152 452 389 63 408 320 89
Elementary occupations
9140 4798 4342 8776 4491 4286 366 310 56
Urban 4556 2806 1750 3403 2045 1358 1155 763 392
Special occupati on 6 6 0 0 0 0 6 6 0
Lagislators, senior officials and managers
56 52 4 33 31 3 23 22 2
Professionals 135 74 61 57 36 21 78 38 40
Technicians and associated professionals
80 63 17 32 30 3 47 33 14
Clerks 88 72 15 30 26 4 58 46 11
Service wor kers and shop and mar ket sales wor kers
741 677 63 578 522 56 163 156 8
Skilled agricultural and fisher y workers
140 124 17 133 119 14 7 4 3
Craft and releted trade workers
649 471 178 510 367 142 140 104 36
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
911 480 431 441 247 194 471 234 236
Elementary occupations
1758 794 964 1595 673 922 163 121 42
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Appendix
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Appendix-A
Sample Design of Labour Force Survey 2010
1. Introduction Household surveys of national coverage are the primary data collection tool of BBS. The 2005 LFS and 2005 Household Income and Expenditure Surveys (HIES) of BBS used the Integrated Multi-Purpose Sampling Design (IMPS). After critical analysis by the experts, large design effects were derived for important characteristics of interest such as unemployment rate in the statistical metropolitan areas (SMA) and for large divisions such as Dhaka, Chittagong and Rajshahi because of ineffective stratification measures. Incorrect survey weights were also used. Moreover, the number of households sampled per primary sampling units (PSU) can still be reduced and the number of PSUs increased to mitigate the very large design effects.
Because of the issues cited above and also, those others that were discussed, BBS requested ADB through RETA 6430: Measuring the Informal Sector for technical advice on the development of a new sampling design for the forthcoming LFS 2010, which is also envisioned to provide the sampling frame for the informal sector survey that was conducted under RETA 6430. This section documents the processes that were under taken to develop the master sample design, from the construction of the sampling frame in the next section to the estimation procedure in Section.
2. Sampling Frame of PSUs
The most appropriate, cost effective and often used design for household surveys of national coverage is multi-stage such that primary sampling units which are actually clusters of households are selected and from which the ultimate sampling units (households or housing dwelling) will be drawn. While stratified simple random sample is perhaps the most efficient among the sampling designs, it is not practical and workable in the case of household surveys because an updated list of all households in a country which makes up the sampling frame is non-existent. A good sampling frame is needed to ensure that each ultimate sampling unit has a chance of being selected and hence, conclusions on the target population can be drawn from the sample. To develop a multi-stage sampling design, the sampling frame of the primary sampling units (PSUs) must first be constructed. It is, therefore, important to decide carefully on what can be designated as the PSU. All PSUs taken as a whole must cover the target population. Each one of them must have clear boundaries which can be easily located in the field and measure of size data that will be used for selecting PSUs must be available for each one of them. PSUs has to be as manageably small as possible but large enough to have adequate number of ultimate sampling units. This is to permit sampling rotations for different surveys which will be implementing the master sample. Moreover, availability of information to be used for stratification and sample allocation should also be among the practical considerations in constructing the PSUs.
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3. Determination of Sample size and Sample Allocation The total sample size is usually determined at the domain level. Domains are subpopulations for which separate samples are planned, designed and selected (Kish,1987). In the case of IMPS, the survey domain was not clearly specified although the official r4eport on the 2005 LFS has breakdowns by urban/rural levels, by gender, status of workers, occupation and industry (Maligalig and Barcenas,2008). The basis of determining the sample size in IMPS was not also documented.
The choice of domains (Kish, 1965; 1987) depends on several factors, namely; reporting requirements, available budget and workload, and sampling design that will be used. Both statistical and practical issues must be considered in designating the domain level. There is now greater demand for statistics at finer disaggregation level and hence, would require increasing the number of domains. However, by increasing the number of domains, the total sample size would also increase and the corresponding budget requirements. If domains will be the 64 zilas (provinces) instead of the six divisions (regions) of Bangladesh, then sample sizes that would have to be determined at the zila level and consequently, the total sample size has to be increased. Because the workable sampling designs would all involve cluster sampling, the expected design effects should also0 be considered and used to determine the final sample size.
The overriding concern was the limited budget that the Government provided for LFS. If the recommendation of Maligalig and Barcenas (2008) on the number of households per PSU will be observed, that is 10 households per PSU instead of 40 then the budget allocated for LFS can only cover about 1500 PSUs OR 15,000 households.On the other hand, since survey weights in the 2005 LFS are not correct and stratification measures that were introduced were not effective in controlling the design effects, the resulting estimates from the 2010 LFS using the master sample is being developed can still render acceptable design effects even with only 15,000 households total sample size. This favorable outcome is contingent upon the implementation of a better design for the master sample and the specification of the correct survey weights and better stratification measures to reduce the resulting design effects. Several allocation strategies were examined to allocate the 15,000 sample households across domains , however, Kish Allocation was deemed suitable
Kish Allocation :
Where nd is the sample size in the domain, n is the sample size, D is the number of domains, Nd is the total number of households in domain d, N is the total number of households in Bangladesh, per the 2001 Census of Population. Wd is the proportion of households in domain d, and / is the Kish
allocation index denoting the relative importance assigned to estimates at the national or subgroups that cut across domains )i (as compared to those estimates at the domain levels )ii .(To illustrate ,we
can relate )i (to characteristics of interest such as numbers of crop farmers and female unpaid workers ,proportions of persons in poverty in Bangladesh ,number of persons in the labor force who
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are unemployed ,proportion of households with electricity ,and estimates of the differences between subgroups. If the primary interest is to derive estimates for characteristics of interest of type (ii), one of the best approaches in allocating the sample size is to allocate it proportionally with respect to the population size of each domain. However, the ideal approach for type (ii) is to divide the total sample size equally among the domains (Kish, 1987). Moreover, it should be emphasized that these two approaches may yield very different sample allocations particularly when the domains differ in measure of size. Further, it is possible that a particular approach may perform satisfactorily when estimating a certain type of characteristic of interest but not necessarily for the other types. A possible way around this problem is to use Kish allocation which is basically a compromise between equal and proportional allocation. With I=0, it reduces to the equal allocation while it tends to proportional allocation approach with I→ . Table 1 provides estimates of sample size per domain using different allocation procedures. Table 1. Sample Allocation of Number of Sample Households per Domain
Division (d)
Total Households
Nd
Wd Equal Allocation
Proportional Allocation
nWd
Square Root Allocation
Kish Allocation (1=1)
Barisal 1,648,085 0.064649 2,500 969.73 1,633.65 1,817.68 Chittagong 4,472,548 0.175443 2,500 2,631.64 2,691.21 2,460.51 Dhaka 8,236,687 0.323097 2,500 4,846.45 3,652.13 3,696.56 Khulna 3,119,602 0.122371 2,500 1,835.57 2,247.60 2,102.39 Rajshahi 6,627,797 0.259986 2,500 3,899.78 3,276.08 3,140.06 Sylhet 1,388,222 0.054455 2,500 816.83 1,499.34 1,782.81 Bangladesh 25,492,941 1.0 15,000 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 Selecting the PSUs The following steps outline the procedure that was implemented to maintain a uniform probability within a domain in the master sample design for Bangladesh. 1. For a domain d, determine the number of PSUs to be sampled , such that
where b is the recommended number of households per PSU (in this case, b =10), is the number of households allocated to domain d (Table 6, last column).
2. Then compute the sampling interval:
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3. Sort all the PSUs in domain d by zila, urban/rural classification, by strata (as defined in
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the previous section) and lastly, by PStrong values. 4. Compute the cumulative value of the measure of size (2201 total number of households), using the sorted list in step (3). 5. Select a random start (RS) by drawing a random number between 0 and 1 and multiplying it by the interval in step 2. The first sampled PSU will be the first PSU with
cumulative value of containing the value of the random start (RS). The next sample PSU will be the PSU for which the cumulative value of contains RS+ , the next will be the PSU for which the cumulative value contains RS+ , etc.
Table 2 below shows the computations from the procedure that was outlined above. Table 2: Summary of Sample Statistics by Domain Division Total No. of
Households Nd
Computed Sample PSUs
a'd
Sampling Interval
Sd
Actual Number of
sample PSUs ad
Tentative Sample
Households
Selection Probability
fd
Barisal 1,648,085 181.77 9066.992 182 1820 0.001104 Chittagong 4,472,548 246.05 18177.35 246 2460 0.000550 Dhaka 8,236,687 369.66 22282.06 370 3700 0.000449 Khulna 3,119,602 210.24 14838.39 210 2100 0.000673 Rajshahi 6,627,797 314.01 21107.21 314 3140 0.000474 Sylhet 1,388,222 178.28 7786.691 178 1780 0.001282 Selection of Households Since the measure of size that was used for selecting the PSUs is the 2001 Census of Population total households, the current value of this measure will be very different and hence, to maintain the same selection probability, the number of households to be sampled must also be revised. That is, since the households will be selected from the sampled PSU with
, if the current value of the measure of size is now , maintaining the same
household level selection probability means that Type equation here.
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And hence,
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Where is the actual total number of households to be selected in PSU in stratum h. This implies that the there should be a listing operation of all households in the selected PSUs before the conduct of the 2010 LFS and Informal Sector Survey.
4. Survey Weights and Estimation The complex design of the master sample has to be considered in analyzing the 2009 LFS and the Informal Sector Survey and other surveys that will use the master sample in the future. Survey weights must be used to produce estimates of population parameters and design features such as the stratification measures, PSUs and domains must be taken into account in variance estimation and inference. Survey Weights The final survey weights are the product of at at most three successive stages of computations. First, base weights are computed to counteract the unequal selection probabilities in the sample design the base weights are adjusted to balance uneven response rates and if data are available, the non-response adjusted weights are further adjusted to ensure that the weighted sample distributions conform with known distributions from valid sources. The base weight for sampled household is the inverse of its selection probability. In the master sample design the selection probability is uniform within a domain and hence, base weights will be also vary within domains. In general,
Table 3 presents the base weights of sampled households by division. Table 3. Base Weights by Domain.
Division Selection Probability fd
Base Weight
Barisal 0.001104 905.7971 Chittagong 0.000550 1818.1820 Dhaka 0.000449 2227.1710 Khulna 0.000673 1485.8840 Rajshahi 0.000474 2109.7050 Sylhet 0.001282 780.0312 Non-response adjustments will have to be incorporated in the final survey weights if the degree of unit non-response cannot be ignored. Unit non-response occurs when an eligible household fails to participate in the survey. For example, households may refuse to participate or an eligible respondent may be available at the times that the enumerator visits. In general, the non-respondent adjustment inflates the base weights of “similar” responding units to compensate for the non-respondents. Weighting adjustment is perhaps the most common approach to compensate for non-response. This method calls for the formation of weighting cells in which adjustment factors are developed such that
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The most common form of non-response weighting adjustment is a weighting class type. The full sample of respondents and non-respondents is divided into a number of weighting classes or cells and non-response adjustment factors are computed for each cell c (Kalton, 1990) as
=
Where the denominator of is the sum of the weights of respondents (indexed r) in weighting cell c while the numerator adds together the sum of the weights for respondents and the sum of the weights for eligible non-respondents (indexed m for missing) in cell c which is equal to the sum of the weights for the total eligible sample (indexed s) in cell c . Thus, the non-response weight adjustment is the inverse of the weighted response rate in cell c. Note that the adjustment is applied with eligible units. Ineligible sampled units (e.g., vacant or demolished housing units and units out of scope for a given survey) are excluded. Weighting cells c need not conform with the strata boundaries. They may cut across strata but it is important that the weighting cells will capture “similar” households. Similarity is viewed here in the perspective of the households propensity to response. In general, the response rates across weighting cells will vary widely. Estimation Assuming that the final survey weight for household i is w, or what can be viewed at the number of population units that the responding household i represent. Then the estimator or a population total for characteristic of interest Y will be y = , where y, is the value of the variable y for household i. The simple estimator y has many applications. For example, it can be applied to estimate the count of population with specific characteristic of interest, such as female-headed households. y, can be set to 1 if household i has the specific characteristic. To estimate the population mean, the following ratio estimator can be used:
= .
With the total of survey weights of all responding households, as an estimator for the total number of households. A more general form of the ratio estimator (Kalton, 1983) would be:
R = .
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Note that with complex sample design such as the master sample, the means (in the form of equation 12 and 13) and proportions are ratio estimators that involve the ratio of two variables and hence, must be carefully considered in the computation of sampling errors.
5. Actual number of Households covered in LFS,2010 In LFS 2010 a separate module was used to capture the voluntary activities performed by the households. It was supposed that voluntary activities are not very common and as such the number of households were increased to capture the voluntary activities and simultaneously the extended households were also covered for the Labour Force Survey. Table-4: Division-wise households for the LFS 2010
Division Number of Sampled Households Total Urban Rural
Dhaka 10567 3738 6829 Chittagong 7157 1785 5372 Rajshahi 9615 1338 8277 Khulna 6142 1111 5031 Barisal 5051 690 4361 Sylhet 5413 663 4750 TO TAL 43,945 9,325 34,620 Table-5: Allocation of PSUs by District Division/district locality
Total rural urban Barisal Total 182 156 26
Barguna 20 18 2
Barisal 52 43 9
Bhola 36 31 5 Jhalokati 16 14 2
Patuakhali 32 28 4
Pirojpur 26 22 4
Chittagong Total 246 183 63
Bandarban 3 2 1
Brahmanbaria 24 21 3 Chandpur 24 20 4
Chittagong 68 32 36
Comilla 46 40 6 Cox's Bazar 16 13 3
Feni 12 11 1
Khagrachhari 6 4 2 Lakshmipur 16 14 2
Noakhali 25 22 3 Rangamati 6 4 2
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Division/district locality Total rural urban
Dhaka Total 370 244 126 Dhaka 81 7 74
Faridpur 15 13 2
Gazipur 20 11 9 Gopalganj 10 9 1
Jamalpur 22 19 3
Kishorgonj 24 21 3 Madaripur 10 9 1
Manikganj 13 12 1 Munshiganj 11 10 1
Mymensingh 43 37 6
Naray anganj 21 9 12 Narsingdi 17 14 3
Netrakona 19 17 2
Rajbari 8 7 1 Shariatpur 10 9 1
Sherpur 13 12 1
Tangail 33 28 5
Khulna Total 210 168 42
Bagerhat 22 19 3
Chuadanga 15 11 4 Jessore 35 30 5
Jhenaidah 23 20 3
Khulna 34 15 19 Kushtia 25 22 3
Magura 11 10 1
Meherpur 9 8 1 Narail 10 9 1
Satkhira 26 24 2
Rajshahi Total 314 268 46
Bogra 33 29 4
Dinajpur 27 23 4 Gaibandha 23 21 2
Joy purhat 10 9 1
Kurigram 19 16 3 Lalmonirhat 12 10 2
Naogaon 25 23 2
Natore 16 14 2 Nawabganj 13 11 2
Nilphamari 16 14 2
Pabna 21 17 4 Panchagarh 9 8 1
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Division/district locality Total rural urban
Rajshahi 24 15 9 Rangpur 27 23 4
Sirajganj 27 24 3
Thakurgaon 12 11 1
Sylhet Total 178 156 22
Habiganj 41 37 4
Maulv ibazar 38 34 4 Sunamganj 45 40 5
Sy lhet 54 45 9
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Appendix-B
Concepts and definitions
This section briefly describes the key definitions and concepts adopted in the Labour Force Survey. All the persons in the surveyed households were classified into three broad activity categories (i) working person (employed) (ii) not working person (seeking and/or available for work) or unemployed and (iii) neither working nor available for work (i.e. not in labour force or inactive). The detailed information such as work status, occupation, industry, hours worked, earnings, sector of work etc. were collected for those categorized as “working”. The “not working/unemployed” persons were simply asked about the extent of their unemployment.
Activity status: of person 15 years and over as employed, unemployed and outside the labour force (inactive) refers to current activity status in 7 days preceding the survey date.
Housing unit/ultimate sampling unit: The ultimate sampling unit for the purpose of this Survey is the housing unit. A housing unit is defined as a structure or a part of structure which is use as a separate living quarter. Generally, a separate living quarter should have its own entrance and kitchen facilities.
Household: means a group of persons, related or unrelated, living together and taking food from the same kitchen. The terms ‘household’ and ‘dwelling household’ were used synonymously.
Household members: are defined on a de jure basis i.e, they are considered as members of the household if they actually live in the household most of the time. This criterion was deemed necessary to avoid double counting of person living in more than one residence. For example, if a family member lives, works or in studying away from his family residence he/she is still considered as a member of the household.
Household head: is a person who is acknowledged as such by other members of the household.
Economic activity: is synonymous with the definitions of U.N System of National Accounts (SNA-1993) and covers all market production and certain types of non-market production including production and processing of primary products for own consumption, own account construction and production of fixed assets for own use. It excludes unpaid activities such as unpaid domestic activities and voluntary community services. Production of goods and services as specified in the SNA comprises the following:
a) The production of goods and services normally intended for sale on the market at a price that is designed to cover their cost of production.
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b) The production of other goods and services which are not normally at a price intended to cover the cost of production, these items range from government service and private non-profit services to households and domestic services rendered by one household to another.
c) Specified types of production for own consumption and fixed capital formation for own use.
C1) all production of primary products for own consumption covering the products of agriculture, hunting, forestry, logging, mining and quarrying.
C2) the processing of primary commodities by the producers of these items in order to make goods such as butter, cheese, flour, oil, cloth or furniture for their own use whether or not they sell any of these products in the market.
C3) production for own consumption of other commodities only if they are also produced for the market by the same households.
C4) all production of fixed assets for own use that is own-account construction of building, roads and similar works as well as fabrication of tools, instruments containers and similar items which have an expected life or use of one year or more.
For convenience the activities corresponding to (a) and (b) were designated as market production or market activities, while those corresponding to (c1) to (c4) were taken as non-market production or non-market activities. The aggregate of market production and non-market production constitutes the set of economic activities. All other activities are to be considered as non-economic activities.
Labour force: (economically active population)- Economically active population or labour force is defined as persons aged 15 years and over, who are either employed or unemployed during the reference period of the survey (week preceding the day of survey). It excludes disabled and retired persons, income recipients, full time housewives and students, beggars and other persons who did not work for pay or profit at least one hour during the reference week.
Employed person: is a person who was either working one or more hours for pay or profit or working without pay in a family farm or enterprise or organization during the reference period or found not working but had a job or business from which he/she was temporarily absent during the reference period.
Employed persons versus number of employment: in LFS 2010 there was a provision to include more than one occupation of an employed person, therefore number of employment would be higher than employed person in LFS 2010
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Unemployed person: is a person who as involuntarily out of gainful employment during the reference period but either –
(a) has been actively looking for a job or
(b) was willing to work but not looking for work because of illness or believing that no work was available.
Under-employment: is the condition whereby a person’s employment is considered inadequate in terms of time worked, income earned, productivity or use of his/her skill and the person is looking for additional work in conformity with his/her education or skill to augment income.
Not in labour force/inactive: A person who was not engaged in a economic activity. Regular full time students though engaged in household activities in leisure time were treated as inactive and remained outside the labour force. Household work also belongs to this category.
Self-employed: means a person working for his/her own household farm or non-farm enterprises for profit or family gain. Such persons do not receive wages or salary for the work performed.
Employer: is a self-employed person who may employ one or more persons in a commercial or industrial enterprise. A person employing non-productive servants such as domestic servants was not considered as an employer for the purpose of this survey.
Unpaid family worker: is a person who works at least one hour in the reference period (other than household work) without pay or profit in a family operated farm or in a business owned/operated by the household head or other members of the household to whom he/she is related by kinship, marriage, adoption or dependency. The treatment of unpaid family worker is of particular importance in agriculture including fishery and livestock as in most cases such holdings are operated on a household basis and members of the household take part in agricultural production. Unpaid family workers who worked at least one or more hours during the reference period were considered as a part of the labour force.
Full-time employee: refers to a salaried worker whose services are engaged for the full working hours of the enterprise or establishment or organization in which he/she works.
Casual worker/day labour: refers to a wage earner whose services are solicited only for a periodic time intervals during the reference period.
Regular worker/employee: is one who has a regular employment and receives wages or salary from the enterprise or establishment or organization to which they are attached for performing assigned work.
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Activity rate/economic participation rate: is the ratio of the number of economically active persons to the population aged 15 years and over expressed in percentage.
Crude activity rate: is the ratio of the economically active population to the total population expressed in percentage. In other words, the crude activity rate represents the labour force as percent of total population.
Refined activity rate: is the ratio of the economically active persons to the population aged 15 years and over expressed in percentage. This is also called economic participation rate.
Economic dependency ratio (EDR): is the ratio of the economically inactive population to the economically active population, expressed in percentage that means-
Economically inactive population
EDR = -------------------------------------- x 100
Economically active population
Hours worked: are the total number of hours worked during the reference period of the survey. For a person holding more than one job, hour worked is the total of hours worded for all jobs.
Occupation: is defined as a type of economic activity which a person usually pursues to earn income in cash or kind. If a person works in more than one occupation the occupation in which maximum working hours were spent was regarded as the main occupation. If equal time is spent in two occupations the main occupation was that which provided the large share of income. Occupation other than main occupation was considered subsidiary occupation. Classification of occupations are based on International Standard Classification of Occupation (ISCO-88).
Industry: includes all types of establishment or business in which persons are engaged in producing or distributing good and services during the reference period. The classification of the industry was adopted from Bangladesh Standard Industrial Classification (BSIC, Rev.-4).
Reference period: is the week preceding the day of enumeration.
Survey year: refers to the year that starts from May 2009 to April 2010.
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Appendix-C
Technical Committee for the Labour Force Survey 2010
Professor Kazi Saleh Ahmed, Ex- Vice Chancellor, Jahangir Nagar University , Savar, Dhaka Chairman Mr. Md. Shahjahan Ali Mollah, Director General, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Dhaka
Member
Mr. Kazi Akhter Uddin Ahmed, Joint Secretary, Statistics Division, Dhaka
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Ms, Tazkera Begum, Deputy Director General, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Dhaka
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Professor Wahid Uddin Mahmud (Rtd.), Economics Department, Dhaka University, Dhaka
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Professor Barkat – E – Khuda, Economics Department, Dhaka University, Dhaka
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Mr. Fakhrul Ahsan, Chief, General Economic Division, Planning Commission, Sher- E- Bangla Nagar, Agargaon, Dhaka
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Representative, Ministry of Industry, Motijheel Commercial Area, Dhaka (Not below the rank of Deputy Secretary)
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Representative, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka (Not below the rank of Deputy Secretary)
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Representative, Ministry of Social Welfare, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka (Not below the rank of Deputy Secretary)
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Dr. Protima Pal Mojumdar, BIDS, Agargaon, Dhaka
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President, FBCCI, Motijheel, Dhaka
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Mr. Faiz Uddin Ahmed, Advisor, World Bank, Dhaka
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Mr. Kabir Uddin Ahmed, Deputy Director(1), Industry & Labour Wing, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Dhaka
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Mr. A K M Ashraful Haque, Deputy Director(2), Industry & Labour Wing, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Dhaka
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Mr. Md. Shamsul Alam, Director, Industry & Labour Wing, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Dhaka
Member Secretary
The following officers/Experts also participated on special invitation:
Mrs. Riti Ibrahim , Secretary statistics Division
Dr. Simeen Mahmud, Lead Researcher, BRAC Development Institute
Mr. Zobdul Hoque, Ex – Director, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Dhaka
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Appendix-D
List of officials Responsible for over all Management of LFS 2010 1. Riti Ibrahim, Secretary, Statistics Division National Chief Co-ordinator
2. Mr Md. Shahjahan Ali Mollah , Director General, BBS, National Additional Chief Co-ordinator
3. Mrs Mir Suriya Arzoo, Ex. Director, Industry and Labour Wing BBS, Survey Co-ordinator
4. Md. Shamsul Alam Director Industry and Labour Wing BBS, Data processing and report preparation
5. Md. Kabiruddin Ahmed, Deputy Director, Industry and Labour Wing BBS, data processing and
Tabulation
Divitional Co-ordinator 1. Mr Ghose Subabrata Joint Director, BBS , Chittagong Division
2. Mr. Bhidan Baral , Deputy Director,BBS, Barisal Division
3. Mr. A.K.M. Fazlul Hoque Deputy Director, BBS Khulna Division
4. Mr. A.K.M Asraful Hoque Deputy Director, BBS Rajshahi Division (Rajshai, Pabna,Bogra)
5. Mr.Nasir Uddin , Deputy Director, BBS,Rajshahi Division.( Rangpur& Dinajpur)
6.Mr. Imdadul Hoque , Deputy Director, BBS,Dhaka Division
Supervising Officer
1. Mr. Mohammad Wahidur Rahman, RSO, Chitagong : Cox’s Bazar & Chittagong (part)
2. Mr. Md. Hafizur Rahman, ASO, MIS : Chittagong (part) 3. Mr. Md. Ahsan Habib, ASO, RSO(cc), Khagrachari : Khagrachari , Rangamati
4. Mr. Babul Ranjan Bhowmic, ASO, RSO(cc), Bandarban : Bandarban
5. Mr. Gulam Mostafa, ASO, Barisal : Barisal, Bhola 6. MrAbdul Matin Howlader, ASO, I&L Wing, BBS : Pirojpur, Jhalkathi
7. Mr. Lizen Shah Naim, RSO,Patuakhali : Patuakhali, Borguna 8. Mr. Md. Mizanur Rahman, RSO, Khulna : Khulna
9. Mr. Monir Hossain Tapader, ASO, MIS : Bagerhat, Satkhira
10. Mr. Md. Alamgir Hossain, RSO, Jessore : Jessore, Magura, Jhinaidah, Narail 11. Mr. Abul Hossain, ASO, Kushtia : Kushtia, Meherpur, Chuadanga
12. Begum Sabila Khatun, S.O, I & L Wing : Rajshahi, Natore
13. Mr. Abdul Halim, RSO, Rajshahi : Nababgonj, Naogaon.
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14. Mr. H. M. Firoz, RSO, Bogra : Bogra, Joypurhat
15. Mrs. Salma Hasnain, RSO, Pabna: Pabna, Sirajgonj
16. Mrs. Umme Kulsum, RSO, Dinajpur : Dinajpur, Panchagar 17. Mr. S.M. Anisuzzaman,, RSO, Rangpur : Rangpur, Lalmonirhat
18. Mr. Pronab Kumar Shaha, ASO, I&L Wing : Kurigram, Thakurgaon
19. Mr. Md. Abdul Khaleque, S.O, N.A Wing : Gaibandha, Nilphamari 20. Mr. Md. Mizanur Rahman, ASO, MIS : Dhaka (part)
21. Mr. Md. Altaf Hossain Mia, ASO, I & L Wing : Dhaka (part)
22. Mr. Md. Khairul Islam, ASO, I & L Wing : Dhaka (part), Manikgonj 23. Mr. Md. Rafiqul Islam, S.O, I & L Wing Gazipur, Narsingdi
24. Mr. Md. Jahangir Alam, ASO, I & L Wing : Narayangonj, Munsigonj 25. Mr. Md. Shafiqul Islam, RSO, Tangail : Tangail
26. Mr. Md. Selim Sarker, RSO, Mymensingh : Mymensingh
27. Mr. Mohammad Atiqul Kabir, RSO, Jamalpur : Jamalpur, Sherpur
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Appendix-E
Standard Errors of Selected Indicators a) Estimates of standard errors and confidence interval, LFS 2010 by division
Division Estimates (%)
Standard error (%)
95% Confidence interval Design effect (%)
Square root of design effect Lower limit Upper limit
Crude activity rates Barisal 35.9870 0.42873 35.1460 36.8280 0.99446 0.99723 Chittagong 33.3121 0.48244 32.3658 34.2584 4.00575 2.00144 Dhaka 38.4965 0.34468 37.8204 39.1727 3.16879 1.78011 Khulna 40.4955 0.41674 39.6780 41.3129 1.63799 1.27984 Rajshahi 41.7697 0.37353 41.0370 42.5024 2.84537 1.68682 Sylhet 33.9480 0.52232 32.9234 34.9725 1.59723 1.26381 Refined activity rates Barisal 56.1206 0.63991 54.8654 57.3758 1.31604 1.14719 Chittagong 54.6506 0.70742 53.2629 56.0382 4.66008 2.15872 Dhaka 59.5805 0.51891 58.5625 60.5983 4.51795 2.12555 Khulna 59.5352 0.53816 58.4795 60.5908 1.84035 1.35660 Rajshahi 62.7822 0.54172 61.7196 63.8448 4.10430 2.02591 Sylhet 59.2587 0.76172 57.7646 60.7529 1.78982 1.33784 Unemployment rates Barisal 5.5303 0.38766 3.76992 5.29076 1.53602 1.23936 Chittagong 5.9413 0.36282 5.22966 6.65303 2.95694 1.71957 Dhaka 5.6396 0.32404 5.00403 6.27526 4.72769 2.17432 Khulna 3.5313 0.27657 2.98875 4.07377 2.03681 1.42717 Rajshahi 2.4480 0.17565 2.10349 2.79259 2.63822 1.62426 Sylhet 6.1908 0.66571 4.88499 7.48662 3.35181 1.83079
b. Estimates of standard errors and confidence interval, LFS 2010 by residence
Division Standard error (%)
95% CEstimates (%)onfidence interval
Design effect (%)
Square root of design
effect Lower limit Upper limit
Crude activity rates National 38.0880 0.18422 37.7266 38.4494 2.86817 1.69357 Urban 39.0004 0.42724 38.1623 39.8385 3.50004 1.87094 Rural 37.8104 0.20706 37.4110 38.2233 2.80195 1.6739 Refined activity rates National 59.2681 0.26760 58.7433 59.7930 3.76085 1.93929 Urban 57.3205 0.60770 56.1284 58.5126 4.64082 2.15426 Rural 59.9812 0.29580 59.3108 60.4715 3.50127 1.87117 Unemployment rates National 5.5303 0.14165 4.2525 4.8082 3.47077 1.96300 Urban 6.4595 036356 5.74631 7.17259 3.83618 1.95862 Rural 3.9398 0.14611 3.65317 4.22638 3.23128 1.79757
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Appendix-F
Summary of the Discussions and Decisions taken in Different Technical Committee Meetings on the Labour Force Survey 2010.
Technical Committee Meeting held on 04/05/2011
Discussion :
1. Dr. Barkat-E-Khuda, Professor, Department of Economics, Dhaka University wanted to know about the selection of sample in the divisional level. In response Mr. Md. Shamsul Alam, Director, Industry and Labour Wing mentioned that, in selecting divisional sample only divisions were considered and urban-rural breakdown was not considered and as such in providing divisional estimates of variables no urban-rural breakdown will be possible. He also wanted to know about the definition of Labour Force participation rate, Employment and Unemployment rate etc. In response Mr. Alam described about the definition of different Labour Force indicators.
2. Mr. Faizuddin Ahmed, Consultant, World Bank wanted to know which frame was used in selecting the households in LFS. In response Mr. Kabiruddin Ahamed, Deputy Director, Industry and Labour Wing mentioned that Enumeration Areas (EAs) of Population Census 2001 were used as the sampling frame. He also mentioned that as the number of households have increased in 2010 compared to 2001, therefore, more households was taken from the initial estimate of 20 households from each PSU. There were 1500 PSUs in the sample and as many as 45,000 households were covered in LFS,2010.
3. Dr. Pratima Pal Majumder, Senior Research Fellow, BIDS wanted to know whether person engaged in economic activities less than 15 years of age were included in the LFS 2010. In response Secretary, Statistics Division mentioned that, according to ILO definition of Labour Force only 15 years and above population has been included in LFS,2010. A separate Survey on Child Labour will be conducted in 2012.
Decision:
(i) Detailed description of the sample design of LFS 2010 should be presented in the next meeting of the Technical Committee.
(ii) All indicators of the Labour Force should be compiled as per internationally accepted concepts and definitions.
(iii) The draft report should be prepared as early as possible.
Sd/- Professor Kazi Saleh Ahmed
Ex. Vice Chancellor Jahangirnagar University
Chairman, Technical Committee on Industry and Labour Wing
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Technical Committee Meeting held on 14/07/2011 Discussion :
1. Participating in the discussion Prof. Barkat-E-Khuda opined that the sample design of LFS 2010 is different from LFS 2005-2006, therefore, he wanted to know how the households have been selected in LFS 2010. In response Mr. Shamsul Alam explained different methods of selection and pointed out that using the unemployment rate of 2005-2006, the number of households has been determined and Kish Allocation method was used to allocate households in different divisions. He also wanted to know about the age range of the youths used in the survey and also about child labour. In response Mr. Alam pointed out that two age ranges were considered for Youth Labour Force, these are 15-24 and 15-29. As regards child labour, Mr. Alam opined that the issue of child labour will be addressed in another survey planned to be conducted in 2012.
2. Mr. Faizuddin Ahmed, Consultant, World Bank wanted to know whether design effect has
been calculated for all divisions. In response Mr. Alam noted that the design effect has been calculated for all divisions of the country.
3. Dr. Simen Mahmud of BRAC Development Institute opined that some concepts and
definitions should be followed in all Labour Force Surveys. Otherwise it will not be comparable.
Decision:
(i) Detailed description of the sample design for LFS-2010 prepared by Asian Development Bank should be given to all member of the Technical Committee.
(ii) Any comments on the key findings of LFS-2010 circulated in the meeting should be
informed to the committee in writings. (iii) The concepts and definition used in 2010 LFS should be strictly reviewed so that it become
comparable with previous LFS.
(iv) In presenting employment and unemployment figure the age distribution should conform with the international practice.
Sd/- Professor Kazi Saleh Ahmed
Ex. Vice Chancellor Jahangirnagar University
Chairman, Technical Committee on Industry and Labour Wing
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Technical Committee Meeting held on 28/11/2011 Discussion :
The Member Secretary of the Technical Committee informed the meeting that the sample design of the LFS 2010 has already distributed among the members and the draft report has already been distributed among the members and other experts in the relevant field. Decision:
The report of the Labour Force Survey 2010 should be published immediately incorporating the comments and suggestions of the members of the Technical Committee and other experts.
Sd/- Professor Kazi Saleh Ahmed
Ex. Vice Chancellor Jahangirnagar University
Chairman, Technical Committee on Industry and Labour Wing
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Appendix-G Questionnaire
Confidential (Personal information will not be disclosed)
Govt of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Industry and Labour Wing
Parisankhyan Bhaban, E-27/A, Agargaon, Dhaka-1207
Time Started T ime Ended
LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2009-2010
SECTION-1: IDENTIFICATION OF THE SAMPLE AREA Sample Area Particulars Name Code No.
Region Zila
Upzila/Thana
Union/Ward Mouza/Mohalla
Area (Rural-1, Urban-2)
PSU No. Sample Household No.
Head of the Household Respondent’s Name
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DESCRIPTION OF THE VISIT Visit Date Progress of the collected data (encircle the appropriate answer)
1st visit 1 - Complete 2 - Incomplete 3 - Refused 2nd visit 1 - Complete 2 - Incomplete 3 - Refused
INV ESTIGATOR & EDITOR/CODER NAME Signature Date Code Name of the Interviewer Name of the Supervising Officer
Name of the Editor/Coder
SECTION-2 : HOUSEHOLD/ DWELLING INFORMATION
2.1 OWNERSHIP OF HOUSE 1. Owned 2. Rent free 3. Rented 4. Subsidized rent 5. Others (specify) ..................................
2.7 Primary source of fuel for cooking 1. Firewood 2. Dung/Straw/Leaf 3. Electricity 4. Natural gas (pipe line supply) 6. Kerosene oil 5. Cylinder gas 7. Others (specify) ______________
2.2 Type of dwelling unit 1. Kutcha 2. Semi-pucca 3. Pucca 4. Others (specify)............................
2.8 Primary source of lighting
1. Electricity 2. Kerosene oil 3. Soler 4. Others (specify) ___________________
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.3 Number of rooms in dwelling unit
1. Total number of rooms 2. Total number of rooms used
2.9
Does the household own any of the following?
If Yes If No 1. Radio/Tape Recorder /Two in one/DVD 2. TV /Cable Network 3. Freeze/Refreezerator 4. Telephone (land) 5. Air Cooler/Air Condition 6. Electric Fan 7. Cycle/Motor Cycle 8. Private Car 9. Computer /Internet connection 10. Sewing machine 11. Mobile Phone 12. Others(Specify) 13. None of the above
2.4 Location of kitchen facility
1. Inside house 2. Separate / outside the house 3. Others, specify _____________________
2.5 Toilet Facilities 1. sanitary toilet 2. Pucca toilet (f lushed) 3 . Pucca toilet (non-flushed) 4. Kutcha toilet (permanent)
5 . Kutcha toilet (temporary )
6. Open Space
2.6 Primary source of drinking water 1. Tubewell/Deep Tube well 2. Canal/River/Pond 3. Supplied/Tap Water 4. Others (specify) ....................................................
2.10 HOUSEHOLD’S OWN LAND
(Compute all land owned by all members of the household) Acres Decimal
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SECTION-2 : HOUSEHOLD / DWELLING INFORMATION
2.11 Does the household own any of the following? Enter -1 if Yes, enter -2 if No.
1. Animal husbandry
2. Poultry/pigeon
3. Dairy f arm
4. Fishing farm
5. Horticulture (nursery )
6. Small/Cottage Industry (Manuf acturing)
7. None of the above ....................................
2.12 Main source of of the household income 1. Self emploiyed (agri work )
2. Self emploiyed (non-agri work)
3. Employee
4. Day-labour (agri)
5. Day-labour (non-agri)
6. Others (specify-------------------------)
2.13 Main activity of the households; 1. Agriculture 2. Manufacturing (small/cottage) 3. Trade 4. Services (govt/private) 5. Construction/repairing work 6. Income receipent (house rent, Remittance pensinor etc) 7. Other service works (specify) __________
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SECTION – 3 : CHARACTERISTICS OF HOUSEHOLD
For all household members Que
HH mem-
ber’s ID num-bers
Name of all household members
(Members resi ding i n the household and taking their meals together. Incl ude members who are tempor arily absent but will return withi n 6 months.
Exclud e visitors and strangers.)
Relationship to head of family/ household
1. Household head 2. Husband/wife 3. Son/daughter 4. Brother/sister 5. Grandson/granddaughter 6. Son-in-law/daughter-in-law 7. Father/Mother 8. Other rel ati ves 9. Non-relati ve 10. House ser vant
Sex
1. Male 2. Femal e
Age as of last birthday
(If less than 12 months enter “00”)
Religion 1. Islam 2. Hindu 3. Buddhist 4. Christ 5. Others
Marital Status 1. Unmarried 2. Married 3. W idow/ W idower 4. Divorced 5. Separated (living
separately)
3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6
The main occupation is considered to be the occupation where the respondent spent the most part of time working
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or received the most income during the last 7 days. Main job or occupation is Job Number 1.
SECTION – 4 : CURRENT ACTIVITY STATUS (for 15 years and above)
Que
HH mem-ber’s ID num-bers
Did you do any economic activity for at least one hour or mor e during the l ast 7days as paid wor ker or for household gain or profit or for own use or consumption? 1. Yes → 4. 4 2. No
Did you have any wor k, business, or economic activity from which you were absent during the last 7 days? 1. Yes → 4. 4 2. No
Please, provide the reason why you didn’t work during the last 7 days. 1. student 2. Pensioner (by
age, health, privileged conditi ons)
3. Leave 4. Maternity leave 5. Housewife / child
care 6. Hasn’t wor k
7. Others, specify If 1,2,5,6,7 section5 & 3,4 Ques 4.4
J O B N U M B E R
What is the name of y our establishment or industry where y ou worked most of the time or were absent during the last 7 day s
What is the ty pe of main activ ity of your establishment or industry where y ou worked most of the time or were absent during the last 7 days of the work or business?
Wher e do you mainl y undertake your wor k? Fixed premises • Home of emplo yed person
1. At my home with no special work space 2. At my home with wor k space inside/ attached to the home • Outside of the emplo yed person’s home
3. Factor y, wor kshop, shop, ki osk, etc 4. Far m or indi vidual agricultural pl ot 5. Home or wor kplace of client 6. Construction site 7. Mar ket, bazaar stall, trade fair 8. Str eet pavement/ highway with fi xed post 9. Office building • Emplo yer’s home (e.g., domestic help)
10. Employer’s home No fixed premises 11. Transport vehicle 12. N o fi xed location (e.g., mobile; door-to-door; street without
fixed post) * 13. Others, specify
Main acti vity Industry Code
4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8
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SECTION – 4 : CURRENT ACTIVITY STATUS (for 15 years and above)
Que
HH mem-ber’s ID num-bers
J O B
N U M B E R
What is your employment status? 1. Empl oyee 2. Empl oyer 3.Self- employed in
agriculture 4. Self-employed in
non-agriculture 5. Unpaid worker/
famil y member 6. Casual/Irregular
paid worker 7. Day l abor i n
agriculture 8. Day l abor i n non-
agriculture 9 .Domestic worker in
a pri vate household
What is the type of ownership of the enterprise in which you wor k? 1. Government 2. Autonomous 3. . Local Government 4. NGO 5. Pri vate enterprise
6 . Indi viduall y owned
7. Pri vate households
8. Others (specify)
How many persons (including yourself) wor k in your enterprise/ household/ the enterprise where you are employed?
1. less than 10 2. 10 - 49 3. 50 - 149 4. 150 and more
How do y ou get
the salary
/wages? 1.Daily 2. Weekl y 3. Monthl y 4. pi ece rate/ Mode of payment 5. Others (Specify)
Did y ou receive any payment/income in taka and/or in equiv alent to money in the last 7days?
What was y our work/ occupation of y our establishment or industry where you worked or were absent during the last 7 days?
Yes No, enter 2
In Taka Goods
In equivalent to money
Occupation Occupation Code
4.4 4.9 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17
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SECTION – 4 : CURRENT ACTIVITY STATUS (for 15 years and above)
Que
HH mem-ber’s ID num-bers
J O B
N U M B E R
What kind of job, activ ity did y ou hav e? 1. Permanent → 4.20
2. Temporar y 3. Seasonal 4. one- time 5. Casual
What is the main reason f or not hav ing a permanent job? 1. Did not want to
have a permanent j ob
2. Unable to work 3. Could not find
a permanent job
4. Other
At y our work/ activ ity y ou worked: 1. Full time → 4.22 2. Part ti me
Why did y ou work part time? 1. Unwilling/unable to take
a full-time wor k 2. Unable to find a full-
time work 3. Because of the
employer’s initiative 4. Depended on the nature
of the job, seasonality 5. Others
How many hours did y ou actually work during the last7 days? For interviewer: If 4.9 = 2, 3 ,4,5 → 4.34
Ask Column 4.23 – 4.33 ifColumn 4.9 = 1, 6, 7, 8 , 9
(APPlicab le for wages/Salery) Do y ou hav e a job contract? 1. Yes, written contract 2. Yes, verbal contract 3. No
Do y ou get a pay slip?
1. Yes , with complete information
2. Yes, simple pay slip
3. No
4.4 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 Day Hour 4.23 4.24 4.22
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SECTION – 4 : CURRENT ACTIVITY STATUS (for 15 years and above)
Que
HH mem-ber’s ID num-bers
J O B
N U M B E R
Ask Column 4.23 – 4.33 if Column 4.9 = 1, 6, 7, 8, and 9 Ask Column 4.34 – 4.43 if Column 4.9 = 2, 3, 4, and 5
What benefits are prov ided by the employer? Enter “1” if Yes, enter “2” if No, and "3" if Don't know.
If you will be terminated, will you be given
notice?
1. Yes 2. N o 3. D on’t know
→ go to 4.44
How long have you been conducting this activity? 1. Up to 6
months 2. 7-12 months 3. 1-3 years 4. More than 3 years
For how many months has this enterprise been operating during the past 12 months?
Is the business registered in any national or local government agency? 1. Yes 2. In the process of
being registered 3. No 4. Do not want to
answer 5. Do not know
What was the main difficulty in setti ng-up the enterprise/ business? 1. Acquisition of capital/credit2. Lack of knowledge 3. Registration 4. Legal requirements 5. Acquisition of new
technologies 6. Finding qualified workers 7. Acquisition or rent of a
place 8. No difficulti es 9. Others, specify..... .... ..... ...
Paid leaves
Free/ Subsi- dized Meals
Free / Subsi-dized
Lodging
Bonus
Wor king Dress
Pension Fund
Contri-bution
Sick leave
Paid holding/ Vacati on
leave
Maternity Leave
4.4 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 4.29 4.30 4.31 4.32 4.33 4.34 4.35 4.36 4.37
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For interviewer: If the member of the household is engaged in more than one activity, please record information about those in separate lines.
SECTION – 4 : CURRENT ACTIVITY STATUS (for 15 years and above)
Que
HH member’s ID num-bers
J O B
N U M B E R
Please give the exact number of employees.
How many ar e paid employees?
Did y ou look f or anotherjob during the last 4 weeks?
1.Yes, I looked for an additi onal j ob
2.Yes, I looked for a new job
3. No → 4.46
Why did y ou look f or another job?
1. Reducti on of wor k
places 2. End of the contract 3. Inconsistency of the
current wor k with the profession (qualification)
4. Unsatisfac tor y wor k conditi ons
5. On a state of health 6. Low sal ary 7. Other
Do y ou hav e other jobs?
1. Yes 2. No →
Proceed to next household member and go to 4.1
If this is the last household member Proceed to ISS Form 1.
Why do y ou hav e another job? 1. Main employment does not provide
enough income 2. Need additional money for special
purposes 3. Want to wor k more hours or fulltime 4. Main employment does not
correspond to my qualification/ specialty
5. Need to help in a relati ve’s household
6. Others, specify Go to 4.4 at the beg inning of Section 4 and mark the next row with the next job numb er. Proceed with the queries for this job number. Do not forget to indicate the household memb er's ID number for each job number.
man women total man women total 4.4 4.38 4.39 4.40 4.41 4.42 4.43 4.44 4.45 4.46 4.47
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SECTION – 5 : UNEMPLOYM ENT (for members aged 15 and above) HH mem-ber’s ID num-bers
Did y ou look f or a paid jobor try to start y our own business (including the 7 days of the surv ey) during the last 4 weeks? 1. Yes, I looked for a paid
job 2. Yes, I tried to start my own
business 3. No → 5.3
What did y ou do to get a job? (Multiple answers possible) 1. Contac ted government
recruiting centers 2. Contac ted nongover nment
recruiting organizations 3. Contac ted employers
directly 4. Searched i n wor k unit,
factor y gate, etc. 5. Contac ted friends/relati ves 6. Applied based on
newspaper ads 7. Applied through the internet 8. Others, specify → 5.4
Why haven’t y ou looked f or a job during the last 7 days? 1.Waiting for re-appointment 2. Waiting to join company after appointment 3. Unavailability of good job 4. Studyi ng 5. Engaged in househol d wor k 6. Retired 7. No need to wor k 8. Because of sickness, inj ury 9. Hopeless to finding/ Tired of searching for job 10. Others, specify
How long hav e y ou not been working in the past 12 months?
(in months)
If there were available work during the surv ey ed week, would y ou be able and ready to start y our work? 1. Yes 2. No If this is the last household member, proceed to ISS Form 1. Else, go to column 4.1 at the beginning of Section 4.
5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5
Month
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Acronyms
ADB = Asian Development Bank BBS = Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
BSIC = Bangladesh Standard Industrial Classification
BSCO = Bangladesh Standard Classification of occupation
CAR = Crude Activity Rate
DDR = Demographic Dependency Ratio EDR = Economic Dependency Ratio ILO = International Labour Organization ISCO = International Standard Classification of occupation LFS = Labour Force Survey
PSU = Primary Sampling Unit
RAR = Refined Activity Rate
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