Tag: unpaid women

20-year-olds are the backbone of a country. These are the years in a person's life when some are finishing their education and others are at the beginning of their career. Many get married and take on new responsibilities for their families. At 29, India has the youngest population in the world. People in this age group will work for the longest number of years today and thus contribute the most to the growth of the Indian economy. Using nationally representative data on consumption during the 2019-20 Survey for India, it has been explored how an average working youth in India spends their day and whether the pattern differs for men and women. According to the survey, about 78 percent and 70 percent of young men in rural and urban India were in paid work, respectively, and the same prop...