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Q1Consider the following statements about current-weekly-status LFPR for persons aged 15 years and above in PLFS 2023-24: 1. Rural person LFPR was 58.9 percent. 2. Urban person LFPR was 50.8 percent. 3. Rural-plus-urban female LFPR was 35.6 percent. 4. Urban female LFPR was 28.0 percent. Which of the statements given above are correct?
For CWS in 2023-24, the table gives rural person 58.9, urban person 50.8, and rural-plus-urban female 35.6. Statement 4 is false because urban female LFPR in CWS was 26.1 percent; 28.0 percent belongs to usual-status urban female LFPR.
Q21. For Rajasthan in the 15-29 years age group, rural male LFPR in usual status was 66.5 per cent in 2023-24. 2. For Rajasthan in the 15-29 years age group, rural female LFPR in usual status was 40.5 per cent in 2023-24. 3. For Rajasthan in the 15-29 years age group, rural person LFPR in usual status was 53.1 per cent in 2023-24. 4. For Sikkim in the 15-29 years age group, rural female LFPR in usual status was 40.5 per cent in 2023-24. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1, 2 and 3 are correct. The same table gives Rajasthan's rural 15-29 male, female and person LFPR as 66.5, 40.5 and 53.1. Statement 4 is false because Sikkim's rural female value in that row is 56.4, not 40.5.
Q3Consider the following statements about Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS): 1. PLFS was launched in April 2017. 2. One objective of PLFS is to estimate key employment and unemployment indicators every three months for rural areas only under Current Weekly Status. 3. PLFS annual reports estimate employment and unemployment indicators in both usual status and Current Weekly Status for both rural and urban areas. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statement 1 is correct because PLFS was launched in April 2017. Statement 2 is incorrect: the short-interval quarterly objective is for urban areas only under CWS, not rural areas only. Statement 3 is correct because annual PLFS estimates cover both rural and urban areas in usual status and CWS.
Q4Consider the following statements: 1. In usual status (ps+ss) for 2023-24, WPR for females aged 15 years and above was 40.3%. 2. In usual status (ps+ss) for 2023-24, UR was 3.2% for both males and females aged 15 years and above. 3. In usual status (ps+ss) for 2023-24, urban female UR was 7.1%. 4. In usual status (ps+ss) for 2023-24, rural female UR was 5.1%. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1 and 2 are PIB summary facts; statement 3 matches the urban female UR cell in the 2023-24 usual-status table. Statement 4 is false because 5.1% is urban person UR; rural female UR was 2.1%.
Q5Consider the following statements about labour-force indicators in India: 1. Labour Force Participation Rate is the percentage of persons in the labour force in the population. 2. Worker Population Ratio is the percentage of unemployed persons among the labour force. 3. Unemployment Rate is the percentage of employed persons in the population. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statement 1 is correct: LFPR measures the share of persons in the labour force in the population. Statement 2 is incorrect because that is the definition of UR, not WPR; WPR measures employed persons as a share of population. Statement 3 is incorrect because that is the definition of WPR, while UR measures unemployed persons among the labour force.
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6Consider the following statements about usual-status LFPR in PLFS 2023-24: 1. Rural LFPR rose from 50.7% in 2017-18 to 63.7% in 2023-24. 2. Urban LFPR rose from 47.6% in 2017-18 to 52.0% in 2023-24. 3. Female LFPR rose from 23.3% in 2017-18 to 31.7% in 2023-24. Which of the statements given above are correct?
7Consider the following statements about PLFS 2023-24 usual-status trends for persons aged 15 years and above: 1. Overall LFPR increased from 57.9% in 2022-23 to 60.1% in 2023-24. 2. Female LFPR increased from 37.0% to 41.7% over the same period. 3. Male LFPR increased from 78.5% to 88.8% over the same period. Which of the statements given above are correct?
8Consider the following statements about activity-status concepts in PLFS: 1. Usual activity status is based on the last 365 days preceding the survey date. 2. Principal activity status refers to the activity on which a person spent a relatively long time during the 365-day reference period. 3. Subsidiary economic activity status requires some economic activity for 30 days or more during the 365-day reference period. Which of the statements given above are correct?
91. For age 15 years and above in 2023-24, rural male LFPR in usual status was 80.2 per cent at the all-India level. 2. For age 15 years and above in 2023-24, urban female LFPR in usual status was 28.0 per cent at the all-India level. 3. For age 15 years and above in 2023-24, rural-plus-urban male LFPR in usual status was 75.6 per cent at the all-India level. 4. For age 15 years and above in 2023-24, rural-plus-urban person LFPR in usual status was 63.7 per cent at the all-India level. Which of the statements given above are correct?
10Consider the following statements about the design objectives of PLFS: 1. One PLFS objective is to estimate key employment and unemployment indicators at a three-month interval for urban areas only in CWS. 2. A second PLFS objective is to estimate employment and unemployment indicators in both usual status and CWS in both rural and urban areas annually. 3. The annual PLFS reports estimate only urban labour-market indicators. 4. The 2023-24 annual report was based on PLFS conducted during July 2023-June 2024. Which of the statements given above are correct?
11Consider the following statements about PLFS 2023-24 usual-status LFPR for persons aged 15 years and above: 1. The all-India LFPR was 60.1 percent. 2. The all-India female LFPR was 41.7 percent. 3. Urban LFPR was higher than rural LFPR. Which of the statements given above are correct?
121. For females aged 15 years and above, LFPR in usual status was 37.0 per cent in 2021-22. 2. For females aged 15 years and above, LFPR in usual status was 37.0 per cent in 2022-23. 3. The PLFS survey period for the annual reports is January to December every year. 4. The official data source on employment and unemployment is PLFS, conducted by MoSPI since 2017-18. Which of the statements given above are correct?
13Consider the following statements about changes in LFPR in Current Weekly Status between 2017-18 and 2023-24: 1. Rural LFPR increased from 48.9% to 58.9%. 2. Urban LFPR increased from 47.1% to 50.8%. 3. Male LFPR in India increased from 75.1% to 77.5%. 4. Female LFPR in India declined from 35.6% to 21.1%. Which of the statements given above are correct?
14Consider the following statements about labour-force measurement concepts in PLFS: 1. Usual Status (ps+ss) considers both principal activity status and subsidiary economic activity status. 2. CWS uses a reference period of the last 7 days preceding the survey date. 3. LFPR includes persons working or seeking or available for work in the labour force. 4. WPR is defined as the percentage of persons unemployed among persons in the labour force. Which of the statements given above are correct?
15Consider the following statements: 1. LFPR measures the percentage of persons in the labour force, that is, working or seeking or available for work, in the population. 2. WPR measures unemployed persons among persons in the labour force. 3. UR measures unemployed persons among persons in the labour force. 4. CWS uses the last 365 days preceding the date of survey as its reference period. Which of the statements given above are correct?