Farmers constituted a large segment (16%) of the population, and of them, 82%
were male. Nearly six percent of respondents2 were business owners – a third of
which were female.
Fulltime housewife
Farmer
Self employed in non agriculture
Skilled/semi skilled/casual worker
Family workers in agriculture, livetock, fisheries..
Full time learning (student)
Other business owners
Middle/junior officers/managers
Does not work and didn’t seek job
Old aged and do not work (pension/supports..
Not able to work (unhealthy/disabled)
Family worker in non agriculture
Owner of livestock/fishery/forestry
Sought job but did not get one
Full time devotion in religion
High rank official
26
16
15
11
8
5
5
4
In the labour force
Not in the labour force
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0%
5
10
15
20
25
30
Figure 6: Main occupational groups (% of population aged 15-65)
2
“Respondent” refers to a randomly selected household member on whom the survey is administered
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