Measures of Employment

1. The Employment-Unemployment Survey (EUS) is a comprehensive quinquennial household survey providing labour force statistics in India. It is carried out over a period of 12 months to account for seasonal variations in employment. The National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) provides three different estimates of employment and unemployment based on different approaches / reference periods used to classify an individual’s activity status. These are:

a. Usual Status Approach:

  • Reference period of 365 days preceding the date of survey
  • Records only those persons as unemployed who had no gainful work for a major time during the 365 days preceding the date of ....

Do You Want to Read More?
Subscribe Now
To get access to detailed content

Already a Member? Login here

Take Annual Subscription and get the following Advantage
The annual members of the Civil Services Chronicle can read the monthly content of the magazine as well as the Chronicle magazine archives.
Readers can study all the material since 2018 of the Civil Services Chronicle monthly issue in the form of Chronicle magazine archives.
Be an Annual Subscriber

Economic Development