Among the most affected in terms of unemployment were the two most marginalized sections of Indian society—the Dalits and Adivasis. The unemployment rate in the working age population of 15-59 years among Dalits is a shocking 18 percent, wherein for adivasis, the unemployment rate is 19 percent.

The data also reveled that women in workers and non-workers category did not want to work either because of family responsibilities or social condemnation. Even though the bulk of non-workers are indeed women, individuals in 20 to 29 years of age group seeking work was projected at 20 percent, which was the same as for men in the same age group.

Young women wanting to work has become an urban phenomenon because women in both rural and urban areas seeking work were high at 17 percent and 20 percent respectively.

The census data also revealed that lack of social security for senior citizens and low economic position is the reason for forcing them to continue working despite their advanced age. Nearly 3.3 crore persons of 60 years age and more are employed as main workers, which is considered as full-time employment. In addition one crore senior citizens work as marginal workers and the majority of those elderly workers are male.Some 18.5 lakh individuals over 80 years are still working as regular workers and another 6.5 lakh senior citizens are living as ill-paid marginal workers.
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