Table : Descriptive Statistics

Variable / Description / Min / Max / Mean / S.D
DEPENDENT VARIABLES
Employment Growth (Non-farm workers) / Log ratio of total non-farm workers.i.e., main workers excluding cultivators and agricultural labourers in 2011 to that in 2001 / -0.31 / 0.75 / 0.21 / 0.13
(males) / Log ratio of male non-farm workers in 2011 to that in 2001 / -0.32 / 0.74 / 0.17 / 0.12
(females) / Log ratio of female non-farm workers in 2011 to that in 2001 / -1.28 / 1.42 / 0.41 / 0.32
Population Growth / Log Ratio of total population in 2011 to that in 2001 / -0.26 / 0.58 / 0.16 / 0.08
(males) / Log Ratio of male population in 2011 to that in 2001 / -0.27 / 0.56 / 0.15 / 0.09
(females) / Log Ratio of female population in 2011 to that in 2001 / -0.24 / 0.60 / 0.16 / 0.08
INITIAL VALUES
Non-farm workers / Natural log of total non-farm workers in the year 2001 / 8.57 / 14.86 / 11.91 / 1.08
(males) / Natural log of male non-farm workers in the year 2001 / 8.29 / 14.70 / 11.73 / 1.08
(females) / Natural log of female non-farm workers in the year 2001 / 6.84 / 13.06 / 10.07 / 1.13
Population / Natural log of total population in the year 2001 / 10.35 / 16.08 / 14.04 / 0.97
(males) / Natural log of male population in the year 2001 / 9.67 / 15.41 / 13.38 / 0.97
(females) / Natural log of female population in the year 2001 / 9.65 / 15.36 / 13.31 / 0.97
EXOGENOUS VARIABLES
Urbanization / Urbanization Rate - Proportion of urban population in total population for the year 2001 / 0.01 / 1.00 / 0.24 / 0.20
Scheduled castes / Proportion of Scheduled Caste(SC) Population in total population in the year 2001 / 0.00 / 0.50 / 0.15 / 0.09
Scheduled Tribes / Proportion of Scheduled Tribe(ST) Population in total population in the year 2001 / 0.00 / 0.98 / 0.15 / 0.24
Access to electricity / Proportion of Households with access to electricity in the year 2001 / 0.03 / 1.00 / 0.55 / 0.28
Household Manufacturing / Proportion of total main workers employed in Household Manufacturing in the year 2001 / 0.00 / 0.27 / 0.03 / 0.03
Non-Household Manufacturing / Proportion of total main workers employed in Non household manufacturing in the year 2001 / 0.00 / 0.56 / 0.07 / 0.06
Electricity, gas and Water Supply / Proportion of total main workers employed in section E (Electricity,Gas and Water Supply) in the year 2001 / 0.00 / 0.05 / 0.01 / 0.01
Construction / Proportion of total main workers employed in section F (Construction) in the year 2001 / 0.00 / 0.17 / 0.04 / 0.02
Wholesale and Retail Trade / Proportion of total main workers employed in section G (Wholesale and Retail Trade) in the year 2001 / 0.01 / 0.28 / 0.07 / 0.04
Hotels and Restaurants / Proportion of total main workers employed in section H (Hotels and Restaurants) in the year 2001 / 0.00 / 0.05 / 0.01 / 0.01
Transport, Storage and Communications / Proportion of total main workers employed in section I (Transport,Storage and Communications) in the year 2001 / 0.00 / 0.13 / 0.03 / 0.02
Finance, Real Estate and Business / Proportion of total main workers employed in section J and K(Financial Intermediation, Real Estate, Renting and Business activities ) in the year 2001 / 0.00 / 0.16 / 0.03 / 0.02
Public administration, Defence, Education, Health, other services / Proportion of total main workers employed in section L to Q (Public Administration, Defence, Education, Health, Social Work, Other community and social services)in the year 2001 / 0.03 / 0.60 / 0.11 / 0.07
Secondary Education/ Below Graduate / Proportion of non-farm workers with matric/secondary level education(but below graduate) in the year 2001 / 0.09 / 0.40 / 0.24 / 0.05
Technical Diploma / Proportion of non-farm workers with a technical diploma(not equal to degree) in the year 2001 / 0.00 / 0.07 / 0.01 / 0.01
Technical Degree / Proportion of non-farm workers with a technical degree or diploma equal to degree in the year 2001 / 0.03 / 0.28 / 0.11 / 0.04
Graduate Degree and above / Proportion of non-farm workers with a graduate degree and above(other than technical degree) in the year 2001 / 0.00 / 0.06 / 0.02 / 0.01
Cognitive Skills / Log of the index Ij created as per eqn (1). To create Si,we take a mean of all the variables under cognitive abilities / 4.06 / 4.64 / 4.41 / 0.07
Physical Skills / Log of the index Ij created as per eqn (1). To create Si,we take a mean of all the variables under physical abilities / 2.96 / 3.96 / 3.38 / 0.12
Distance to State Headquarters / Average distance of all towns in the district to the state headquarters (in km) / 0.00 / 1063.50 / 268.23 / 186.42
Class I Town / Dummy variable that takes a value 1 if the district has one or more towns with population more than 1 lakh and above (class I towns) / 0.00 / 1.00 / 0.54 / 0.50
Road Density / Total length of pucca roads in the district divided by area of district / 0.00 / 16.29 / 0.21 / 1.19
Banks / No of commercial and co-operative banks / 0.10 / 16.36 / 0.97 / 0.83
Hospital / No of hospitals(allopathic, ayurvedic, unani and homeopathic) / 0.00 / 2.78 / 0.27 / 0.28
Schools / No of schools(primary, middle, secondary and senior secondary) / 3.13 / 56.05 / 14.00 / 7.43
Colleges / No of colleges (includes arts, science, commerce, law, medical, engineering, polytechnics and other colleges) / 0.00 / 0.74 / 0.14 / 0.10
Cinema / No of cinema theatres and cinema halls / 0.00 / 4.88 / 0.24 / 0.35
Credit Societies / No of agricultural, non-agricultural and other credit societies / 0.00 / 15.69 / 1.88 / 1.97
Access to Toilets / Proportion of households having toilet facility within the house in the year 2001 / 0.05 / 0.97 / 0.37 / 0.23
Access to Water / Proportion of households having access to drinking water from any source within premises(within 100mts for urban areas and 500 mts for rural areas) / 0.03 / 0.93 / 0.35 / 0.20
Family Planning@ / Percentage of women/husbands using a family planning method / 4.90 / 90.70 / 51.37 / 15.47
Immunization@ / Percentage of children (12-23 months) who did not receive any immunization / 0.00 / 78.60 / 16.67 / 17.70
Reproductive Age Group / Proportion of women in the age group of 10-39 (who will constitute the reproductive age group in the 10 year period). / 0.21 / 0.30 / 0.26 / 0.01
Residence Proportion / Proportion of census houses that are used for residential purposes / 0.35 / 0.89 / 0.71 / 0.09

Notes: @ Data from District Level Household Survey (2002).

The source for all other data is Census of India (2001 and 2011). All the data except for the growth rates (dependent variable) is for the year 2001. The number of observations is 582.