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Women and Men in India 2022
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- The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released Women and Men in India 2022 report.
- India’s sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) is expected to improve to 952 by 2036.
- The sex ratio at birth went up by three points to 907 in 2018-20 from 904 in 2017-19.
- India’s Labour Force Participation Rate for those above 15 years of age has been on the rise since 2017-2018.
- The rate was 77.2 for males and 32.8 for females in 2021-22.
- The population growth is on a downward trend from 2.2% in 1971 to 1.1% in 2021.
- It is projected to fall further to 0.58% in 2036.
- The age-specific fertility rate for the 20-24 years and 25-29 years age group between 2016 and 2020 reduced from 135.4 and 166.0 to 113.6 and 139.6 respectively.
- The same indicator for the 35-39 years age group increased from 32.7 in 2016 to 35.6 in 2020.
- The mean age for marriage has improved marginally up from 22.1 years in 2017 to 22.7 years in 2020.
- The population under 15 years of age is expected to decline and the population above 60 years is expected to increase by 2036.
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