Figure 4.16: Youth’s opinion on various marriage practices
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Figure 4.17: Support for inter-caste and inter-religion marriage greatest among 18-24-year-old youth
Figure 5.22: Close to half of the youth from the upper economic class are still studying 94
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Figure 5.23: Profile of the young employment seekers
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Figure 5.24: Key sources to get information about job opportunities
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Figure 5.25: Employment profile of the Indian youth
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Figure 4.18: Support for inter-caste and inter-religious marriages by caste group Figure 4.19: With higher educational attainment, the acceptance for inter-cultural marriages increases
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Figure 4.20: Youth in urban areas displayed a higher support for inter-caste and inter-religion marriages
Figure 5.26: Fewer women are visible in various employment sectors
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Figure 4.21: Awareness and support towards love-jihad law
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Figure 4.22: Support for divorce over a troublesome marriage
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Figure 5.27: Jobs in the health sector and teaching is mostly preferred by young women; young men aspire for other kinds of jobs
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Figure 5.28: The government job is the biggest priority among Indian youth
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Figure 5.29: Youth living in big cities preferred government jobs the most
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Figure 5.30: With more education, youth is more aspired to get a government job
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Figure 5.31: Youth’s preference for online App-based jobs
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Figure 5.32: Rural youth is more aspired to do online App-based job
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Figure 5.33: The App-based job was mainly preferred by the youth having low educational attainment
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Figure 5.34: Youth’s desire to settle down abroad across various social-economic groups
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Figure 6.1: Family’s financial security is the biggest concern for the youth
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Figure 6.2: Degree of anxiety on various issues
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Figure 6.3: Youngsters in the age group of 25-29 years are the most anxious
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Figure 6.4: Youth in towns are the most anxious
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Figure 6.5: Frequent users of social media are the most anxious of their personal looks
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Figure 4.23: The acceptance for divorce over troublesome marriage is higher among educated youth
Figure 4.24: Acceptance for divorce over troublesome marriage increases among both men and women with higher educational attainment 77 Figure 4.25: Support for divorce over troublesome marriage was higher among urban youth
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Figure 4.26: Acceptance for divorce was higher among youth who preferred love marriage or married youth who had a love marriage
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Figure 5.1: A little over one-third of Indian youth are graduate
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Figure 5.2: Younger ones are still pursuing their studies, whereas half of the youth aged between 25-29 years have completed their graduation 84 Figure 5.3: More graduates are from Hindu upper castes, whereas only one-fourth of the Hindu Adivasi completed graduation
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Figure 5.4: The economic status of the Indian youth describes their educational attainment
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Figure 5.5: Both young men and women have similar levels of educational attainment
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Figure 5.6: Level of urbanity impact the educational attainment of Indian youth 85 Figure 5.7: Arts and humanities followed by science is the most preferred field of study among Indian youth 86 Figure 5.8: The younger cohort (aged between 15-17 years) preferred science subjects Figure 5.9: Preference for fields of study other than arts and humanities increases in urban localities Figure 5.10: Youth belonging to upper economic classes are more likely to study professional subjects
Figure 6.6: Those who feel that physical appearance is a decisive factor in finding a job worry about how they look 113 Figure 6.7: Graduates far more likely to be anxious regarding jobs
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Figure 6.8: Youngsters preferring government job and a permanent job, the most anxious about jobs
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Figure 6.9: Those married outside religion, caste and state, the most anxious about marriage
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Figure 6.10: Reporting of various emotional stress related behavior amongst youth
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Figure 6.11: Impact of a smartphone on a young person’s life (%)
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Figure 6.12: Suicidal tendencies among Indian youth
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Figure 5.11: Forward Hindu castes and non-Muslim religious minorities were more likely to choose the professional field of study 88 Figure 5.12: Young men chose more professional courses as compared to young women
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Figure 5.13: Students’ own interest in the subject was the driving factor for preferring their field of study
Figure 6.13: Suicidal thoughts greatest amongst youth who feel worthless 121
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Figure 6.14: Highly dissatisfied youth have greater suicidal thoughts
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Figure 7.1: Almost half of the Indian youth identify ‘unemployment’ as the biggest problem
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Figure 7.2: Two-thirds rate the employment opportunities in their states as ‘bad’
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Figure 7.3: Young men more likely to rate the employment opportunities in their state as ‘bad’ compared to young women
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Figure 5.14: Youth across localities chose the field of study due to their own interest 90 Figure 5.15: The interest in the field was an important consideration while choosing the field of study for the youth from well-off families
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Figure 5.16: The reason for choosing the field varies across various caste-communities
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Figure 5.17: Current occupational engagement of Indian youth
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Figure 5.18: More young men are employed than women
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Figure 5.19: Close to four-fifths of the youngest youth are pursuing their studies
Figure 7.4: Better educated are more likely to rate employment opportunities in their states as ‘good’ 130
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Figure 5.20: Youth in cities are more into studies and one-fifth of the rural youth are neither studying nor earning
Figure 7.5: Poor more likely to rate employment opportunities in their states as ‘bad’
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Figure 5.21: More youth from upper castes are pursuing their studies
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Figure 7.6: Half of the youth in Karnataka and nearly one-thirds in Kerala and Gujarat rate employment opportunities in their own states as ‘good’
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