Over half of T.N.’s youth hold a degree, have salaried jobs, finds survey

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Over half of Tamil Nadu’s youth hold a degree, the highest share of any State, and have regular salaried jobs, a survey has found.

In the age group of 22 to 29 years, 52% hold a degree and 56% of those in the labour force have regular salaried jobs, according to the findings of the Tamil Nadu Handbook of Youth Opportunity, released by the Future of India Foundation and the Chennai International Centre (CIC) on Saturday.

Share of young women in work rose from 19% to 25% and the proportion of those in neither work nor education nor training declined from 49% to 40%.