Workforce Participation Rate

Year	Rural		Urban
	Female	Male	Female	Male
1	2	3	4	5
1972-73	31.8	54.5	13.4	50.1
1977-78	33.1	55.2	15.6	50.8
1983	34.0	54.7	15.1	51.2
1987-88	32.3	53.9	15.2	50.6
1993-94	32.8	55.3	15.5	52.1
1994-95a	31.7	56.0	13.6	51.9
1995-96a	29.5	55.1	12.4	52.5
1996-97a	29.1	55.0	13.1	52.1
1998a	26.3	53.9	11.4	50.9
1999-2000	29.9	53.1	13.9	51.8
2000-2001a	28.7	54.4	14.0	53.1
2001-2002a	31.4	54.6	13.9	55.3
2002a	28.1	54.6	14.0	53.4
2004-05	32.7	54.6	16.6	54.9
2005-06a	31.0	54.9	14.3	54.0
2007-08a	28.9	54.8	13.8	55.4
2009-10	26.1	54.7	13.8	54.3
Source: National Sample Survey Office.
Note :  Figures for all the years are based on usual status approach and includes principal status and subsidiary status workers of all ages.
a: Based on thin Sample.