Lokniti-CSDS has released a survey titled<\/span> \u2018Indian Youth: Aspirations and Vision for the Future\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n The survey <\/span>interviewed youth aged 15-34 across 18 states in July-August 2021 to get an insight on their career aspirations, job preferences and expectations, their opinions on institutions of kinship and their mental health.<\/span><\/p>\n Occupational Status:<\/b> a)<\/strong> Two fifths (39%) of the youth identify themselves as students, b)<\/strong> More young men (39%) compared to young women (11%) were working, c)<\/strong> Higher proportion of young women (42%) were studying than young men (36%) and d)<\/strong> Close to half of the youth in the 18-24 group were studying and only one in five were earning.<\/span><\/p>\n Employment: <\/b>More than half (55%) said they would prefer a government job. A quarter (24%) said they would prefer to start their own business. When compared to the last survey, the preference for Government jobs (65%) has reduced and preference to start their own business has increased<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n Moreover, the responses also showed a rise from 3% to 17% among those wanting to join the health sector. A possible reason for this could be the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n Marriage:<\/b> 1)<\/strong> Many youths are now marrying at a later age than before, 2)<\/strong> There is a greater acceptance for the idea of inter-caste marriage with 61% supporting it, 3)<\/strong> The support for inter-faith marriage is still not widely accepted with only 45% of the youth favouring it.<\/span><\/p>\n Mental Health: <\/b>Family\u2019s financial security worries youth the most, followed by their own health.<\/span><\/p>\n About six in ten (56%) youth worried about their jobs and more than half (54%) about their physical appearance.<\/span><\/p>\n The majority of the youth said that they have never experienced suicidal thoughts, but close to two in ten (21%) did have such thoughts.<\/span><\/p>\n On a hypothetical question on whom they would approach if struggling with depression, 65% said a family member.<\/strong> This highlights the importance of family in Indian context. <\/span>Only 3% said they would approach a mental health professiona<\/strong>l. The reason for this could possibly be social stigma<\/strong>. Around 9% said they would not approach anyone.<\/span><\/p>\n Source: <\/b>This post is based on the article<\/span> \u2018<\/b>Explained: Young India\u2019s aspirations, worries<\/b>\u2019<\/b> published in<\/span> Indian Express <\/b>on 24th<\/sup><\/b> Dec 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the news? Lokniti-CSDS has released a survey titled \u2018Indian Youth: Aspirations and Vision for the Future\u2019. About the Survey The survey interviewed youth aged 15-34 across 18 states in July-August 2021 to get an insight on their career aspirations, job preferences and expectations, their opinions on institutions of kinship and their mental health.… Continue reading Explained: Young India\u2019s aspirations, worries<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,9],"tags":[10500],"class_list":["post-155942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700781812,"cached_date":1704824437},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About the Survey<\/b><\/h5>\n
What are the key findings of the survey?<\/b><\/h5>\n