Non-worker
Topic: Employment, Unemployment and Informalisation · NCERT: Class 11, Ch 4 "Presentation of Data"
Meaning
A non-worker is a Census category. It is a person who did no economic work at all in the reference year. It covers students, homemakers, dependants, pensioners and beggars. Homemakers are counted as non-workers even though they do a lot of unpaid domestic work, so this category hides women's invisible work.
Example
A college student who studied all year and did no paid or family-enterprise work is a non-worker. A retired teacher living on a pension is also a non-worker.
Don't confuse with
- Marginal worker: did some economic work, even if for less than 183 days.
- Unemployed: a survey term for people who are not working but are seeking or available for work. A non-worker may or may not be looking for work.
Related concepts
- Labour force
- Not in labour force
- Discouraged workers
- Labour force participation rate
- Worker population ratio
- Unemployment rate
- Usual status
- Principal status
- Subsidiary status
- Current weekly status