Open AccessThe Labour Force of Pakistan : A Note on the 1961 Census
Author(s) -
Lee L. Bean,
Danial M. Farooq,
Musihur Rahman Khan
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v6i4pp.587-591
Subject(s) - fertility , census , population , extant taxon , demography , mortality rate , total fertility rate , demographic economics , economics , geography , research methodology , biology , family planning , sociology , evolutionary biology
One of the interesting phenomena evidenced by a roughcomparison of the 195 ljUigU26!Juensuses-of Pakistan is that theproportion of the population in the labour force has increased from 30.7per cent to 32.6 per cent. This is surprising from the demographic pointof view, since it is well known that under the mortality and fertilityconditions extant in Pakistan the likelihood of a proportionate increasein available supply of manpower is low [l]1. Specifically, with a highfertility rate the proportion of the population available as manpowerwill be low [2; 2a]. Mortality improvements from a high initial level ofmortality typically make a population still younger and reduce theproportion at working age. Thus it is unusual that the comparison of the1951 and 1961 Censuses would indicate an increase in the proportionatesize of the labour force of Pakistan, since mor¬tality has beendeclining in Pakistan and there is no evidence that fertility hasdeclined.