Statsguru: From socialising to learning, how the unemployed spend time

The National Statistical Office recently put out a report detailing how Indians spend their time. It also offered a split between the employed and the unemployed. Among other things, the unemployed spend significantly more time educating themselves than the employed, shows the data (see chart 1).

There is also an interesting parity between the unemployed person in both the urban and rural areas. Both spend nearly the exact amount of time (162 minutes versus 159 minutes) in unpaid domestic services for members of their household. The time they spend socialising is also similar. The urban unemployed person tends to spend