The Labour Force of Pakistan: A Note on the 1961 Census

Lee Bean, Danial Farooq and Musihur Khan
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Lee Bean: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
Danial Farooq: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
Musihur Khan: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics

The Pakistan Development Review, 1966, vol. 6, issue 4, 587-591

Abstract: One of the interesting phenomena evidenced by a rough comparison of the 1951 rulllJ2Ql Ceni"SCS of Pakistan is that the proportion of the population in the labour force has increased from 30 per cent to 32.6 per cent. ,This is surprising from the demographic pointorvlew, since it is well known that under the mortality and fertility conditions extant in Pakistan the likelihood of a proportionate increase in available supply of manpower is low [1]1. Specifically, with a high fertility rate the proportion of the population available as manpower will be low [2; 2a]. Mortality improvements from a high initiallevel of mortality typically make a population still younger and reduce the proportion at working age.

Date: 1966
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