A Statistical Analysis of Regional Variations in Urban Youth Unemployment in India (2023-2024)
Keywords:
Youth unemployment, urban India, PLFS, Anova Testing, trend analysis, regional disparities.Abstract
This research paper examines the dynamics of unemployment among youth aged 15-29 in urban Indian. The study utilizes official data from the periodic labour force survey (PLFS) annual reports spanning four cycles (2020-21 to 2023-24). A trend analysis was conducted to observe the temporal trajectory of unemployment rates. Furthermore, a one way Anova (Analysis of Variance) was performed to test the hypothesis of regional disparities across North, South, East India, supplemented by Dot Plots for visual data distribution. The methodology employed in this research is an extension of the protocols previously defined in [1],[2],….. .