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What is the relationship between occupational structure and development?
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The distribution of population according to different types of occupations is referred to as the occupational structure. They are generally classified as follows:
(i) Primary Activities: These include agriculture, animal husbandry,
Forestry, fishing, mining and quarrying, etc.
(ii) Secondary Activities: These include manufacturing industries, building and construction work, etc.
(iii) Tertiary, Activities: These include transport, communications, commerce,
administration and other services.
– The proportion of people working in different activities varies in
developed and developing countries.
– Deeloped nations have high proportion of people in secondary and tertiary activities.
– Developing countries tend to have a higher proportion of their workforce engaged in primary activities.
So, in the above manner, there is a relationship between occupational
structure and development.
(i) The proportion of people working in different activities varies in developed and developing countries.
(ii) Developed nations have a high proportion of people engaged in secondary and tertiary activities.
(iii) Developing countries tend to have a higher proportion of their workforce engaged in primary activities.
(iv) In India, about 64 per cent of the population is engaged only in agriculture.
(v) The proportion of population dependent on secondary and tertiary sectors is also less (about 13 and 20 per cent, respectively) in India.
(vi) Now, however, there has been an occupational shift in favour of the secondary and tertiary sectors with the growing industrialisation and urbanisation in recent times.