Question

Select a region, say a street or colony, and divide it into 3-4 sub-regions. Conduct a survey by which you can collect the details of activity each person living there is engaged in. Derive the worker-population ratio for all the regions. Interpret the results for differences in worker-population ratio for the different sub-regions.

Answer 1

I selected a colony and divided it into four sub-regions,A, B, C and D. I collected information about the number of people living there and the number of workers.

`"Worker-Population Ratio" = "Number of Workers"/"Total Population" xx 100`

Sub-region	Total Population	Number of Workers	Worker-Population Ratio
A	200	90	45%
B	190	72	40%
C	220	110	50%
D	160	56	35%

Interpretation:

• Sub-region C has the highest worker-population ratio at 50%.
• Sub-region A has a worker-population ratio of 45%.
• Sub-region B has a ratio of 40%.
• Sub-region D has the lowest ratio at 35%.

These differences may reflect variations in the number of working-age people, students, elderly persons, homemakers, employment opportunities, and women’s participation in the workforce. Hence, the worker-population ratio differs from one sub-region to another, depending on employment patterns and population composition.