• India - preferred career path among youth by gender 2019

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According to a survey, most young Indians, both male and female preferred exploring a new-age career path with an average of 50 percent. In contrast, more women surveyed chose a conventional career path with 46 percent than the 41 percent of young men in the same time period.

Preference of conventional and new age career path among Indian youth in 2019, by gender

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Release date

May 2019

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Region

India

Survey time period

May 22 to May 25, 2019*

Number of respondents

1,455 respondents

Age group

18-21 years

Special properties

across Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Kochi, Lucknow, Indore and Guwahati.

Supplementary notes

*The source specified that some of the survey was done on these dates.

Question as phrased by the source: What do you prefer- a conventional career like engineering, medicine or law, or a new age one?

Figures may not not add up to 100 due to rounding off.