This factsheet sets out headline findings on work and family lives from Round 7 of the Young Lives survey in India, carried out in 2023–24 when the Younger Cohort was 22 years old and the Older Cohort was 29.  It outlines changes in education and learning over time by comparing the Younger Cohort at age 22 with the Older Cohort at the same age in 2016, and exploring the Younger Cohort's progression from age 15 to 22.  The headlines on work and family lives in India are: 

• The transition from education to the labour market is occurring later for the Younger Cohort than for the Older Cohort born seven years earlier.
• Most young people who are working are engaged in poor-quality jobs, without a written contract and working long hours.
• A smaller proportion of women than men are employed, but women shoulder a larger share of unpaid care work.
• Early marriage and early parenthood, remain a concern, with 13% of Younger Cohort women being married before the legal age of 18 and 18% having a child by age 19.
• Early-life inequalities are reflected in rates of employment, employment with a contract at age 22, and early marriage and parenthood.

This factsheet is one of a series sharing headline findings from Round 7.  In addition to work and family lives, there are factsheets on health, nutrition and well-being, and education and learning in Ethiopia, India and Peru.  You can access all the factsheets on our publications page.