Summary
These counts show where many shops are and how many people work in them.
Women make up a big part of the workers, especially in certain states.
The information will help leaders decide where to give more help.
Key Points
5 points1
Data covers 757 of 770 districts.
2
Top ten districts hold about 10 % of all small shops.
3
Around one‑third of districts have more than 100,000 shops.
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Women represent at least one‑third of workers in many districts.
5
Productivity is measured by the amount of money each worker helps create.
New Words to Learn
11 wordsdistrict
a smaller region inside a state used for administration
unincorporated
a business that is not a large corporation
non‑farm
not related to agriculture or farming
sector
a part of the economy, such as shops or services
productivity
how much work or value is produced by each worker
enterprise
a business or shop
employment
people having jobs
estimate
a careful guess based on collected data
survey
a large questionnaire used to collect information
sampling
choosing some places to study and then guessing for all
reliability
how trustworthy the numbers are
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