The author states that "The worrying factor is that the number of divorce cases pertaining to those in the IT sector has seen a steady rise since 2003."
The author then goes on to quote numbers to prove the hypothesis: "In 2003, the number of cases from the IT sector was 283 while in 2004 it went upto 526. Statistics available show that in 2005 the figure went up to 946 and in 2006 the figure was 1,246."
According to NASSCOM, the total number of IT employees for 2004, 2005 and 2006 are 830000, 1058000 and 1293000 respectively. Assuming that at least 40% of these employees are in Bangalore, the figures for comparison would be 332000, 423200 and 517200. The divorce numbers quoted by the author for 2004, 2005 and 2006 are 526, 946 and 1246. As a percentage of total IT employees in Bangalore, the divorce rate would work out to 0.16%, 0.22% and 0.24% for 2004, 2005 and 2006. If you benchmark the divorce rate against the overall growth of the IT sector, you see a different picture than the alarmist one painted by the author - the growth in divorce rate for 2005-2006 is less than that of 2004-2005. We aren't doing bad after all!
RE:Statistics, gangools and lies
by cyber world on Aug 06, 2007 11:58 AM Permalink
at the same all are not married yaar, so wait till others get invovled and the % grows ok naa
RE:Statistics, gangools and lies
by Sameer Bhagwat on Aug 06, 2007 11:34 PM Permalink
You are forgetting that most people in the IT sector are between 22-29 and not married.
