Summary:
Vijayawada: Unemployment rate among women in the state is 1.6 times higher than that of male, says the latest Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) report. The disparity is greater when it comes to urban unemployment rate among young women in the state.While the unemployment rate among urban males is 3.9 per cent, it is 9.3 per cent in females. While the unemployment rate in rural males is 3.8 per cent, it is two 5.8 per cent among rural women.The general unemployment rate in rural region is lower than the urban region in the state and this is a common phenomenon in other parts of the country too.The urban unemployment rate in Andhra Pradesh is 4.5 per cent while the rural unemployment rate of the state is 4.3 per cent. This indicates that the urban female is 2.4 times less likely to be employed than the urban males in the state. This shows that the men in Andhra Pradesh are six times more likely to be employed and to attain financial security than the women in the state..