Unemployment rate for women increased
Stats SA release their labour force survey for the second quarter.
The country’s unemployment rate took a knock in the second quarter of 2014 according to Statistics South Africa’s quarterly labour force survey that was released last week.
Due to job losses, the unemployment rate for the country increased to 25.5%.
The survey however outlines the vulnerability of women in the labour market.
The unemployment rate of women remains higher than that of men as well as the national average.
In the second quarter the rate among women was recorded at 27.5%, that is 3.7 percentage points higher than the rate among men and 2.0 percentage points higher than the national rate.
This unemployment was the highest amongst women aged 15 to 34 years old.
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