The economic recovery has been more favorable to men than it has been for women, and for the first time since the start of the recession, men and women are seeing the same rate of unemployment.
Of the 243,000 jobs added in January, 39 percent were filled by women, according to the National Women’s Law Center. This translated to a 0.3 percent drop in unemployment for men and a 0.2 percent drop for women, with their respective unemployment rates leveling out at 7.7 percent. (This figure represents adult unemployment and falls below the nationwide rate of 8.3 percent, which accounts for unemployed teenagers.)
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