Blue collar males lose more ground in Great Recession

Courtesy Digg - Business & Finance  Tue, 05/19/2009 - 12:30

One statistic that stands out in America's recession-stung economy is the unemployment rate for adult men: in April for the second month in a row it surged ahead of the national average to 9.4 percent versus 8.9 percent for all workers.

The jobless rate for adult women was 7.1 percent.


 

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