Key Points
Nearly 20 years ago, in 2004-05, around 57% of women in the prime age group of 25-to-54 years were in paid work in Tamil Nadu (TN) and Karnataka..
While 44% of prime-age women in TN were employed in 2022-23, the proportion was 51% in Karnataka..
With economic prosperity, people usually move out of agriculture and into non-farm jobs. 26% of women of prime age in TN were working in either industrial or service sectors in 2022-23..
Employed young Indian women in urban areas spend around 2 hours and 45 minutes on domestic work, based on data from a time-use survey 2019 (bit.ly/3XbTGYz)..
In the case of high-skilled women, such as those working in IT, a shared auto is replaced by a cab or a company transport, but the former raises commuting costs and the latter makes it hard to keep flexible timings..
