A survey has revealed that more women have joined the active workforce because of the availability of safe ride-hailing services. After all, a whopping 82 per cent of women riders (and a similar percentage of male riders) are using ride-hailing for work, because it allows them to travel at any time of the day, and provides the flexibility that no other transport options do.
According to a report by Oxford Economics and Uber India, four out of 10 working women owe it to the availability of safe ride-hailing services for their joining the workforce. About 41 per cent of male riders also share the same view.
A significant 33 per cent of women riders and 34 per cent of male riders have been able to switch from part-time to full-time jobs because their commuting worries have been solved by ride-hailing services.
Clearly, safety and flexibility are the main reasons why women workers rely so much on ride-hailing services.
Three-quarters or a whopping 75 per cent of the women covered in the survey and who use ride-hailing services to travel to admitted they did so because it is safer than any other mode of travelling. A good 72 per cent of the men surveyed agreed to this. Of the women who were motivated to opt for ride-hailing services a good 47 per cent admitted that it is the safety aspect that the services offered that helped them to take up their jobs. The maximum number of women who give credit to the safety of the services are from Chennai and Kolkata.
The flexibility offered by ride-hailing services allows women to efficiently manage their household work, family commitments and their professional duties. No wonder, 63 per cent of these women agree that ride-hailing services for official or personal work had encouraged them to join the workforce.