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4.3 Multilingualism in Mittikot
4.3.1 Distribution of Test Subjects in Mittikot Sample
In order to obtain a general assessment of Urdu ability
among Gujars living in Mittikot, proficiency testing was
conducted with a sample of forty-two males from that
community. As mentioned above, no women were tested. The
demographic distribution of the Mittikot male population
according to age and education groups was presented in chapter
two. Figure (20) below presents a comparison between the
percentages for each age and education cell for the male
population and for the sample of Urdu SRT subjects. 46 From this
chart it is evident that the stratification of subjects in the test
sample generally parallels that of the Mittikot male population.
(20) Mittikot: distribution of
male population compared with test subjects
in percentages
Years of formal education Total by
Age Uneducated 1-5 years 6-12 years age group
Groups Pop. Sample Pop. Sample Pop. Sample Pop. Sample
% % n % % n % % n % % n
14-19 8 5 2 7 10 4 3 10 4 18 24 10
20-29 15 14 6 5 2 1 7 5 2 27 21 9
30-39 17 24 10 1 2 1 2 2 1 19 29 12
40 & older 36 26 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 26 11
Total by
ed. group 75 69 29 13 14 6 12 17 7 42
Population n = 253
There were 52 men included in the Hindko recorded text
test (RTT) sample; unfortunately these samples of subjects for
46 Only 253 of the 374 Mittikot males are included in the comparison
with the distribution of test subjects since 118 are below 14 years of age and 3
have missing demographic information regarding level of education.