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indicates that the hired male labour is more used by the higher<br />

perlormers as compared to the lower perlormers. In general, the hired<br />

male labour component in sericulture is far less as compared to the hired<br />

female labour component. One of the reasons <strong>for</strong> this variation is the<br />

wage factor which favours the female labour over the male labour. This<br />

is true in almost all areas of this study. Where hired male labour is<br />

involved, they are either skilled labourers, or permanent contract<br />

labourerslo who work under the direct supervision of the sericulturists<br />

and gain experience <strong>for</strong> themselves. In both cases the sericulturists<br />

involved are m05tly the medium farmers with better resource access and<br />

committed experience. As <strong>for</strong> Seripura, the component of permanent<br />

contract labour is very minimal. The use of male skilled labour is very<br />

much in use. So, these factors could very well explain such<br />

phenomenon 11.<br />

The perlormance status across family types reveals that at the<br />

seed and labour productivity levels, the best perlormers are those<br />

belonging to the complex nuclear family type with the other two types<br />

showing a below average perlormance. The advantage in such families is<br />

that there are at least two adult women available in the family<br />

facilitating an efficient division of labour.<br />

10<br />

Refer C haprer 5 <strong>for</strong> a detailed exposition of labour types<br />

II<br />

In the analysis of labour-use, however, a note of precaution needs to be added.<br />

1bat IS those who involve family labour are sometimes more liberal in<br />

~nributi~g the quantity of labour under use as they are almost part of the<br />

accompllshment<br />

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