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Table 8: Distribution of respondents by monthly wages, skills category, migration status and some more socio-demographic
characteristics
Categories of Number Average wage/ Average work Average Average age Average
workers month (in Tk) hours/day experience (yrs.) (yrs) education (yrs.)
G* O** G* O** G* O** G* O** G* O** G* O**
Unskilled production
Male 28 11 709.0 1,524.0 10.9 6.9 0.8 1.7 16.6 28.9 2.4 3.1
Female 28 12 580.4 1,547.4 10.3 4.8 0.6 3.6 16.6 32.4 1.8 2.7
(0.82) (1.02)
Skilled
production
Male 25 10 1,570.0 3,539.3 11.1 4.4 2.6 8.9 21.1 33.3 2.6 4.2
Female 28 9 1,370.2 3,612.2 10.8 4.1 2.1 8.7 21.3 34.7 2.4 4.2
(0.87) (1.02)
Supervisor/ technical/
managers
Male 23 9 3,421.7 5,369.0 6.2 8.2 2.9 14.4 26.6 33.1 4.0 4.3
Female 21 9 2,493.2 4,468.2 8.6 5.5 2.0 0.6 25.5 27.7 3.9 4.3
(0.73) (0.83)
All
Male 76 30 1,813.2 3349.2 9.6 6.5 1.5 2.8 21.1 31.6 3.0 3.8
Female 77 30 1,389.3 3043.1 10.0 4.8 1.2 1.4 20.7 31.6 2.6 3.6
(0.77) (0.91)
Non-migrant
Male 3 13 1,700.0 3,474.6 7.8 4.8 3.0 6.3 19.3 35.3 3.0 3.7
Female 5 16 2,380.0 3,428.1 8.4 3.8 2.9 3.5 23.6 33.9 3.4 4.0
(1.4) (0.99)
Long-term
Male migrant 35 12 2,522.9 4,030.4 8.1 6.0 2.7 5.3 23.8 30.6 3.1 4.2
Female migrant 37 14 1,838.6 2,603.1 9.5 5.9 1.9 7.1 23.4 29.1 2.8 3.3
(0.73) (0.65)
Recent
Male migrant 38 5 1,168.4 1,388.2 11.0 11.8 1.6 1.1 18.8 24.6 2.8 3.4
Female migrant 35 - 772.8 - 10.8 - 0.9 - 17.4 - 2.3 -
(0.66)
*Sample garment industries ** Other manufacturing industries.
Note: Figures in parentheses are the ratio of female earnings to male earnings: (Female earnings/Male earnings).
Source: Sample survey of migrant workers of Dhaka’s formal manufacturing sector, 1996.
Women’s employment in the textile manufacturing sectors of Bangladesh and Morocco