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Table 9:
Distribution of the sample respondents by age and marital status and a comparison with urban Bangladesh
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Age group Sample respondents Urban Bangladesh***
Currently Currently Divorced/ All (No.) Currently Never Divorced/
married unmarried widowed married married widowed
G* O** G* O** G* O** G* O**
10-14
Male - - 100.0 - - - 6 - 0.5 99.5 0.0
Female - - 100.0 - - - 10 - 2.1 97.8 0.1
15-19
Male - - 100.0 - - - 27 - 3.6 96.4 0.0
Female 17.4 50.0 78.3 - 4.3 50.0 23.0 2 37.9 60.9 1.2
20-24
Male 17.4 - 82.6 100.0 - - 23.0 2 37.9 60.9 1.2
Female 34.8 - 43.5 - 21.7 - 23 - 79.4 18.0 2.6
25-49
Male 80.0 60.0 20.0 39.3 - - 20 28 85.0 14.7 0.3
Female 81.0 67.9 9.5 21.4 9.5 10.7 21 28 90.6 2.1 7.3
50+
Male - - - - - - - - 96.5 0.9 2.6
Female - - - - - - - - 55.8 0.9 43.3
All
Male 34.2 56.7 65.8 43.3 - - 76 30 54.0 45.5 0.5
Female 37.7 66.7 51.9 20.0 10.4 13.3 77 30 61.0 30.6 8.4
* Sample garment industries
** Other manufacturing industries.
*** Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, 1996:9 (data do not provide absolute population size)
Source: Sample survey of migrant workers of Dhaka’s formal manufacturing sector, 1996.
Gender dimensions of labour migration in Dhaka city’s formal manufacturing sector