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Gender dimensions of labour migration in Dhaka city’s formal manufacturing sector
Table 11:
Percentage distribution of respondents by wage group in
1996 and 1993
Respon- Up to Tk 500 501-900 901-1,300 1,301-1,500 >1,501 All (No.)
dent*
M F M F M F M F M F M F
Garment 6.6 26.0 28.9 11.7 18.4 23.4 3.9 13.0 42.1 26.0 76 77
Other
industries - - - 6.7 16.7 13.4 - 10.0 83.3 70.0 30 30
Respondent**
3.6 15.7 8.6 27.1 24.3 28.5 10.7 4.8 52.9 23.9 140 376
M=male; F=female
* Respondents refer to the sample workers of the present study
** Chaudhury and Majumdar, 1993
Source: Sample survey of migrant workers of Dhaka’s formal manufacturing sector,
1996; and Chaudhury and Majumdar, 1993.
Table 12:
Average savings of respondents by migration status and age
Respondents* Average savings out Savings as a All respondents
of total income (Tk) proportion of (No.)
income (%)
Male Female Male Female Male Female
Garment
Non-migrant 66.7 20.0 1.4 0.4 3 5
Long- term migrant 261.4 144.1 8.6 6.2 35 37
Recent migrant 43.4 46.9 2.7 4.1 38 35
All 144.7 145.1 6.4 8.0 76 77
10-19 27.3 32.6 2.2 2.9 33 33
20-29 145.7 136.7 5.2 6.7 35 38
30-39 625.0 816.7 14.6 20.7 8 6
Others
Non-migrant 584.6 493.8 6.0 5.6 13 16
Long-term migrant 383.3 550.0 7.9 15.8 12 14
Recent migrant - - - - 5 -
All 406.7 520.0 9.9 14.2 30 30
10-19 - - - - - 2
20-29 321.4 800.0 7.1 16.6 14 12
30-39 616.7 280.0 14.9 8.8 12 10
40+ 75.0 533.3 3.2 17.8 4 6
* Income here refers to average monthly wage and overtime. As recent male and
female migrant respondents belonging to 10-19 age group in other industries
reported no savings, respective rows are blank.
Source: Sample survey of migrant workers of Dhaka’s formal manufacturing sector,
1996.
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