OCCUPATIONAL WAGE SURVEY SIXTH ROUND 2008

REPORT ON TEXTILE  INDUSTRY 

TABLE 2.6 

TREND IN COMPOSITION OF WORKERS IN INDUSTRIES

BY SEX & AGE AND SYSTEM OF WAGE PAYMENT

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Sl.   Industry/          Estimated            Percentage of Workers

No.   OWS Round No./      Total    ---------------------------------------------

      Reference Year      Number          By Sex-age Group         By System of

                            of     ------------------------------  Wage Payment

                          Workers   Men    Women   Adole-  Child- --------------

                                                   Scent   ren     Time    Piece

                                                                   Rated   Rated

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 1         2                 3       4       5       6       7       8       9

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I.       Cotton Textiles

      First Round(1958)   895600   92.80    7.20     -       -     56.70   43.30

      Second Round(1963)  829542   94.60    5.40     -       -     60.60   39.40

      Third Round(1975)   788000   94.90    5.06    0.04     -     62.44   37.56

      Fourth Round(1987)  950732   95.70    4.30     -       -     71.74   28.26

      Fifth Round(1994)   628301   92.81    7.19     -       -     78.08   21.92

      Sixth Round(2006)   433265   80.69   19.31     -       -     95.22    4.78

II.     Woollen Textiles 

      First Round(1958)    18600   95.60    4.40     -       -     63.70   36.30

      Second Round(1963)   31270   92.30    7.70     -       -     71.30   28.70

      Third Round(1975)    32000   95.88    4.11     -      0.01   68.75   31.25

      Fourth Round(1986)   52384   94.45    5.55     -       -     80.60   19.40

      Fifth Round(1994)    37228   96.80    3.20     -       -     88.00   12.00

      Sixth Round(2006)    25243   98.60    1.40     -       -     99.19    0.81

III.    Silk Textiles

      First Round(1958)    61100   91.80    8.10     -      0.10   49.20   50.80

      Second Round(1963)   65809   92.90    6.90     -      0.20   53.30   46.70

      Third Round(1975)    66000   95.92    4.02    0.04    0.02   66.67   33.33

      Fourth Round(1987)   24030   68.96   31.04     -       -     83.72   16.28

      Fifth Round(1994)    12965   74.13   25.87     -       -     68.52   31.48

      Sixth Round(2006)    20146   96.80    3.20     -       -     85.72   14.28

IV.   Synthetic Textiles  

      Fourth Round(1987)  307216   97.61    2.39     -       -     71.79   28.21

      Fifth Round(1994)   173893   97.40    2.60     -       -     84.01   15.99

      Sixth Round(2006)   136932   96.57    3.43     -       -     96.78    3.22

IV.     Jute Textiles

      First Round(1958)   251700   96.00    4.00     -       -     54.10   45.90

      Second Round(1963)  234048   96.80    3.20     -       -     58.40   41.60

      Third Round(1975)   229000   97.29    2.71     -       -     51.09   48.91

      Fourth Round(1986)  338988   97.85    2.15     -       -     59.38   40.62

      Fifth Round(1994)   278288   97.46    2.54     -       -     59.06   40.94

      Sixth Round(2006)   166796   99.04    0.96     -       -     22.15   77.85

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      NOTE:-  - = Nil information.