Health, Women's Work, and Industrialization - Center for Gender in ...
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Age<br />
Variables<br />
Table 5<br />
Summary of Literature: Sociodemographic Data<br />
Country<br />
S<strong>in</strong>gapore<br />
Thail<strong>and</strong><br />
Philipp<strong>in</strong>es<br />
Malaysia<br />
Taiwan<br />
South Korea<br />
Source<br />
Chia (S.Y.)<br />
L<strong>in</strong> 1984<br />
Blake <strong>and</strong><br />
Moonstan<br />
Castro<br />
Snow<br />
Datta/<br />
Chaudhuri<br />
Chia<br />
Arrigo<br />
Maex<br />
Data<br />
*95% <strong>in</strong> electronics below 40<br />
*Average age of 22 <strong>in</strong> one TV<br />
assembly pl ant<br />
*Average age of 19 <strong>in</strong> the<br />
largest electronics company<br />
*88% of production workers <strong>in</strong><br />
BEPZ (Bataan Export Process<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Zone) under 29<br />
*50% of sample between 18 <strong>and</strong> 22<br />
*Average age of 21.7 <strong>for</strong> women<br />
work<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> EPZ<br />
*Average age of 19 among survey<br />
respondents<br />
*40% of women workers between 16<br />
<strong>and</strong> 19; 31% between 20 <strong>and</strong> 24<br />
*85% of workers <strong>in</strong> Masan Free<br />
Trade Zone between 18 <strong>and</strong> 30<br />
Marital Status S<strong>in</strong>gapore<br />
Thail<strong>and</strong><br />
Phil i ppi nes<br />
Malaysia<br />
Taiwan<br />
L<strong>in</strong> 1984<br />
Blake <strong>and</strong><br />
Moonstan<br />
Castro<br />
Datta/<br />
Chaudhuri<br />
Arrigo<br />
*85% of survey respondents s<strong>in</strong>gle<br />
*85% of production workers<br />
unmarried<br />
*83% s<strong>in</strong>gle<br />
*70% s<strong>in</strong>gle<br />
*60% of female labor <strong>for</strong>ce s<strong>in</strong>gle<br />
<strong>Work</strong><br />
Experience<br />
S<strong>in</strong>gapore<br />
Mal aysi a<br />
Philipp<strong>in</strong>es<br />
L<strong>in</strong> 1984<br />
Datta/<br />
Chaudhuri<br />
Woon<br />
Castro<br />
Snow<br />
*44% of respondents previously<br />
employed as factory workers,<br />
cashiers, clerks, <strong>and</strong> housekeepers<br />
*52% of female workers with no<br />
previous employment<br />
*72% of sample with no previous<br />
work experience;<br />
22% previously employed as<br />
factory workers<br />
*64% at BEPZ new to labor market;<br />
those previously employed were<br />
factory workers, tailors, <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong> service sector<br />
*84% of respondents with no<br />
factory experience