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-50- Table 5 Summary of Literature: Sociodemographic Data (continued) Education Si ngapore Phil i ppi nes Lin 1984 Castro *Average 9.5 years of education in one company *60% in BEPZ high school graduates Pl ace of Origin Malaysia Philippines Urban *45% of HZ workers in Penang Services Study migrants Chia (K.C.) Castro *62% of BEPZ workers recent migrants
-51- Table 6 How many minutes does a woman have to work to buy . . 1 egg 1 kg. rice 1 coke 1 t-shirt Japan 2 37 8 199 Taiwan 5 44 23 174 Hong Kong 5 55 11 200 South Korea 7 199 37 312 Thailand 10 55 23 686 Mal aysia 14 75 45 897 Philippines 20 70 27 611 Source: as quoted by Frentes and Ehrenreich 1983. Hong Kong Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Table 7 Monthly Wages and Expenses of the Electronics Worker 1978 (US$) Source: Grossman 1978. Starting wage 136 19 57 40 After 2 years 187 29 100 75 Expenses 123 26 45 37
Page 1 and 2: Abstract This paper examines the re
Page 3 and 4: HEALTH, WOMEN'S WORK, AND INDUSTRIA
Page 5 and 6: -3- and because manufacturers need
Page 7 and 8: Lives of Asian Electronics Workers:
Page 9 and 10: -7- Companies place emphasis on hea
Page 11 and 12: -9- replenishments inadequate. Thro
Page 13 and 14: -11- women workers developed at the
Page 15 and 16: -13- economic, and cultural institu
Page 17 and 18: -15- shapes the job opportunities a
Page 19 and 20: -17- and analyzed. analyses. Data f
Page 21 and 22: -19- Until recently, wages have not
Page 23 and 24: -21- Si ngapore and Penang have bee
Page 25 and 26: -23- employment, the applicants are
Page 27 and 28: -25- also higher. In Malaysia, more
Page 29 and 30: -27- cl eri cal workers (Tabl es 11
Page 31 and 32: -29- childbirth problems. The major
Page 33 and 34: -31- Within each ethnic group there
Page 35 and 36: -33- Subjective factors, especially
Page 37 and 38: -35- ethnic groups, the economic ob
Page 39 and 40: -37- day-to-day basis, workers seem
Page 41 and 42: -39- The difference in health statu
Page 43 and 44: -41- social relations for women. Wh
Page 45 and 46: -43- workers in the 19th century an
Page 47 and 48: -45- NOTES 1. The survey respondent
Page 49 and 50: -47- Tabl e 1 Hourly Wages for Oper
Page 51: -49- Age Variables Table 5 Summary
Page 55 and 56: -53- Table 9 Summary of Literature:
Page 57 and 58: -55- Table 11 Number Injured Since
Page 59 and 60: -57- Table 15 Eye Complaints and Us
Page 61 and 62: -59- Table 19 Respiratory Problems
Page 63 and 64: -61- Table 23 Problems with Offspri
Page 65 and 66: -63- Table 27 Migration and Psychol
Page 67 and 68: -65- Table 31 Marital Status and Si
Page 69 and 70: -67- Table 35 Shift Rotation and Me
Page 71 and 72: -69- REFERENCES Ackennan, Susan 198
Page 73 and 74: -71- Edgren, Gus 1982 Spearheads of
Page 75 and 76: -73- Laurell, A. Cristina 1981 Cond
Page 77 and 78: -74- MacKintosh, Maureen 1981 Gende
Page 79 and 80: \ -76- u.s. Dept of Commerce, Indus

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