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(1) for adult male operatives (Table No. XVI, pages 122 to 129);
(2) for adult female operatives (Table No. XVII, pages 130 and
131); (3) for all adult operatives (Table No. XVIII, pages 132
to 139); and (4) for half-timers or children (Table No. XIX page
140). The lowest limit in the range taken for the first three tables is
i“ below six annas” and the intervals progress by one anna stages
to “ 64 annas and above” or Rs. 4 and above. The frequency range
for children is ‘below 4 annas” progressing by anna intervals to
8 annas with the highest limit at “ 8 annas and above.” The
following two tables show the modal groups for the more numerically
important departments separately for male and female operatives for
Ahmedabad :—
Predominant Modal Classes for Daily Earnings in Selected
Departments in Ahmedabad
{(1y Men
Department or
Occupation
Total
number
satirevriad
Modal Number of
Group of | workers
Daily | in the
sarnings Modal Group
Percentage
of number
in the
Modal group
to number
returned
Annas
Weavers
Ring Spinning ..
Slubbing, Inter and Roving
Carding Room ..
Blow Room ae
Drawing Frame ..
Drawing-In o.
Cloth Folding wh
Weaving, General ..
$,682
2,511
1,119
333
212
260
187
291 |
2771
26 to 27
15 to 16
t5 to 16
13 to 14
13 to 14
17 to 18
9 to 10
15 to 16
84 and
nYver.
327
759
62
ig
ax
15
38
95
118
7-14
30-23
14-48
35-74.
44-81
17-31
20-32
32-65
21-927
29 WoMEN
Department
Total
aumber
~atirrned
Modal Group
of Daily
Earnings
Number of
workers in
the Modal
Group
Percentage
of number
in the
Modal group
to number
returned
Annag
Winding by .
Ring Spinning .. .
Reeling #3
Mixing and Waste. . s
Slubbing, Inter and Roving .
645
1,226
437
150
950
12 to 13
10 to 11
11 to 12
8to 9
10 ta 11
86
470
44
72
1692
13-18
38-34
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