men working on full-fashioned hosiery had’ actual working hours of 
18 or less as compared to 57 per cent of the men in the seamless hosiery 
plants working 48 hours or less. Exactly one-half of the women in the 
full-fashioned hosiery industry worked 48 hours or less as compared to 
more than three-fourths of the women in the seamless hosiery industry, 
whose working hours were 48 or less. 
Table 11. Actual Weekly Hours of Men and Women 
| 
Full-fashioned hosiery 
Seamless hoslery 
Actual weekly 
hours 
Men 
Women 
Men 
Women 
Number | Per cent 
Number ' Per cent 
Number Per cent 
Number | Per cent 
Under 44 ...._____ 
Over 44 and under 
48 oeman 
BB cima apiini 
Over 48 and under 
80 mm. 
50 cman mem 
Over 60 and under 
BE monn 
Bh i AN mmm 
Over 64 and under 
BO cosmic sis 
80 and over ...... 
230 
2 
11.1 
ad 
598 
8 
24.2 
3 
13.9 
10.9 
6.1 
3 
25 
6 
4.8 
3 
53.7 
2.3 
1.7 
11.9 
2.9 
14.9 
114 
112 
73 
18 
4.5 
4.4 
2.9 
Ja 
16.9 
1.2 
54.3 
20 
344 
269 
127 
8 
427 
82 
1372 
oR 
1006 
16 
44.4 
8 
.2 
29 
Total reporting _. 2528 
No record ot hours 1407 eee 
Total emcees BIBT Lr smncir] 
2469 | 100.0 
1850 moe 
219 
1h.0 
7 100.0 
1325 mmm ms 
1802 eee 
54 lao 
So 
Weekly hours by geographical district 
The actual hours of work varied so greatly in each geographical dis- 
trict that median weekly hours were computed to form a basis of 
comparison. In the full-fashioned industry both men and women in 
Berks County had the longest median hours of work. The median 
hours were shortest for men in Philadelphia County. Women employed 
in Philadelphia and Northampton Counties had the shortest median 
hours of work. As a result of slack work in the seamless hosiery in- 
dustry, median hours tended to be short for both men and women in 
all areas (Table 12). 
Weekly hours by individual plant 
There was a wide range in the median hours of work for men and 
women in the various hosiery plants. The median hours for men 
varied from 43 to 56 hours a week in the full-fashioned hosiery plants, 
and from 44 to 50 hours in the seamless hosiery plants. Median weekly 
hours for women ranged from 34 to 53 hours a week in full-fashioned 
hosiery plants and from 28 to 48 hours a week in seamless hosiery 
plants (Appendix Table IV).