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56. Tables Nos. IV to VI (pp. 78 to 83) summarise the figures for 
full-time workers from Tables Nos. I to III for Bombay in order to 
facilitate comparisons with simiar figures compiled for Ahmedabad 
and for Sholapur. It will be seen that in comparison with Bombay, 
attendance is better in Ahmedabad but exceedingly poor in Sholapur 
where only 30°26 per cent. of the adult operatives returned, worked 
without absence during the period covered by the Census. Among 
male operatives only 1,178 out of the 3,761 returned or 31-32 per cent. 
worked full time. Among women the proportion of full-time workers 
is sl ghtly lower—about a fourth as compared with about a third for 
men, the actual figures being 205 out of 810 or 25°31 per cent. 
Curiously enough, the best figures of full-time attendance are those for 
children both in Sholapur and in Ahmedabad, the respective figures being 
70 out of 192 or 36-45 per cent. and 463 out of 657 or 70-47 per cent. The 
following table summarises the position for the whole industry, by 
lifferent age and sex groups, at each centre studied. 
Age and Sex Group 
Men 
Nomen 
All Adults 
Children .. 
All Operatives 
| Total number 
Centre of workers 
returned 
Number 
working 
full-time 
Percentage of 
full-time 
workers to 
total returned 
"Bombay .. 
Ahmedabad . 
‘Sholapur .. 
38,349 
12,719 
31761 
20,144 
7.157 
1.178 
52:53 
56-27 
27 +939 
"Bombay ..| 
Ahmeédabad || 
Sholapur .. 
12,072* 
3,016 
{10 
3,068% 
1,677 ] 
2085 
32-87% 
55°60 
25°21 
‘Bombay . d 
Ahmedabad . 
Sholapur . Ny 
Bombay .. 
Ahmedabad ! 
Sholapur .. 
Bombay .. 
Ahmedabad . 
Sholapnr | 
50,4217 
15,735 
4.571 
24,1124 
8,834 
1.383 
4782+ 
56-14 
30°26 
Nil. 
657 
109 
"463 
wt 
70-47 
24 45 
50,421F | 24,112f | 47-89% 
16,392 9,207 | 56°72 
4.763 1.453 20-59 
cent. 
my 51-0 nonding figures excluding female’ winders and reelers are 43,744— 
57. Tthas already been pointed out that the figures for women workers 
in Bombay were affected by rotation of employment in the. Winding and 
Reeling Departments. This fact requires to be borne in mind when 
making comparisons either for female operatives as between the different 
centres or as between men and women workers in Bombay. The figures 
in the above table show that only 3,968 women out of 12,072 returned 
or 32-87 per cent. worked full-time. If 6,677 winders and reelers are 
excluded it is found that out of the remaining 5,395 female operatives, 
2,434 or 45-12 per cent. worked without absence. These figures also 
affect the figures for adult operatives. If winders and reelers are again