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).