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In its latest survey on garment workers in Bangladesh, South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) and Microfinance Opportunities (MFO) have found that among the 1,272 workers they had interviewed, 34 per cent of respondents were the only household earners, says a press release.
Among the respondents, 26 per cent of women said that they were the only household earners, compared to 60 per cent of men who said the same.
The survey found that among the remaining 66 per cent of households reported, there was at least one additional wage earner living at home other than the respondents themselves.
To assess the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic on the overall working and living conditions of garment workers in Bangladesh, SANEM in partnership with MFO have been conducting a series of surveys, with new questionnaires and among slightly changed number of respondents each week.
Around 1,272 workers who are employed in factories in Chittagong, Dhaka City, Gazipur, Narayanganj, and Savar were interviewed for the survey.
Over three-quarters of the working respondents are women, which is roughly representative of workers in the sector as a whole.
The latest survey looks into the household economies of garment workers. The survey helps to understand not only how individual garment workers are coping during the COVID-19 crisis, but how the members of their household upon whom each other depends are also faring, a blog article on the survey findings said.
Among the households which reported having at least one additional wage earner living at home, 83 per cent agreed to share information on the economic activities of the other wage earners residing in the home. It was found that among these households, 91 per cent of respondents reported one additional wage earner in the household, almost 9.0 per cent of respondents reported two additional wage earners, less than 1.0 per cent of respondents reported three or more additional wage earners.
In its latest survey on garment workers in Bangladesh, South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) and Microfinance Opportunities (MFO) have found that among the 1,272 workers they had interviewed, 34 per cent of respondents were the only household earners, says a press release.
Among the respondents, 26 per cent of women said that they were the only household earners, compared to 60 per cent of men who said the same.
The survey found that among the remaining 66 per cent of households reported, there was at least one additional wage earner living at home other than the respondents themselves.
To assess the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic on the overall working and living conditions of garment workers in Bangladesh, SANEM in partnership with MFO have been conducting a series of surveys, with new questionnaires and among slightly changed number of respondents each week.
Around 1,272 workers who are employed in factories in Chittagong, Dhaka City, Gazipur, Narayanganj, and Savar were interviewed for the survey.
Over three-quarters of the working respondents are women, which is roughly representative of workers in the sector as a whole.
The latest survey looks into the household economies of garment workers. The survey helps to understand not only how individual garment workers are coping during the COVID-19 crisis, but how the members of their household upon whom each other depends are also faring, a blog article on the survey findings said.
Among the households which reported having at least one additional wage earner living at home, 83 per cent agreed to share information on the economic activities of the other wage earners residing in the home. It was found that among these households, 91 per cent of respondents reported one additional wage earner in the household, almost 9.0 per cent of respondents reported two additional wage earners, less than 1.0 per cent of respondents reported three or more additional wage earners.
