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3.3.6 Frequency of payment of hired paid labor by the Smoked Fish Processors
Results from table 36 indicate that, majority 51.6 of the Smoked Fish Processors pay their hired laborers on daily basis. More than half of the processors pay their hired laborers on
daily basis. Laborers paid on bi-weekly basis by the processors constitute 9.7 and monthly paid hired laborers also constituted 8.6. Some of the laborers are also paid on an annual
basis and these constitute 4.3.
Table 35 Frequency of payment of hired paid laborers Frequency of payment of hired
laborers by Smoked Fish Processors
Number Percent
Central Region N=62
Daily 43
69.4 Weekly
11 17.7
Bi-weekly 1
1.6 Monthly
2 3.2
As and When available 1
1.6 Annual
4 6.5
Western Region N=31
Daily 5
16.1 Weekly
12 38.7
Bi-weekly 8
25.8 Monthly
6 19.4
As and When available 0.0
Annual 0.0
Overall N=93
Daily 48
51.6 Weekly
23 24.7
Bi-weekly 9
9.7 Monthly
8 8.6
As and When available 1
1.1 Annual
4 4.3
Figure 14 Percentage distribution of payment frequency of hired labourers
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3.3.7 Gender distribution of Labor force engaged by the Smoked Fish Processors
The nature of the fish smoke processing require that some of the processors engage helping hands to assist them with the processing activities. A total of 551 female labor force is
engaged by 149 Smoked Fish Processors giving an average of 4 female helping hands per processor. A total of 58 male labor force is engaged by 25 Smoked Fish Processors giving an
average of 2 male helping hands per processor.
Table 36 Gender distribution of labor force engaged by the Fish processors
Gender distribution of labor used by fish
processors
Number Percent
Total labor force
Average labor
Central Region 100
Female 95
95 346
4 Male
15 15
40 3
Western Region 60
Female 54
90 205
4 Male
10 17
18 2
Overall 160
Female 149
93 551
4 Male
25 16
58 2
3.3.8 Family members used by the Smoked Fish Processors as helping hands
Results from table 38 indicates that a total of 308 family members are engaged by 103 Smoked Fish Processors as helping hands in their processing activities. On the average, 3
family members is engaged by each processor.
Table 37 Family members engaged by Smoked Fish Processors
Family members engaged in processing
activity
Number Total Number
engaged Average number
of family members
Central Region
Total number of family members
61 176
3
Western Region
Total number of family members
42 132
3
Overall
Total number of family members
103 308
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3.3.9 Access to savings account
