Employment and income of heads of families in selected towns of upland Cavite / Wilma G. Espineli.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Indang, Cavite : 1999. Cavite State University- Main Campus,Description: 57 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type: - text
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- 330 Es6 1999
- College of Economics, Management, and Development Studies (CEMDS)
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Thesis (BS Development Economics) Cavite State University.
Includes bibliographical references.
College of Economics, Management, and Development Studies (CEMDS)
ESPINELI, WILMA GONZALES, "Employment and Income of Heads of Families in Upland Cavite," B. S. Thesis, Bachelor of Science in Development Economics, Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite, April 1999. Adviser: Dr. Maria A. Ersando.
The study was conducted in selected towns of Upland Cavite: Alfonso, Gen.
Emilio Aguinaldo, Indang, Mendez and Silang in November to December 1998.
The study was conducted to: 1) describe the socio-economic characteristics of heads of families in Upland Cavite; 2) determine the types of employment and employment status of heads of families ; 3) determine their income 4) determine the nature of work of heads of families in Upland Cavite; 5) determine the major, as well as other sources of income of heads Of families in Upland Cavite; and 6) determine the problems encountered by heads of families regarding their present work.
A total of 250 respondents was taken through quota sampling. Data were analyzed using descriptive method by using frequency count, percentage, range and mean.
The average age of the respondents was 38 years. About 83.2 percent of the respondents were married, 14.8 percent were single, 1.6 percent were widow/widower and only 0.4 percent were separated. The household size of the respondents ranged from 2 to 1 1 members, with an average of six and the average number of dependents was three.
Most of the respondents (52.4%) were college graduates or attained college level; 40 percent were high school graduates, 4.4 percent have finished vocational courses, 2.0 have MS degrees and only 1.2 percent were Ph.D. holders.
Majority (50.8%) were employed in government institutions; 40.4 percent were privately employed, and 2.0 percent were self-employed. A total of 4.0 percent were employed in government agencies and at the same time were operating their own business or farm. Only 2.8 percent were privately employed and operating their own farm.
The average earnings of respondents was P9678.00. Many of the respondents (88.0%) received an income from P3,000 — P 14,000; 65.6 percent considered that their income was adequate for their work. Most of the respondents (74.4%) considered that income was inadequate to sustain the needs of the whole family.
The problems encountered by heads of families were classified into two:
problems regarding their present employment and problems in income allocation.
Majority of the respondents reported that low salary was the major problem.
It is recommended that the heads of families should have part time jobs or establish their own business. It is also proposed that the employers must increase the wages/salaries of their employees. The heads of families must try to pursue higher studies especially those who are still young to have higher income in the future.
Submitted to the University Library 03/10/2000 T-2005