THE KINDS OF WORK WOMEN MOSTLY GET INVOLVED IN QUARRY MINES



SPECIFIC WORK WOMEN PERFORM AT THE MINES
Case Summary Multiple Response 
  Cases
Valid
Missing

Total
N
Percent
N
Percent
Percent
N
Percent
&Q9
1254
99.9%
1
.1%
1255
100.0%
Dichotomy group tabulated at value 1

Table 6b.
Responses on specific work women perform at the mines (multiple responses).
Jobs women mostly do
Responses  
Percentage of cases

N
Percentage

(a) Digging
357
7.7%
28.5%
(b) Blasting
325
7.0%
25.9%
(c) Clearing
807
17.5%
64.4%
(d) Loading
1206
26.1%
96.2%
(e) Breaking
797
17.3%
63.6%
(f) Packaging
1124
24.4%
89.6%
Total
4616
100.0%
338.1%
Field survey   2011.
Question number 9, sought to know the specific work these women perform at these quarry mines so as to know the suitability of the job for them as mining, especially quarry mining was problematically identified for women.
The expected response was based on a multiple response approach as there were many options to identify the ones women participate in. From the table created, the summary show that in all the quarry mine work activities women participate more in loading with a raw number of one thousand two hundred and six representing 26.1% of the 100%, representing a case percentage of 96.2%. The loading work is followed by packaging with a response number of 1124 representing 24.4% showing the second highest job women perform at the quarry mines of Ebonyi State, with a percentage case of 89.6 percent.

Responses on whether respondents know why women are involved in any particular job (e.g clearing, loading, packaging etc.)  at the quarry mines.
Table 7.

Responses on why women are in particular job
Ebonyi   North
Ebonyi Central
Ebonyi South
Total
Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female

Yes
6(6.3)
49(51.6)
0(.0)
15(15.8)
2(2.1)
23(24.2)
95(100)
No
145(12.7)
315(27.6)
132(11.6)
232(20.3)
96(8.4)
221(19.4)
1141(100)
No response
2(11.1)
0(.0)
0(.0)
1(5.6)
1(5.6)
15(83.3)
19(100)
Total
153(12.2)
364(29)
132(10.5)
248(198)
99(7.9)
259(20.6)
1255(100)
Field survey   2011.
The table specific analysis on sex show the responses on how the two groups responded. On the knowledge on why women engage in a particular job  at the quarry mines, men on the ‘no’, column had 373 or 32.7 percent , while women had 768 or 67.3 percent based on sex that responded, indicating that females were higher in number . Even on the ‘yes’ column women were, 91.6 percent against 8.4 percent for men.

Summary of respondents knowledge on if they know the reasons why women are in a particular job activity.
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