TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1978
RESULTS OF FACTORIES AND EMPLOYMENT SURVEY
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EIGHTY-TWO PER CENT OF THE MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS ARE SMALL WORKPLACES EMPLOYING LESS THAN 20 PEOPLE, ACCORDING TO A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT IN MARCH THIS YEAR.
THE SURVEY ALSO SHOWED THAT THESE ESTABLISHMENTS ONLY ABSORBED SLIGHTLY MORE THAN 190,000 PEOPLE OR ABOUT 25 PER CENT OF THE MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE OF 766,230 IN 38,603 MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS.
FACTORIES EMPLOYING MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE ACCOUNTED FOR THREE PER CENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS AND THEY EMPLOYED 43 PER CENT OF THE WORKFORCE.
THE FOLLOWING TABLES SHOWS THE DISTRIBUTION OF MANUFACTURING CONCERNS AND THEIR WORKFORCES BY SIZE OF ESTABLISHMENT:-
SIZE OF ESTABLISHMENTS (NUMBER OF PERSONS
ENGAGED)
MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS
PERSONS ENGAGED
NUMBERS %% OF TOTAL
NUMBERS % OF TOTAL
1 - 9
25,527
66
107,564
14
-
10 19
6,282
16
84,679
11
-
20 49
3,767
10
120,426
16
50
-
99
1,762
5
121,880
16
100
199
776
2
106,077
14
200
-
499
352
1
102,726
13
500
·999
98
*
65,325
9
1,000
-
1,999
35
*
47,482
6
2,000 AND OVER
4
*
10,071
1
TOTAL
38,603
100
766,230
100
* LESS THAN 0.5%
A FURTHER ANALYSIS OF ESTABLISHMENT SIZE IN REPSECT OF THE FIVE MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUPS SHOWED THAT SMALL ESTABLISHMENTS WERE PREDOMINANT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, IN WHICH 91 PER CENT OF THESE ESTABLISHMENTS ENGAGED LESS THAN 20 PEOPLE, THEY TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 45 PER CENT OF THE LABOUR FORCE IN THIS INDUSTRY.
THE DISTRIBUTION