XN000022-1978-06-27 — Page 2

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.

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