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Figure 1: Primary Breadwinners According to Gender
On the matter of daily, weekly, or monthly expenses, the participant's answers are
broken down below. A general trend is that food expenses are more on a daily
basis, while payment for utilities and maintenance medicine is computed on a
monthly basis. From a total of 33 responses to this question, 45.45% (15) had
expenses at the 10-16,000 PHP range, 30.3% (10) at 16,000 PHP and above, then
12.1% (4) reached at the 5-10,000 PHP and below 5000 PHP ranges.
Table 2: Respondents' Expenses
Expenses
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Food
22
7
3
Water
3
0
29
Electricity
0
0
32
Cellphone load
5
11
14
Medicine
2
1
18
Rent
0
1
15
Milk for children or
the elderly
2
4
3
Others
1
18
10
For employment in sweatshop work meanwhile, there were 35 responses broken
down as follows: 8 respondents indicated that they were employed in sweatshop
conditions for less than a year. The majority, 16, had shared that they had been
employed for 1 to 5 years, with most respondents falling within the three-year
range.
Lastly, a sizable portion, 10, answered that they had been engaged in sweatshop
work for more than five years, with the highest being 31 years in the workforce.