Socio-Economic Factors of Readymade Garments Workers in Bangladesh

D.U. Journal of Marketing, Vol. No. 15, June 2012 (Published in November, 2014)

21 Pages Posted: 15 Oct 2016

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Nazrul Islam

Northern University Bangladesh

Abu Sayef Bari Chowdhuri

Jahangirnagar University

Date Written: October 13, 2016

Abstract

Readymade garment industry is the prime sector of foreign earnings of Bangladesh. There are more than 4,500 garment companies are operating in Bangladesh. More than 80% of the foreign earnings are coming from this sector. At present, four million workers are working in this sector in which 90% are rural women. It is claimed by the employers that the garment companies have helped to develop the socio-economic status of the rural women employed in this sector. Hence, this paper aims at identifying the socio-economic status factors of the garment workers of Bangladesh. This study suggests that housing, water and sanitation conditions, medical facilities and first aid treatment, wages, social status, adaptation of cultural values and norms, attachment with labor unions, ownership arrangement, leave with pay and overtime are significantly related to the socio-economic status of the garments workers of Bangladesh. This study recommends that the measures for improving the socio-economic status of the women workers are related to the improvement of their housing conditions, education, health and sanitation, and the favorable service rules for the women workers.

Keywords: Socio-economic Status, Cultural Values and Norms, Labor Unions

Suggested Citation

Islam, Nazrul and Bari Chowdhuri, Abu Sayef, Socio-Economic Factors of Readymade Garments Workers in Bangladesh (October 13, 2016). D.U. Journal of Marketing, Vol. No. 15, June 2012 (Published in November, 2014), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2851802 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2851802

Nazrul Islam (Contact Author)

Northern University Bangladesh ( email )

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Abu Sayef Bari Chowdhuri

Jahangirnagar University ( email )

Savar
Social Science Faculty, Savar
Dhaka, Dhaka 1342
Bangladesh

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