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Table 9: Educational Levels Comparison of Parents, Respondents and Children (%)
Parents Respondents Children
Literate 66 100 100
Secondary Education Through Form III 9 100 100
Form V or Higher 0 66 90
Form V only 0 15 11
Form V + Form VI and / or Diploma
/ Tech. 0 33 41
BA Degree (only) 0 6 31
Graduate Degree 0 12 8
The occupational distribution if he three generations shows distinctly different patterns. As shown in Table 10 below, the government sector provided the majority jobs
for the respondents themselves, but was much less important for their parents or for their children. Only 17 per cent of the respondent’s parents worked for the
government, likely reflecting the relatively low education levels of the respondents’ parents and also the small size of the government sector during British Colonial
period. While the respondents themselves report that 67 per cent of them served the bulk of their careers in government. This decline likely reflects the growth
of employment opportunities for educated youth in the private sector, and it may also reflect the government bias against hiring non-Malays who make up 63 per
cent of the total number of adult children of the respondents.
Table 10: Occupational Distribution of Parent, Respondents and Children (%)
Parents Respondents Children
Public / Private
Government Employment 17 67 36
Non-Government Employment 83 33 64
Main Occupations
Farming 61 0 3
Teaching 3 15 9
Government Technician / Clerk 2 45 19
Other 34 40 69
References
Monthly Statistical Bulletin, Sarawak, Malaysia (April 2008). Department of Statistic, Sarawak, Malaysia
Othman, N., M. C. Puthucheary and C.S. Kessler (2008), Sharing the Nation: Faith, Diferences, Power the State 50 Years After Merdeka, Stategic
Information and Research Development Centre, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Todaro, M. and S. Smith (2005). Economic Development, 9 Edition, Pearson Addison-Wesley, New Jersey, USA
th
Schatz, Richard E., “Structural Transformation and Rural development in Sarawak, Malaysia, 1963-2006”, e Sarawak Museum Journal,
December 2007, LXIII (84), 1-39.
Yearbook of Statistic, Sarawak, Malaysia, 2007. Department of Statistic , Sarawak, Malaysia
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Parents Respondents Children
Literate 66 100 100
Secondary Education Through Form III 9 100 100
Form V or Higher 0 66 90
Form V only 0 15 11
Form V + Form VI and / or Diploma
/ Tech. 0 33 41
BA Degree (only) 0 6 31
Graduate Degree 0 12 8
The occupational distribution if he three generations shows distinctly different patterns. As shown in Table 10 below, the government sector provided the majority jobs
for the respondents themselves, but was much less important for their parents or for their children. Only 17 per cent of the respondent’s parents worked for the
government, likely reflecting the relatively low education levels of the respondents’ parents and also the small size of the government sector during British Colonial
period. While the respondents themselves report that 67 per cent of them served the bulk of their careers in government. This decline likely reflects the growth
of employment opportunities for educated youth in the private sector, and it may also reflect the government bias against hiring non-Malays who make up 63 per
cent of the total number of adult children of the respondents.
Table 10: Occupational Distribution of Parent, Respondents and Children (%)
Parents Respondents Children
Public / Private
Government Employment 17 67 36
Non-Government Employment 83 33 64
Main Occupations
Farming 61 0 3
Teaching 3 15 9
Government Technician / Clerk 2 45 19
Other 34 40 69
References
Monthly Statistical Bulletin, Sarawak, Malaysia (April 2008). Department of Statistic, Sarawak, Malaysia
Othman, N., M. C. Puthucheary and C.S. Kessler (2008), Sharing the Nation: Faith, Diferences, Power the State 50 Years After Merdeka, Stategic
Information and Research Development Centre, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Todaro, M. and S. Smith (2005). Economic Development, 9 Edition, Pearson Addison-Wesley, New Jersey, USA
th
Schatz, Richard E., “Structural Transformation and Rural development in Sarawak, Malaysia, 1963-2006”, e Sarawak Museum Journal,
December 2007, LXIII (84), 1-39.
Yearbook of Statistic, Sarawak, Malaysia, 2007. Department of Statistic , Sarawak, Malaysia
Dahulu Terasing Kini Terjalin | 257
