ISBN: - 978-93-88936-09-5 as below 5 years, 5-10 years, 10-15 years, 15-20 years, and above 20 years. The following table presented that the experience of tappers in NR tapping. Table 4.18 Year of experience for tappers Year of experie nce below 5 years 5-10 10-15 15-20 Above 20 Total Kalkulam taluk Vilavancode taluk Thovalai taluk Respond ent 12 9 22 13 14 70 Percent age 17 13 31 18 20 100.0 Respond ent 9 13 15 9 4 50 Percent age 18 26 30 18 8 100 Respond ent 10 7 6 4 3 30 Percent age 17 23 20 13 10 100 31 29 43 26 21 150 Total Respond ent Percent age 21 19 29 17 14 100 Source: Computed from Primary dataNote: Figures in parentheses indicate the percentage to total Table 4.18 indicates that the experiences of NR tappers in Kanyakumari district, and its classified into three taluks. Out of total respondents, 43(29 per cent) are having the experience from 10-15 years, 31 (21 per cent) are having the experience of below 5 years, 29 (19 per cent) are having the experience from 5-10 years, 17(26 per cent) have the experience from 15-20 years, and remaining 21(14 per cent) have the experience of above 20 years. Amount of monthly income The income particular helps us to know the living conditions of the tappers. Income is one of the important determining factors of a marketable surplus. Rich growers don not need financial assistance from other agencies, because of their sound financial position. He does not sell out all the NR products at once. It reduces the marketable surplus. He is waiting to sell out their rubber sheets or milky rubber for higher prices. In the present study, amount of monthly income of the respondents are classified as below Rs. 20000/-,Rs. 20000/- to Rs. 25000/-, Rs. 25000/- to Rs. 30000/-, Rs. 30000/- to Rs. 35000/-, and above Rs. 35000/. The distribution of respondents according to their monthly income is depicted under the table. Table 4.19 Amount of monthly income Amou nt of income (Rs.) Below 20000 2000025000 25000Kalkulam taluk Vilavancode taluk Responde nt 17 18 15 Percenta ge 23.9 25.4 21.1 Responde nt 10 11 9 Responde nt 20.0 22.0 18.0 126 Thovalai taluk Responde nt 7 8 5 Percenta ge 23.3 26.6 16.7 Total Responde nt 34 37 29 Percenta ge 23 25 19
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