ISBN: - 978-93-88936-09-5 13. Regarding “t” statistics, the significant difference among the socio-economic status of distributors in rubber sheets is identified for the variables viz Type of distributors, and their Age, Education, Marital Status, Income Family Size, Nature of Family, Time Spent For Business, Types of Subsidy, Area of Marketing, and Sources of Finance as the respective “ t” statistics, are significant at 5per cent level. 14. The paired sample correlation values reflect highly positive correlation, since the result found is above 0.5 per cent in three taluks, namely Kalkulam, Vilavancode, and Thovalai. 15. The rubber market in Kanyakumari District is dominated mostly by the retailers. They are assisted by brokers and intermediaries. They are operated mostly in black market, operations, and in order to avoid the excise duty imposed in latex, the wholesaler, who are deals in their rubber products, are marketed in metropoliticion cities like Chennai, Mumbai, and Calcutta. 6.2 (D) Findings related to NR Tappers: 1. The majority of the sample tappers in the study area belong to the age group 30-40.The study shows that the new generation is averse to rubber tapping. Out of 150 sample tappers only 10 per cent come under the age group, below 30. 2. The incomes from agricultural sector and labour sector of the tappers are ever on the rise. This is based on talukwise classification in Kanyakumari district, raised in their sources of income. While, in the Kalkulamtaluk, the income group share of different sources is as follows: tapping 47 per cent, agriculture 17 per cent, animal husbandry 24 per cent, casual labour 3 per cent and drivers 9 per cent. 3. The majority of the respondents are tapping the trees in smallholdings, and some of them prefer to tapping the trees in Arasu rubber board, because they enjoy more monetary and non-monetary privileges like education scholarship, medical facility, headlight, monthly salary received, and housing facility etc., than the others. 4. The term ofremuneration paid to the tappers includes monthly basis, daily/weekly basis, rate per tree basis, and both rate per tree and non-rate per tree basis. Basically, they follow two methods of payment to the tappers, piece rate of tree and non-piece rate of tree.The majority of the NR tappers are received payment on the basis of piece rate per tree tapping, because in Kanyakumari district NR cultivation in smallholdings. 5. Educational status of the family members as a whole and that of tappers has been analysed. More than 92 per cent of the sample respondents are literate. Out of the 150 respondents 8 percent are illiterate. Nearly 18 per cent have dropped their study at the primary level, whereas 26 per cent discontinued study at secondary level, 14 per cent tappers are 160
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