ISBN: - 978-93-88936-09-5 18. General health condition of women tappers is very poor because of their continuous engagement in household works or tapping from dawn to desk. Moreover, the gravity of occupational physical problems such as back pain, chest pain, leg pain etc. is high among them 19. The majority of the respondents feel satisfied about the tapping of the rubber trees because skilled tappers are available there. 20. The entire co-efficient of correlation is found significant at 5 percent level. Among the independent variables, repayment, remuneration, advanced received, sources of finance and sources of income, and the dependent variables include age, and sex, education and experience are found to have positive influences. It implies that there is a close relationship between dependent and independent factors of tappers in Kanyakumari district. 21. The paired sample correlation applied for 10 pairs of variables, their values reflect a highly positive correlation, since the results found is above 0.5 per cent in three taluks, namely Kalkulam taluk, Vilavancode taluk, and Thovalai taluk,Thovalai taluk has shown results as 0.964 higher positive correlation likewise Vilavancode taluk and Kalkulam taluk have shown as higher positive correlation that are 0.907 and 0.934 respectively. 22. Regarding the calculated value of all the pair’s t-test is greater than 0.01 levels. So the null hypothesis is accepted at 1 per cent level. It can be concluded that there is no significant differences. In Kalkulam taluk from pair 1 to pair 7 and pair 10 are accepted, and the remaining pairs 8 and 9 are rejected. In Vilavancode taluk, from pair 1 to pair 3, pair 6, pair 8 and pair 9 are accepted, there is no significant among the pairs, and remaining pair 4, pair 5, pair 7 and pair 10 are rejected. In Thovalai taluk, from pair 4 to pair 9, pair 2 is accepted, as there are no significant differences among the pairs, and remaining pair 1, pair 3, and pair 10 are rejected, because there are marked differences. 23. Out of the total sample tappers, 93 percent are full time tappers and 7 percent are farmers or small-scale businessmen rather than tappers. They engage in tertiary sectors also. 6.3 SUGGESTIONS OF THE STUDY 6..3 (A) Related to production The gestation period of the plantation locks up the initial investment till the commencement of the economic yield. Shorter gestation period varieties of plants are to be evoked for quick recovery of returns of investment in order to attract more producers. Unorganized sector is a major constraint in increasing the holders’ income. Enhancing the net farm income of rubber holdings is the prime factor. Intercropping is secondary source of income, rubber wood, honey from rubber, rubber seed oils etc., these earnings are also supported to them. 162
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