STATISTICAL MODELING OF WOMEN COUNT AND QUARRYMEN’S WAGE IN BURUNDI

Authors: Didace Ntirampeba, Osuald Ngendakumana, Etienne Barahinduka, Jean De Dieu Nkurunziza & Fleury Habonimana

ABSTRACT

Introduction

For many years, the quarries have begun to be extracted in the world [1]. Humans have used stone for building, whether it was for monuments, religious buildings or houses [2]. In Burundi, quarrying began even before the era of colonization [3]. Until this time, the quarries are still being mined. From 2016, Burundian government has created an office called Burundian Office of Mine and Quarries (Acronym OBM) whose target was to control the quarries’ extraction and till this time it’s still working. However, eventhougth the quarrying work seems to be underestimated, it feeds a portion of Burundian population [4]. Indeed, this investigation have been conducted in order to compare the living standard of the artisans in quarrying, realize what proportion of women working in quarries, its causes and at the end evaluate the quarries’ wage.

Methodology

This investigation involved nineteen sites and eighty six artisans in quarrying from two regions including west and north. A quastionnaire was used in order to determine the satisfaction of the quarries’ living standard, their wage and the number of women artisans in quarrying. We have used a non-probability sampling method due to the lack of the current database. Indeed, the artisans in quarrying surveyed, were found by using the volunteer sampling method. A count and ordered logistic model was built in order to modelize the number of women artisans in quarrying and also the quarrymen’s wage respectively.

Results

After data collection, we have found that men are very numerous in quarry mining. Of eighty six artisans in quarrying surveyed, they fill eighty four percent (84%). The number of women is statistically lower than the number of men extracting quarries. Eighty two percent (82%) manage to meet their basic needs from income from quarrying, sixty-six percent (66%) are satisfied by their job. Indeed, a site manager’ gender, total number of artisans and shareholders influence positively the number of women in quarrying but the quarrymen’s age influence it negatively. A quarryman’s wage increase with his age.

Conclusion

Through this study, it was found that quarrying has become a source of income for many. Although this profession requires a lot of physical strength, quarry workers are generally satisfied with it and with the income received, they manage to meet their basic needs in addition to income from agriculture. They claim that the income from this sector does not allow them to have a high standard of living than farmers and civil servants because of the lack of advanced technology for quarrying, they still exploit it manually. Thus, this lack deprives them of a significant production from which they cannot have a high standard of living.

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