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Landownership Tenancy, and ...

owned, the relationship between land owned and both land
operated and other indicators of economic status (Section C).
The Section D examines the tenancy market, and relationships
between tenancy and land owned and operated. In the Sec-
tion F employment structure is introduced to the discussion,
relating sector of employment and major income sources to

sawah owned and tenancy status.

B. Data Sources, Sampling and General Characteristics of
the Sample Villages
Data on which this paper is based is taken from a partial
census of households of nine villages in rural Java conducted

in November–December 1983. The census provides a general
picture of land tenure and agricultural labor relationships,
household characteristics and economic status, and employ-
ment structure in each of the communities.
Eight of the nine villages surveyed in the re-census are
3
included in the analysis in this paper . Six are located in West
Java and two in East Java (See Map 1). All are predominantly
wet rice villages, three located in lowland areas (Wargabi-
nangun, Lanjan, Gemarang), two approximately 300 meters
above sea level (Sukaambit, Sukosari) and three more in up-
land regions 500 meters or more above sea level (Gunungwangi,
Malausma, Ciwangi). In the baseline study the sampling units
differed between villages, covering selected blocks of house-
holds, Rukun Tetangga (neighborhood units), Rukun

3 One of the villages (Petung), where dry land agriculture predomi-
nated, was not included.

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