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which might be investigated through comparisons with the
baseline study? It is unlikely that we will encounter major
changes in sawah ownership distribution over a 6-7 year pe-
riod, but changes in tenancy interrelating with household la-

bor market strategies are likely to be of some significance. 34
Finally, the previous preliminary report (Wiradi, Manning and
Sri Hartoyo, 1984: Ch. IV) showed a significant decline in farm
laboring occupations balanced by expansion in non agricul-
tural jobs; the key issue here is how these changes have influ-
enced the relative economic status of various ownership and
cultivation classes. Analysis of the resurvey data indicates sub-
stantial increases in the share of income of hours worked in
higher earnings non agricultural activities in the sample for all
land owning classes (Saefudin and Yuni Marisa, 1984). Com-
parison of the recensus and baseline census data (using own-
ership of consumer goods as an indicator) can throw light on
the extent to which these changes are general to the commu-
nities as a whole. Relevant questions include what age-sex
groups and experiencing upward economic mobility, what
type of occupations and in which locations are substantial gains
being made, and how has this affected the distribution of wealth
within the communities. Such analysis will enable us to sepa-

rate out the gainers and losers overtime pertaining to the com-
plex patterns of employment observed in this paper.

34 Preliminary analysis of the baseline data suggests no clear pat-
tern of change among villages in the distribution of tenancy con-
tracts; we have not at this stage related this data to changes in
source of income and occupation.

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