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. 2021 Feb 23;16(2):e0246251. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246251

Table 1. Summary of seasonal migrant workers’ employment opportunities by business domain, region and sex, October 2016 (N = 1,017,888).

Region Male Female
Employing organizations n (%) n (%)
Afar 25,565 (92.3) 2,124 (7.7)
Floriculture and horticulture 10,089 (92.2) 854 (7.8)
Sugar cane plantation and factory 15,476 (92.4) 1,270 (7.6)
Amhara 402,958 (93.0) 30,483 (7.0)
Crop production (sesame, groundnut, sorghum, cotton etc.) 400,158 (93.2) 28,983 (6.8)
Sugar cane plantation and factory 2,800 (65.1) 1,500 (34.9)
Benishangul Gumuz 57,183 (87.5) 8,197 (12.5)
Crop production 57,183 (87.5) 8,197 (12.5)
Gambella 122,739 (93.4) 8,736 (6.6)
Crop production 122,739 (93.4) 8,736 (6.6)
Oromia 59,773 (76.6) 18,232 (23.4)
Construction 104 (99.0) 1 (1.0)
Crop production 42,049 (90.7) 4,314 (9.3)
Floriculture and horticulture 3,067 (25.1) 9,133 (74.9)
Gold mining 20 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
Sugar cane plantation and factory 14,533 (75.2) 4,784 (24.8)
SNNP 8,602 (81.2) 1,997 (18.8)
Construction 2,064 (92.3) 160 (7.2)
Crop production 3,763 (81.2) 872 (18.8)
Floriculture and horticulture 386 (66.1) 198 (33.9)
Sugar cane plantation and factory 2,389 (75.7) 767 (24.3)
Tigray 251,046 (92.5) 20,253 (7.5)
Crop production 247,886 (92.6) 19,855 (7.4)
Sugar cane plantation and factory 3,160 (88.8) 398 (11.2)
Grand total 927,866 (91.2) 90,022 (8.8)