Table 6a: Nature of Employment Valid Missing Total Permanent Temporary Casual Total System Frequency 254 50 24 328 50 378 Percent 67.2 13.2 6.3 86.8 13.2 100.0 Valid Percent 77.4 15.2 7.3 100.0 Cumulative Percent 77.4 92.7 100.0 Table 6b: Nature of Employment by Sector Name of Sector Total Telecommunication Oil& Gas Banking Nature of Employment Permanent Temporary Casual Total 74(22.56%) 70(21.34%) 110(33.53%) 254(67.2%) 22(6.70%) 14(4.26%) 14(4.26%) 50(13.2%) 10(3.04%) 14(4.26%) 24(6.3%) 96(29.26%) 94(28.65%) 138(42.07%) 328 Source: Field Survey, 2009 Sex Total Table 6c: Nature of Employment by Gender Nature of Employment Male Female Permanent Temporary 178(85.75%) 12(5.76%) 76(63.33%) 38(31.67%) 254(67.2%) 50(13.2%) Casual Total 18(8.65%) 208(63.41%) 6(5%) 120(36.58%) 24(6.3%) 328 Source: Field survey, 2009 As shown in table 6c above, the percentage of female respondents(31.67%) in temporary employment is much higher than that of male respondents(8.65%), which is probably indicative of the fact that women are more prone to precarious employment than their male counterparts. The reality in the telecommunication and banking sectors today is that the bulk of the marketing staff are females outsourced from consultants and not on permanent employment. In the banks, there is the increasing practice of 7