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-Tati would like to finish 6th grade
-she wants to marry at age 15 and wants to choose her own husband, i.e. does not want an arranged marriage

[LEFT MARGIN:  Group Two: interviewed in the middle of a field]

[circled 3] third interview with young woman named [[underline]] Komala [/underline]], age 25
has been picking only 4 yrs; before that did not work
lives in kampong Suren
seems the most intelligent of the women interviewed today; thoughtful answers -- ((can we use her in our program?))
one child, age 4
child left with father who is a keamanan polisi (village policeman); father paid 19,500 a mo. by the plantation
Komala's child was born at home with the assistance of a trad. midwife (dunkun melahirkan)
she lost an earlier child - died at age 8 mo. of "muntaber", a disease which causes severe vomiting (muntah) and dia 
took the child to the doctor at Patuhawatee poliklenik, but died anyway, doctor's medicine didn't help
Komala has finished 4th grade

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she can read and write, "but not well" she says ("tapi jelek")
are Indonesian-language newspapers and magazines on the plantation, but these Sundanese-speaking women can't understand
I asked Komala if she knew how her wages were calculated
she says following sums are taken out of her earnings every month:
1.  240 for insurance (asuransi tenaga kerja = astek; her husband pays another 240)
2.  100 for "sports" (olah raga)
3.  150 for FBSI dues
Komala doesn't know what FBSI is, has never attended a meeting also has never heard of PKK
-she belongs to two arisans (rotating credit societies), a money arisan and a rice arisan (arisan uang dan arisan beras)
mandors have their own arisan, she says
Komala claims to be able to pick 80K a day in good season (40 x 2 weighings) and 30-40 in bad (15-20 x 2 weighings)
she confirms that payments 27 1/2 Rp a K