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78 married w/2 children speaks Indonesian poorly father died when Tata 7 days old; none of his siblings have gone beyond S.D. mother died 5 mo. before Tata finished SD & he forced to give up ambition of continuing school & becoming language teacher (juru bahasa) when mother died he age 13 & taken to live on Patuhawattee by older sibling (formerly living in Subang area) at Patuhaw Tata works in plant maintenance (perwatan tanamen) division & gets 650 a day wife, who is from Eiwede, picks tea & can get 30k a day in good season, but lately only 20k maximum; Tata was 17 when he married although wife from Eiwede, Tata doesn't often go there; at most, once in 3 mo. & then only if have the cost (1800 Rp round trip for one person) only twice since coming to Patuhaw at age 13 has Tata been able to go back to village in Subeng; passed thru Bandung on these 2 trips also worked for 1 yr. in Bandung as a kuli bangunan (constructed 79 laborer moved from rooming house to rooming house during the yr. & finally came back to Patuhaw because realized impossible to save in Bandung altho. earned 1500 a day, used up for own expenses; while on Patuhaw earn less but "can eat with your children" was unhappy in Bandung, away from wife & children p7 ambition to set up a small trade venture (usaha dagang kecil2an) but finds it impossible to save the capital every payday earnings eaten up by debts & advances for staples & forced to borrow again before marriage able to save in form of goats, but forced to sell off goats to pay for marriage expenses; says "Formerly I had goats, but I traded them for a wife " ("distukas dengan istri") (3) third interview with Wawan [[underlined]], a 21 - yr. old mandor at Eileeur - Wawan born at Eiluur kampung, but parents from Garut Wawan's mother went back to the Garut