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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

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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