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Fashion and Textiles

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

Table 7 Manufacturing costs of the basic designs: blouse, pants, and sacket

From: Comparisons: women’s garments manufacturing cost survey between Korea and China

Items

Pieces

Country

Low cost

Middle cost

High cost

N

M

S.D.

T value

N

M

S.D.

T value

N

M

S.D.

T value

Blouse

500 pieces or less

C

22

$3.90

1.72

15.418***

22

$4.78

2.23

14.510***

22

$6.08

3.19

12.075***

K

22

$13.56

2.38

22

$15.34

2.59

22

$17.58

3.13

500–1000 pieces or less

C

22

$3.61

1.61

15.732***

22

$4.38

2.08

14.953***

22

$5.48

3.03

12.210***

K

22

$12.62

2.15

22

$14.16

2.25

22

$16.47

2.94

1000–5000 pieces or less

C

22

$3.38

1.58

13.948***

22

$4.13

2.07

12.624***

22

$5.21

3.08

10.246***

K

22

$11.32

2.15

22

$12.73

2.43

22

$14.89

3.19

5000–10,000 pieces or less

C

22

$3.09

1.50

12.437***

22

$3.83

1.96

11.648***

22

$4.93

2.99

9.633***

K

22

$10.31

2.28

22

$11.66

2.46

22

$13.63

3.01

Above 10,000 pieces

C

11

$2.91

1.63

7.848***

11

$3.50

2.21

7.341***

11

$4.46

3.34

6.492***

K

19

$9.69

2.57

18

$10.75

2.77

18

$12.53

3.19

Mean

C

 

$3.42

   

$4.14

   

$5.24

 

1.00

K

 

$10.95

  

$12.32

  

$14.63

 

Pants

500 pieces or less

C

22

$4.12

1.78

15.004***

22

$4.92

2.29

13.670***

22

$6.12

3.20

11.476***

K

22

$13.20

2.21

22

$14.74

2.47

 

22

$16.94

3.06

500–1000 pieces or less

C

22

$3.84

1.62

15.446***

22

$4.63

2.15

14.189***

22

$5.72

3.04

11.705***

K

22

$12.26

1.98

22

$13.75

2.12

22

$15.66

2.57

1000–5000 pieces or less

C

22

$3.60

1.61

14.510***

22

$4.35

2.14

12.847***

22

$5.42

3.05

10.269***

K

22

$11.25

1.88

22

$12.48

2.06

22

$14.40

2.74

5000–10,000 pieces or less

C

22

$3.25

1.50

12.946***

22

$4.05

2.03

11.955***

22

$5.11

2.96

9.765***

K

22

$10.14

1.99

22

$11.62

2.17

22

$13.43

2.69

Above 10,000 pieces

C

11

$2.73

1.40

9.213***

11

$3.51

2.01

8.387***

11

$4.48

3.10

5.271***

K

18

$9.34

2.10

18

$10.72

2.38

18

$11.75

3.87

Mean

C

 

3.64

   

4.43

   

5.52

  

K

 

11.31

   

12.75

   

14.57

  

Jacket

500 pieces or less

C

22

$6.91

3.19

12.638***

22

$7.99

3.88

12.549***

22

$9.53

4.99

10.939***

K

22

$21.78

4.51

22

$23.86

4.49

 

22

$26.62

5.36

500–1000 pieces or less

C

22

$6.50

2.91

13.323***

22

$7.43

3.55

13.333***

22

$8.94

4.89

11.060***

K

22

$20.65

4.04

22

$22.64

4.01

 

22

$25.18

4.85

1000–5000 pieces or less

C

22

$6.12

2.95

12.765***

22

$7.01

3.55

12.474***

22

$8.50

4.89

10.337***

K

22

$19.25

3.82

22

$21.18

3.98

 

22

$23.28

4.58

5000–10,000 pieces or less

C

22

$5.74

2.80

11.950***

22

$6.65

3.43

11.746***

22

$8.08

4.73

9.981***

K

22

$17.63

3.73

22

$19.47

3.80

 

22

$21.74

4.34

Above 10,000 pieces

C

11

$5.15

2.99

8.162***

11

$5.87

3.52

8.672***

11

$7.23

5.18

7.567***

K

18

$17.10

4.24

18

$18.41

3.93

 

18

$20.56

4.23

Mean

C

 

6.25

   

7.19

   

8.68

  

K

 

19.28

  

21.18

   

23.57

 
  1. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001
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