Past research on the subject has distinguished between three types of urban poor on occupational basis: himmin, or unskilled managed to support them-selves and their families; and kyumin who survived mainly by working at odd jobs (25, pp. 108-111). The work at which slum inhabitants were employed was extremely varied but may be divided into two broad categories: jobs requiring physical labor and depending upon the demand for manual work (e.g., rickshaw pulling, day labor, and similar work suitable for himmin) and miscellaneous work such as that performed by craftsmen, small merchants, and street vendors and taken mainly by saimin and Kyimin. Most married women engaged in the manufacture of small goods or handicrafts which was done at home. Even young children were forced to seek outside employment to help support their parents. In the case of single persons, outside work was necessary for their own maintenance, often enough, included among them were beggars ruffians, and criminals.