Research, Policy and Practice
Table 8 Differences in household work sharing among household members in different livelihood categories (values are mean ± standard deviation)
Type of work | Agrarian | Pastoral | Agro-pastoral | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Daughter (%) | Husband (%) | Son (%) | Wives (%) | Daughter (%) | Husband (%) | Son (%) | Wives (%) | Daughter (%) | Husband (%) | Son (%) | Wives (%) | |
House construction | 0.0 | 100.0 | 8.3 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 60.7 | 10.0 | 67.7 | 10.0 | 88.0 | 23.3 | 16.0 |
Milking shoat | 0.0 | 19.4 | 11.1 | 5.3 | 23.9 | 60.7 | 50.0 | 53.2 | 5.0 | 50.0 | 20.9 | 6.0 |
Milking camel | 0.0 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 73.8 | 23.7 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 28.0 | 14.0 | 2.0 |
Baby seating | 75.0 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 92.1 | 89.1 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 98.4 | 75.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 90.0* |
Fetching water | 77.8 | 13.5 | 2.8 | 94.7 | 89.1 | 8.1 | 6.7 | 100.0 | 85.0 | 16.0 | 14.0 | 94.0* |
Preparation of food | 83.3 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 94.7 | 89.1 | 8.1 | 1.7 | 98.4 | 85.0* | 8.0 | 14.0 | 90.0* |
Herding Shoat | 2.8 | 13.5 | 50.0 | 5.3 | 21.7 | 25.8 | 81.7 | 14.5 | 5.0 | 32.0 | 44.2 | 8.0 |
Herding camel | 0.0 | 2.7 | 5.6 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 50.0 | 70.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28.0 | 18.6 | 6.0 |
Fetching fodder for young animals | 0.0 | 62.2 | 41.7 | 23.7 | 10.9 | 75.8 | 61.7 | 33.9 | 25.0 | 68.0 | 53.5 | 42.0 |
Cleaning barns | 77.8* | 24.3 | 30.6 | 89.5 | 89.1 | 8.1 | 35.0 | 83.9 | 75.0 | 34.0 | 25.6 | 90.0 |
Milk processing | 44.4 | 10.8 | 2.8 | 78.9 | 73.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 93.5 | 61.9 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 90.0 |
Making handcrafts | 5.6 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 7.9 | 60.9 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 93.4 | 30.0 | 8.0 | 4.7 | 88.0 |
Collection and preparation of famine food | 19.4 | 63.9 | 5.6 | 89.5 | 32.6 | 48.4 | 1.7 | 90.3 | 45.0 | 70.0 | 2.4 | 96.0 |
Transporting grain from miller to house | 13.9 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 97.4 | 13.0 | 17.7 | 3.3 | 98.4 | 38.1 | 28.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |