From: Integrated agriculture programs to address malnutrition in northern Malawi
 | Pre-recipe days | Post recipe days | ||||
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Household Task | Mainly wives (%) | Mainly husbands (%) | Done almost equally (%) | Mainly wives (%) | Mainly husbands (%) | Done almost equally (%) |
Laundry | 60 (100) | - | - | 56 (93) | - | 4 (7)a |
Herding livestock | - | 60 (100) | - | - | 60 (100) | - |
Constructing pit latrine | - | 60 (100) | - | - | 60 (100) | - |
Shopping | 11 (18) | 12 (20) | 37 (62) | - | - | 60 (100)a |
Ironing | - | 13 (21) | 47 (70) | - | 8 (13) | 52 (87) |
Sweeping | 48 (80) | - | 12(20) | 27(45) | 2(3) | 31 (52) |
Cooking | 60 (100) | - | - | 54 (90) | - | 6 (10) a |
Farming | - | 12 (20) | 48 (80) | - | 4 (7) | 46 (93) |
Pounding maize | 60 (100) | - | - | 60 (100) | - | - |
Caring for livestock | - | 19 (31) | 41 (68) | - | - | 60 (100) |
Fetching firewood | 60 (100) | - | - | 58 (97) | - | 2 (3) a |
Earning money | - | 36 (60) | 24 (40) | - | - | 60 () |
Going to maize mill | 56 (93) | - | 4 (7) | 48 (80) | 2(3) | 10 (17) a |
Drawing water | 60 (100) | - | - | 52 (87) | - | 8 (13) a |
Washing Dishes | 60 (100) | - | - | Â | 58(97) | - |