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Table 4 Pile sorting of household tasks (n = 60 respondents)

From: Integrated agriculture programs to address malnutrition in northern Malawi

 

Pre-recipe days

Post recipe days

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)

-

-

 

58(97)

-

  1. aindicates reported change in practice