Table 1 Vegetables and fruits grown on garden plots
Vegetables and fruits |
% of families engaged in their growing |
Potato |
100.00 |
Onion |
67.89 |
Other vegetables and fruits |
77.98 |
Table 2 Livestock and poultry raised in households
Livestock and poultry |
% of families engaged in their raising |
Cows |
98.17 |
Sheep |
100.00 |
Goats |
66.06 |
Hens |
44.95 |
Geese |
3.67 |
Turkey cocks |
21.10 |
Others |
79.82 |
Table 3 Composition of an average rural family
Family’s members |
Number |
% |
Husband |
0.97 |
14.99 |
Wife |
0.98 |
15.13 |
Children up to 7 years old |
0.60 |
9.19 |
Children of 7-14 years old |
0.94 |
14.43 |
Children of 14-18 years old |
0.64 |
9.90 |
Children over 18 years old |
1.62 |
25.04 |
Aged members of the family |
0.46 |
7.07 |
Others |
0.28 |
4.24 |
Table 4 Weekly workload on men and women
Item |
Women |
Men |
% |
Wage work |
0.12 |
1.76 |
14.7 |
Cooking |
8.49 |
0.02 |
424.5 |
Cleaning a house and a courtyard, household works |
6.04 |
5.87 |
1.0 |
Bringing up children |
5.78 |
0.56 |
10.3 |
Laundering and washing up |
8.56 |
|
8.0 |
Care of sick and aged people |
0.47 |
0.17 |
2.8 |
Visit of a market, purchasing |
5.06 |
6.57 |
1.3 |
Work on a garden plot (cultivating a vegetable garden, harvesting forage etc.) |
10.55 |
21.37 |
2.0 |
Domestic needs (supplying water, fuel etc.) |
0.37 |
2.68 |
7.2 |
Communication with neighbors, paying a visit |
3.54 |
2.98 |
1.2 |
Receiving guests, relatives, and friends |
4.53 |
4.08 |
1.1 |
Devotions |
0.05 |
0.13 |
2.6 |
Personal time |
4.13 |
3.54 |
0.9 |
Watching TV, reading, and hobby |
7.15 |
10.95 |
1.5 |
Fulfilling social duties |
0.14 |
1.57 |
11.2 |
Meal and sleep |
36.93 |
37.77 |
1.0 |