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Table 1 Percentage of families grows vegetables and fruits on their plots

Item

%

Tomato

50.0

Potato

26.0

Onion

3.0

Apricot

14.0

Grape

46.0

Persimmon

60.0

Others

63.0

 

Table 2 Percentage of families raise livestock and poultry in their households

Livestock and poultry

%

Cows

37

Sheep

35

Goats

9

Hens

28

Geese

1

Turkey cocks

2

Others

5

 

Table 3 Composition of an average rural family

Family’s members

Number

%

Husband

0.99

10.61

Wife

0.99

10.61

Children up to 7 years old

0.58

6.22

Children of 7-14 years old

2.12

22.72

Children of 14-18 years old

2.03

21.76

Children over 18 years old

1.01

10.83

Old members of a family

1.28

13.72

 

Table 4 Weekly workload on men and women, in hours

Item

Women

Men

%

Wage work

6.12

21.22

3.5

Cooking

8.21

 

8.2

Cleaning a house and a courtyard, household works

7.3

6.99

1.0

Baby-minding

13.61

0.04

340.3

Laundering and washing up

6.96

 

7.0

Care of sick and aged people

0.4

 

 

Visit of a market, purchasing

0.15

2.86

19.1

Work at a garden plot (cultivating a vegetable garden, harvesting forage etc.)

7.45

12.02

1.6

Domestic needs (supplying water, fuel etc.)

0.17

1.35

7.9

Communication with neighbors, paying a visit

1.87

1.39

1.3

Receiving guests, relatives, and friends

1.91

1.35

1.4

Devotions

0.06

0.1

1.7

Personal time

4.13

3.82

1.1

Watching TV, reading, hobby

9.22

10.65

1.2

Meals and sleeping

32.44

37.9

1.2