Table 1 Vegetables and fruits grown on garden plots
Vegetables and fruits |
% of families engaged in their growing |
Tomato |
89.00 |
Potato |
69.00 |
Onion |
2.00 |
Apricot |
15.00 |
Grape |
37.00 |
Pomegranate |
19.00 |
Corn |
21.00 |
Persimmon |
5.00 |
Others |
68.00 |
Table 2 Livestock and poultry raised in households
Livestock and poultry |
% of families engaged in their raising |
Cows |
69.00 |
Sheep |
68.00 |
Goats |
1.00 |
Hens |
87.00 |
Ducks |
1.00 |
Turkey cocks |
5.00 |
Table 3 Composition of an average rural family
Family’s members |
Number |
% |
Husband |
0.87 |
13.49 |
Wife |
1.00 |
15.50 |
Children up to 7 years old |
0.41 |
6.36 |
Children of 7-14 years old |
1.26 |
19.53 |
Children of 4-18 years old |
1.14 |
17.67 |
Children over 18 years old |
0.84 |
13.02 |
Elderly members of the family |
0.58 |
8.99 |
Husband |
0.35 |
5.43 |
Table 4 Weekly workload on men and women
Item |
Women |
Men |
% |
Wage work |
5.43 |
25.17 |
4.6 |
Cooking |
12.21 |
|
12.2 |
Cleaning their house and a courtyard, household works |
5.75 |
3.65 |
1.6 |
Baby-minding |
7.70 |
0.34 |
22.6 |
Laundering and washing up |
5.97 |
|
6.0 |
Care of sick and aged people |
1.75 |
0.33 |
5.3 |
Visit of a market, purchasing |
0.73 |
0.97 |
1.3 |
Work at a garden plot (cultivating a vegetable garden, harvesting forage etc.) |
17.08 |
15.17 |
1.1 |
Domestic needs (supplying water, fuel etc.) |
0.33 |
0.49 |
1.5 |
Communication with neighbors, paying a visit |
1.56 |
1.83 |
1.2 |
Receiving guests, relatives, and friends |
1.02 |
1.63 |
1.6 |
Devotions |
0.24 |
0.88 |
3.7 |
Personal time |
4.28 |
3.51 |
1.2 |
Watching TV, reading, hobby |
5.30 |
4.67 |
1.1 |
Meal and sleep |
45.61 |
41.37 |
1.1 |