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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