Table D1. Background information on 49 Borana households monitored in nine regions in the southern rangelands throughout the period duly 1981 to July 1983.
Table D2. Reported importance rankings and total hours per week for venous work activities of Borana women in Dubluk and Did Hara madda during the long rainy season.
Table D3. Reported importance rankings and total hours per week for venous work activities of Borana women in Dubluk and Did Hara madda during the warm dry season.
|
Household feature |
Madda |
||||||||
|
Orbati |
Dilo Goray |
Web |
Hobok |
Dokole |
Marmaro |
Melbana |
Did Hara |
Beke |
|
|
Number of households in sample |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
6 |
10 |
4 |
|
Average household size (AAME) |
4 |
4.5 |
4 |
6.5 |
6.4 |
5.6 |
4.9 |
5.5 |
10 |
|
Average livestock holdings (LSU) |
25.3 |
99.3 |
37.1 |
258.6 |
53.2 |
42.4 |
22.4 |
83.2 |
70.8 |
|
Cash income/household (EB) |
419.2 |
818.6 |
1361.5 |
1872.9 |
217.1 |
954.6 |
1260.3 |
4061.5 |
445.3 |
|
Cash expenditure/household (EB) |
372.5 |
547.4 |
826.25 |
324.9 |
200.9 |
430.7 |
361.7 |
2058.3 |
163.65 |
|
Percentage expenditure on food |
25.6 |
25.6 |
51 |
23.8 |
33.6 |
51.4 |
25.7 |
41.4 |
67.8 |
Source: Negussie Tilahun (1984).
|
Dubluk |
Did Hara | ||||||
|
Activity |
Mean rank2 |
Total h/wk |
% |
Activity |
Mean rank2 |
Total h/wk |
% |
|
Milking |
1.03v |
14.12 |
18.8 |
Milking |
1.13v |
18.85 |
22.6 |
|
Fuel-wood collection |
3.22vw |
21.22 |
28.3 |
Fuel-wood collection |
2.87vw |
19.74 |
23.6 |
|
Milk churning |
3.63vw |
10.81 |
14.4 |
Milk churning |
3.3vwx |
12.55 |
15.0 |
|
Food preparation |
3.83vw |
8.75 |
11.7 |
Water collection |
3.95wxy |
3.06 |
3.7 |
|
Water collection |
4.6vwx |
3.63 |
4.8 |
Food preparation |
4.7xy |
7.6 |
9.1 |
|
Marketing |
6.68wxy |
6.71 |
8.9 |
Corral cleaning |
6.5y |
2.98 |
3.6 |
|
Corral cleaning |
7.97xyz |
2.9 |
3.9 |
Marketing |
8.47y |
6.86 |
8.2 |
|
Weaving milk container |
8.93yz |
2.64 |
3.5 |
Weaving milk container |
8.55y |
4.71 |
5.6 |
|
Cultivation |
10.38yz |
2.95 |
3.9 |
Cultivation |
8.7y |
2.68 |
3.2 |
|
Collect bush food |
10.42z |
0.82 |
1.1 |
Collecting bush food |
9.63y |
3.5 |
4.2 |
|
Herding cattle |
10.95z |
0.08 |
0.1 |
Pond construction |
10.08y |
1.0 |
1.2 |
|
Watering calves |
11.12z |
0.06 |
0.08 |
|
|
|
|
|
Corral construction |
11.12z |
0.12 |
0.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Fence construction |
11.12z |
0.06 |
0.08 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total hours per week |
|
74.87 |
|
Total hours per week |
|
83.53 |
|
1 Based on independent interviews of 30 married women. See text for methodological details.2 Entries for each madda accompanied by the same letter (v, w, x, y, z) were not ranked differently (P>0.05) according to Friedman's test (Steel and Torrie, 1980).
Source: Mulugeta Assefa (1990).
|
Dubluk |
Did Hara | ||||||
|
Activity |
Mean rank2 |
Total h/wk |
% |
Activity |
Mean rank2 |
Total h/wk |
% |
|
Milking |
2.07v |
5.63 |
5.2 |
Water collection |
2.73x |
26.03 |
23.1 |
|
Water collection |
2.9v |
22.73 |
21.0 |
Milking |
3.13x |
3.00 |
2.7 |
|
Food preparation |
3.41vw |
16.68 |
15.4 |
Forage collection |
3.8x |
11.58 |
10.3 |
|
Forage collection |
4.12vw |
14.13 |
13.1 |
Food preparation |
3.83xy |
15.10 |
13.4 |
|
Fuel-wood collection |
4.45vwx |
10.24 |
9.5 |
Fuel-wood collection |
4.92xy |
6.01 |
5.3 |
|
Marketing |
7.91wxy |
10.36 |
9.6 |
Corral cleaning |
8.25yz |
1.25 |
1.1 |
|
corral cleaning |
9.14xyz |
1.18 |
1.0 |
Marketing |
8.65yz |
7.59 |
6.7 |
|
Watering calves |
9.91yz |
6.58 |
6.1 |
Pond repair |
8.67z |
5.00 |
4.4 |
|
Watering cattle |
10.09yz |
9.59 |
8.9 |
Watering cattle |
8.92z |
14.00 |
12.4 |
|
Weaving milk container |
11.19yz |
0.90 |
0.8 |
Watering calves |
9.43z |
7.01 |
6.2 |
|
Milk churning |
11.97yz |
0.53 |
0.5 |
Milk churning |
10.28z |
1.30 |
1.2 |
|
Pond repair |
12.02yz |
4.82 |
4.4 |
Weaving milk container |
10.57z |
1.00 |
0.8 |
|
Well work |
12.57yz |
2.80 |
2.6 |
Well work |
10.9z |
12.00 |
10.6 |
|
corral repair |
12.67yz |
0.01 |
<0.01 |
Herding cattle |
10.92z |
2.00 |
1.7 |
|
Herding cattle |
12.78z |
0.37 |
0.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
Calf hut construction |
12.81z |
1.59 |
1.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
Kalo repair |
13.0 |
0.07 |
0.06 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total hours per week |
- |
108.21 |
- |
Total hours per week |
112.87 |
|
|
1 Based on independent interviews of 30 married women. See text for methodological details.2 Entries for each madda accompanied by the same letter (v, w, x, y, z) were not ranked differently (P>0.05) according to Friedman's test (Steel and Torrie, 1980).
Source: Mulugeta Assefa (1990).
