Table 2.

Types of opportunity costs attributed to working in partnership in a CBPR project

To CPG co-researchers and Ciuliat
Type of Deferred Activity	Example from Case Study
Responsibilities with immediate family	Caring for children, grandchildren, and elders
Helping extended family & community members	Sharing Yup’ik foods with extended family and elders
Salary/hourly paid work	Teacher, Office Assistant
Self-employed work	Running a small business
Leadership positions in community	Work and meetings with Tribal Government
Subsistence way of life	Hunting, gathering and processing fish, berry-picking
Community events	40-day feast after the death of a community member, basketball tournaments
Church commitments	Activities related to serving as a deacon, lector, choir member
To academic co-researchers and some Ciuliat
Type of Deferred Activity	Example from Case Study
Responsibilities with immediate family	Caring for children, grandchildren, and elders
Salary paid work	Teaching classes, other research projects
Leadership positions in community	Work mentoring younger researchers
Other activities in community	Volunteer activity in the community
Other academic endeavors	Preparation of papers and grant applications, presentations of work at conferences, academic service activities