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. 2016 Apr 28;21(5):554–563. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2015.1114050

Table 3.

Household tasks done by only men, only women, or both in control and intervention households

Household task Only women (%)
Only men (%)
Both (%)
Control Intervention Control Intervention Control Intervention
Work in machamba/field 15 12 2 3 83 85
Prepare meals for family 75 43 0.4 0.7 25 56
Make blocks 2 1 39 26 59 73
Work outside for money 5 3 53 34 42 63
Bathe children 71 32 0.5 1 28 67
Do the dishes 75 42 1 1 24 57
Cut wood/burn charcoal 29 12 19 20 51 67
Fetch water for household 69 37 0.2 2 31 61
Maintain/fix house structure 20 9 20 20 59 71
Do laundry 69 40 1 0.6 30 60
Clean house 64 31 1 1 35 67
Mean number of shared household tasks         4.5 7

Note. N = 915. All differences between the intervention and the control groups were statistically significant (p < .05) except for the first task listed (work in machamba/field). Bold font highlights those chores that are traditionally done by women and that showed a more than double difference between intervention and control.