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. 2009 Apr 23;20(2):151–183. doi: 10.1007/s12110-009-9062-8
category/Activity % by Sex Avg. Min/Day No. of Time Points
Male Female Male Female
wage labor
Logging 100 0 56 0 1,168
Merchant 100 0 3 0 65
Other (cook, translator) 85 15 2 0 52
Anthropologist 84 16 2 0 43
Bolivian national, field labor 100 0 2 0 36
School teacher 100 0 2 0 36
99 1 67 1 1,400
childcare
Holding 11 89 3 30 629
Suckling 0 100 0 12 233
Tending, coo, fan 15 85 1 5 124
Grooming hair 5 95 0 6 111
Swinging 8 92 0 4 86
Kiss or hug 19 81 1 4 81
Feeding 17 83 1 3 69
Play 27 73 1 2 48
Grooming body 4 96 0 2 47
Reprimanding, scolding 22 78 0 1 32
Comforting 20 80 0 1 30
Dressing 4 96 0 1 26
Bathing 0 100 0 1 15
10 90 7 74 1,531
other food acquisition
Overnight foraging trip 63 37 9 6 289
Foraging, collecting 49 51 4 5 187
Commercial (buy/sell) 73 28 7 3 90
Domestic animal care 46 54 2 2 85
Visit merchant 27 73 0 0 11
60 40 22 17 772
manufacture
General, other 57 43 8 7 310
Palm thatch roof panels 43 57 4 6 209
Bring palm thatch 62 38 6 4 203
Weave fans, mats 14 86 1 7 151
Carrying bag (saraij) 0 100 0 8 143
Spin thread 0 100 0 7 129
Build house 87 13 5 1 119
Repair tools 74 26 3 1 91
Canoe 90 10 3 0 62
Hunting tools 96 4 3 0 56
Get other materials 85 15 1 0 33
Fishing tools 97 3 1 0 32
Get housing materials 88 12 1 0 25
Prepare paint (de-seed) 0 100 0 0 7
49 51 37 43 1,574
hunt
Hunt, unspecified 89 11 15 2 356
Shotgun 100 0 11 0 225
Overnight 100 0 10 0 201
Bow and arrow 100 0 5 0 105
Rifle 89 11 3 0 72
95 5 44 3 959
domestic
Sewing/mending clothes 7 93 1 10 195
Clean 23 77 2 7 177
Get water 16 84 1 6 133
Tend fire 21 79 1 5 126
Firewood 36 64 2 3 92
Clear floor 64 36 3 2 87
Carries or brings objects 46 54 2 2 82
Sharpen (ie; stick or knife) 81 19 3 1 80
Shooing animals 28 72 1 2 61
Put things away 35 65 1 1 31
Tying knots, other materials 29 71 0 0 7
30 70 16 41 1,078
farming
Harvest 47 53 20 25 884
Chop (machete) 83 17 8 2 212
Plant 67 33 6 3 174
Clear 74 26 3 1 95
Weed 93 7 2 0 54
Unspecific 64 36 2 1 50
Burn 50 50 0 0 4
58 42 41 33 1,473
food processing
Cooking, active 15 85 3 17 369
Cooking, passive 13 87 2 16 341
Peeling roots 15 85 1 9 189
Cutting 23 77 2 7 178
Pounding 23 77 1 5 115
Chewing 21 79 1 4 101
Grinding 4 96 0 5 99
Sifting 33 67 2 4 99
Make fermented beverage (chicha) 0 100 0 4 82
Mashing 11 89 0 3 57
Degraining corn 44 56 1 2 54
Serving food, beverage 12 88 0 2 51
Processing, nonspecific 30 70 1 2 50
Butcher/pluck 32 68 1 2 50
Straining 3 97 0 2 37
Drying 13 88 0 2 32
Scraping 19 81 0 1 27
Cooking, unknown 0 100 0 1 25
Shelling rice 29 71 0 1 17
Chicha food process 14 86 0 1 14
Prepare animals for slaughter 40 60 0 0 5
Slaughter 25 75 0 0 4
17 83 16 89 1,996
fishing
Hook and line 66 34 13 7 397
Overnight fishing trip 53 47 6 5 217
Bow and arrow 87 13 8 1 180
Group barbasco (poison) 65 35 5 3 157
Technique unknown 81 19 6 2 147
Net 87 13 1 0 30
Dig/collect barbasco (poison) 100 0 0 0 6
69 31 38 19 1,134
Total direct and indirect production 50 50 289 321 11971