PRE-WEB ARCHIVES:
Number 29, Fall/Winter 1989
Dryland Gardening
Type of expenditure
|
Percentage of yearly income
|
Percentage of women involved in this expenditure*
|
Average expenditure
(US$) |
Clothes and cloth |
43.0
|
60
|
$13.25
|
Rainy season cash savings for purchase of smoked fish, seeds, fertilizers |
16.0
|
39
|
7.50
|
Gifts and marriage celebrations |
9.5
|
38
|
11.50
|
Cooking utensils |
4.5
|
25
|
3.25
|
Soap |
2.5
|
10
|
4.25
|
Purchase of small animals (goats, sheep) |
4.5
|
6
|
16.25
|
Payment to shepherd |
2.5
|
13
|
3.25
|
Repayment of rainy season borrowings |
2.5
|
4
|
13.75
|
Food purchases |
1.0
|
6
|
1.75
|
Toilet articles |
1.0
|
6
|
2.50
|
Trips |
1.0
|
3
|
3.75
|
Total end of season expenditures |
88.0
|
$25.00
|
*Total number of women interviewed = 64 |
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