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Gender Dimensions of Time Allocation of Rural Farming Households in Southwest Nigeria
Adeyonu A.G.
Corresponding Author: A.G. Adeyonu
Submitted: 2012 February, 02
Accepted: May 23, 2012
Published: July 30, 2012 |
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This study examines how farmers in rural areas of southwest Nigeria allocate their time to various
activities. A time use survey was carried out among 150 farming households with 300 respondents (150 males and
150 females) during rainy and dry seasons. The time use data was analyzed using descriptive statistics such as
frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviation. The analysis shows that there are basically three main
activity sectors within the rural households namely: farming activity sector, non-farming activity sector and
household activity sector. Leisure time of rural farmers is treated as residual. Time allocation to these sectors differs
by gender and season of the year. Male allocated more time to farming and non-farming activity sectors than female
during the two seasons whereas female allocated more time to household activities than male at all times. Farming
and non-farming activity sectors are monetized whereas household sector is not monetized. In all, female allocated
more time to work activities hence lesser leisure time than male. The two gender allocated more time to farming
activity sector during rainy season than dry season. Female allocated more time to work during dry season than rainy
season, whereas male consumed more leisure during dry season than rainy season. Based on the findings, it was
recommended that time allocation intervention aiming at reducing the time allocation to household activity without
living the sector to suffer be gender and season sensitive.
Key words: Gender , rural farming households, Southwest Nigeria, time allocation, , ,
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Adeyonu A.G., . Gender Dimensions of Time Allocation of Rural Farming Households in Southwest Nigeria . Current Research Journal of Social Sciences, (4): 269-276.
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ISSN (Online): 2041-3246
ISSN (Print): 2041-3238 |
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