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labor wh~le the~r slsters relaxed at home Most of the le~sure time was spent by boys ln
going out or for clnemas, whlle g~rl stayed at home or went to the local temples
The follow~ng are some of the statements made in th~s regard -
1. "A glrl only has to do all the inside work. Then only she will be able to do
these jobs well, when she goes to another house" (A 35 year old man In an ~n-
depth Internew) Many people expressed a slmllar new
2 "A boy should not do housework. I will not allow it. If he starts doing that, he
will become lazy and will not go out and earn. His main duty is to go out and
earn" (A 32 year old woman In an In-depth ~nte~ew)
3. "Boys have to do all the outside work like getting things from the shop or
outs~de the town. they will not do inside work. I will not permit them" (A 35
years old woman tn an In-depth ~nterv~ew)
4. '1 do all the work like going to the field, washing vessels, cooki~g and making
pavu. My brother goes for field work and weaves. He doesn't do any
housework. When I am not tired, I don't mind doing housework. Sometimes
when I am tired I feel bad I have to do all the work. When I have children I will
ask them to share the housework" (A 20 year old glrl ln an In-depth lntervlew)
5. "What work do girls do? They just sit at home and gossip. We only have to go
out and work in the hot sun" (A 19 year old boy In a group dlscusslon)
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epidemiolo~ical methods
The duration and changlng pattern w~th lncreaslng age of important dally actlvltles llke
work, study, leisure and play, and sleep are glven below These actlwt~es In g~rls and
boys In the vanous age groups are compared ~n Tables 7.5-7.7 The durat~on of the
danous actlv~t~es, expressed as a percentage of the total tlme penod ~n a day, for both
girls and boys IS glven ~n Figures 7.lA-7.2 C