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housework Between 5-15 years, about 7 0%-12 0% <strong>of</strong> thelr total work burden was<br />

spent In housework This prop<strong>of</strong>i~on reduced to 2 0% In the age group 1620 years<br />

(11) Study<br />

In the age group 5-10 years no slgn~flcant dlfference was observed between girls and<br />

boys In the average tlme spent In stud~es (0 7hourslday vs 1 hourlday respectively for<br />

g~rls and boys, p > 0 05) On the other hand, between 11-15 years, although g~ris dld<br />

more work than boys (2 3hourslday for g~rls, vs 1 3 hourslday for boys), they also<br />

spent on an average 2 3 hourslday on stud~es as compared to 1 3 hourslday by boys<br />

whlch was s~gn~ftcantly h~gher (p < 0 05)<br />

(111) Leisure<br />

The average tlme for le~sure and play ranged from 3 3 hourslday to 6 2 hourslday for<br />

g~rls and 4 0 hourslday to 6 2 hourslday for boys The maxlmum lelsure was between<br />

5 10 years <strong>of</strong> age No stgnlflcant dlfference was observed between the genders In the<br />

t~me ava~lable for lelsure except In the school golng chtldren In the age group 11-15<br />

years where boys had s~gn~ftcantly more lelsure (p < 0 05)<br />

(IV) Skep<br />

It was observed that In the study group, both gtrls and boys had adequate sleep<br />

ranglng from about 8-10 hourslday (p > 0 05)<br />

7.4.6 Influence <strong>of</strong> menarche on the status <strong>of</strong> the girl child<br />

la) Ethnoqraohic methods<br />

Out <strong>of</strong> the 160 respondents to the structured questlonnalre, almost all <strong>of</strong> them (99 4%)<br />

felt that a glri could cont~nue w~th her schooling after menarche Though menarche dld

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