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3. Among the vlllage population over 20 years of age, the proporbon of males who
had completed college and hlgh school education were 50% and 21 0%
respectively and the corresponding flgures for females were1 3% and 6 9%
respectively (p < 0 05 for the genders)
Cohort
In the cohort, the propodlon of boys studylng In school (74 8%) was significantly more
than that of glris (56 3%, p < 0 05)
le) Dailv activity pattern
(i) Ethnographic methods
Most of the respondents to the structured questlonnalre (1331160, 83 1%) felt that only
girls should help In housework While 26 8% considered that it was trad~t~onal for girls
to do housework. 8 8% felt that they should be tralned In housework because ~t will help
them later on, when they get marned However, some (16 9%) felt that boys should
also share the housework Some adolescent girls said that they were annoyed with
the~r parents for maklng them do most of the housework Whlle some boys agreed that
thelr s~sters did more work than them, others felt that they did all the hard labor whlle
thelr sls!ers relaxed at home Most of the lelsure time vcas spent by boys In golng out
or for anemas, whlle glris stayed at home or went to the local temples
(11) Other epidemiological methods
Cohort
1. The mean work load In girls Increased from about 0 9 hours per day to about 6
hours per day wlth Increasing age and in boys, ~t Increased from about 0 5 hours
pe, day to about 4 1 hours per day Although at all ages, the work load In girls was