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hlgher than In boys, the difference was slgnlflcantly hlgher only between 510 years
of age
2. About 45 0% of the work wmpnsed housework for girls, whlle for boys more than
90 0% of the work lnduded outslde and Income generabng work Boys were also
found to help In housework although to a small extent
3. Girls spent slgnlficantly more bme than boys In studles In spite of dong more work
(p c 0 05) Both glrlr and boys had enough leisure and t~me to sleep
In Influence of menarche on the status of the girl child.
(I) Ethnographic methods
People felt that a girl should be restricted In her actlvltles and controlled In her behawor
after menarche Most (115/160. 72 5%) people thought that restnd~on was needed
because others will say sornethlng ~f she was not, and a few felt that her rnarnage
rnlght be affected The average age of menarche was 14 3(11 3) years After
attalnrnent of rnenarche, the girl's movements outslde the house were very much
restricted
(11) Other epidem~olog~cal methods
Dunng the cross sechonal morbldlty survey, ~t was observed lhat out of 248 girls who
were 13 years of age and above, 42 3% had attalned menarche and were wntlnulng In
school Thls showed that menarche d~d not wnslderably affect a girl's schoollng
(I) Ethnographic methods
Most of the respondents to the structured questlonnalre (121/160,75 6%) felt that a gld
should get marned after the age of 20 yean A few (24 4%) felt that they should marry