Gender roles in the domestic and farming systems of Tchenzema ward in Morogoro District Tanzania
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Date
1993
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Sokoine University of Agriculture
Abstract
Thepurpose of the study was to determine gender
roles in the household activities of_ Tchenzema ward in
Morogoro district. The specific objectives were description
of division of labour by gender and age, determination of
sources of income, custodian of family income and decision
making by gender.
A cross-sectional survey was conducted on a randomly
A structured questionnaire
selected sample of 200 farmers.
was used to collect primary data.
Secondary data were obtained from literature. Data were compiled by using D
Base and analyzed by using the Statistical Package for
Social Sciences (SPSS) Programme. Results are presented in
tabular and graphical forms.
The study findings show that domestic work is a female 1s domain; women contributed 70-87% labour to all
tasks, men 25-29%, male children 25-35% and female children
27-46% to the same. Males contributed more labour to livestock husbandry; men's labour contribution to all tasks was 26-72%,
women1s 26-42%, male children's 25-34% and
female children's 25-27% of the same. Crop production tasks
were shared between gender. Custodian of income was gender
independent, decisions were jointly made, however men and
women had different income sources and income expenditure
patterns. There was no gender variation in the extension
method preferred.iii:
It was observed that, gender roles differ from those
documented on patrilineal societies (Due and Mudenda, 1982;
Burfisher and Horenstein, 1987; Conelly et al. 1985; 1987 and Swantz, 1985; Polomack, Beshara, 1989) .
This matrilineal society has already made room for both men and
women although there is still room for improvement. It is recommended that extension service
and the development projects contact men and women farmers in order
to be effective.
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The Degree of Master of Science in Agricultural Education and Extension
Keywords
Gender roles, Farming systems, Domestic systems, Tchenzema ward, Morogoro District, Tanzania