Divisão de trabalho, alocação de tempo e tomada de decisões: um estudo comparativo entre diferentes tipos de agregados familiares na aldeia de Punguine

Abstract

The study appears as a response to one of the drr objectives carried out by faef in collaboration with lwf, ipa, inia and ddap, in 1994 and 1995 in the districts of chokwé, guijá and mabalane. The work was entitled: division of labor, allocation of time and decision-making in the village of punguine, district of chókwé. The work followed orientation: - bibliographical review for the elaboration of the proposal; -Collection of data in the field that took place from 4 to 21 July 1996 and were formally and informally surveyed 40 families are headed by women and 20 families are headed by men. Division of labor and allocation of time in the classes of families headed by women, namely divorcees and widows, spend more time in carrying out agricultural tasks, as most of them do not have material means. Less time is spent on household chores because families are smaller. In the classes of families headed by the absent husband and the present husband, more time is spent on household chores, this because they are extended families. For agricultural tasks it has material means and others such as animal traction. In all families there is a division of labor for men and women. Men do not do housework. As for community work, participation is important on the part of punguine peasants, and it may be the man or the woman who participates. Decision-making The widow class shares the responsibility with the children and daughters-in-law in all areas of work, while the divorced class is in charge of them. In the absent husband class, the wife has the autonomy to make current decisions in the absence of the husband, and the final decisions are the responsibility of the husband. In the class of the present husband, the wife decides for the domestic area and the husband is responsible for the other areas