Percent Distribution of Annual Quantities of Firewood
Collected, Consumed and Sold per Household According to Category of
Labour |
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Labour Category |
Annual Average ME-day per Household |
Total Qty Collected per Household |
Percent of Total Qty Consumed |
Total Qty Consumed per Household |
Percent of Total Qty Consumed |
Total Qty Sold per Household |
Percent of Total Qty Sold |
|
|
(kg) |
(%) |
(kg) |
(%) |
(kg) |
(%) |
1. Rural Bo |
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Male Adult |
9.5 |
1 283.7 |
16.8 |
274.4 |
7.4 |
1 009.4 |
24.7 |
Male Child |
2.0 |
186.5 |
2.4 |
60.4 |
1.7 |
126.1 |
3.1 |
Female Adult |
35.2 |
5 566.1 |
72.7 |
2 809.7 |
78.9 |
2 756.5 |
67.3 |
Female Child |
5.7 |
619.5 |
8.1 |
418.5 |
11.7 |
201.0 |
4.9 |
All Groups |
52.4 |
7 655.8 |
100.0 |
3 562.9 |
100.0 |
4 092.9 |
100.0 |
2. Rural Makeni |
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Male Adult |
10.3 |
1 282.5 |
16.2 |
225.8 |
6.5 |
1 056.7 |
23.9 |
Male Child |
2.0 |
261.3 |
3.3 |
228.8 |
6.6 |
32.5 |
0.8 |
Female Adult |
40.2 |
5 497.3 |
69.6 |
2 296.3 |
65.9 |
3 201.0 |
72.5 |
Female Child |
6.7 |
858.3 |
10.9 |
734.4 |
21.0 |
123.8 |
2.8 |
All Groups |
59.3 |
7 899.3 |
100.0 |
3 485.3 |
100.0 |
4 414.1 |
100.0 |
Source: Kamara, 1986.