Reynaud et al.: Table 4
Cash expenditures from vegetable sales at the end of the cultivation season - 1980

Type of expenditure	Percentage of yearly income	Percentage of women involved in this expenditure*	Average expenditure (US$)
Clothes and cloth	43.0	60	$13.25
Rainy season cash savings for purchase of smoked fish, seeds, fertilizers	16.0	39	7.50
Gifts and marriage celebrations	9.5	38	11.50
Cooking utensils	4.5	25	3.25
Soap	2.5	10	4.25
Purchase of small animals (goats, sheep)	4.5	6	16.25
Payment to shepherd	2.5	13	3.25
Repayment of rainy season borrowings	2.5	4	13.75
Food purchases	1.0	6	1.75
Toilet articles	1.0	6	2.50
Trips	1.0	3	3.75
Total end of season expenditures	88.0		$25.00

*Total number of women interviewed = 64

 

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