Table 7.

Gender of those involved in: digging the basins, planting and watering the trees, and preparing land using farmer’s usual cultivation practice, grouped by survey respondents’ gender and marital status. Statistics presented: count (%) and Fisher’s exact test (two-sided).

Gender of Those Who Provided Laborp-value
Men OnlyMen and WomenWomen Only
Digging the planting basins
Married women (n = 331)36 (11%)167 (50%)128 (39%)< 0.000
Married men (n = 93)53 (57%)40 (43%)0 (0%)
Unmarried women (n = 52)8 (15%)13 (25%)31 (60%)
Unmarried men (n = 3)2 (66%)1 (33%)0 (0%)
Farmer’s usual cultivation practice
Married women (n = 331)26 (8%)210 (63%)95 (29%)0.002
Married men (n = 94)41 (45%)51 (54%)1 (1%)
Unmarried women (n = 50)5 (10%)24 (48%)21 (42%)
Unmarried men (n = 3)3 (100%)0 (0%)0 (0%)
Planting the tree seedlings
Married women (n = 701)132 (19%)225 (32%)344 (49%)< 0.000
Married men (n = 359)305 (85%)51 (14%)3 (1%)
Unmarried women (n = 122)12 (11%)33 (27%)75 (61%)0.007
Unmarried men (n = 49)41 (84%)8 (16%)0 (0%)
Watering the tree seedlings
Married women (n = 678)22 (3%)251 (37%)405 (60%)< 0.000
Married men (n = 352)268 (76%)78 (22%)6 (2%)
Unmarried women (n = 124)8 (6%)26 (21%)90 (73%)0.193
Unmarried men (n = 51)39 (76%)12 (24%)0 (0%)
Married women
Digging the basins (n = 331)36 (11%)167 (50%)128 (39%)< 0.000
Planting the trees (n = 701)132 (19%)225 (32%)344 (49%)
Married men
Digging the basins (n = 93)53 (57%)40 (43%)0 (0%)< 0.000
Planting the trees (n = 359)305 (85%)51 (14%)3 (1%)