To reveal the working conditions of housewives in a rural Community a survey of time study was made on 184 wives. The results in a busy season were compared with those in a leisure season, and the work was found too heavy for them.
Hours for farming in a busy season increased up to 9 hours 26 minutes, which corresponded to two and a half times the length of the working hours in leisure season. The increased requirement was made up at the cost of hours for education and housekeeping and finally even the indispensable hours for living such as sleeping and eating.
The amount of work both in a leisure season and in a busy season expressed in terms of work amount index was 1777 and 3020, respectively. The energy expenditure for a day in respective seasons amounted to 2717Cal and 3734Cal.
These findings might prove an overwork of farmer's wives in Kumamoto, as compared with those in Tohoku District.
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