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Appendix 7 - Quantities of Firewood Collected, Consumed and Sold by Rural Households in Sierra Leone

Percent Distribution of Annual Quantities of Firewood Collected, Consumed and Sold per Household According to Category of Labour

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

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

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.


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