ABSTRACT
This chapter examines rural time allocation followed by urban, before doing a national comparison similar to the one done for income. The theoretical position runs into problems when examining rural Kenyan households. The chapter considers time allocated to farming, fuelwood and water collection, domestic work and income earning activities as inputs to production. Men are disproportionately responsible for income generating tasks, spending twice as much time as women in this category, accounting for a total of 15 hours on average, as compared to the 7 hours spent by women. For adults in directly productive activities the burden is heavier for men only in the income and collective categories. Males over the age of sixteen on average also spend more time studying than do their female counterparts. The major activities of the non-related male child are farming and income generating tasks. The female non-related child devotes most of her time to domestic work and income generation activities.
