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Question
Why are many women who perform household and farm work not counted as workers?
Options
Because they are temporarily absent from work
Because they often receive no wages
Because their work contributes nothing to production
Because they work only in urban areas
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Solution
Women performing unpaid work such as cooking, fetching water and fuelwood, and farm labour receive no wages. Since they earn nothing, they are not counted as workers in official statistics.
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