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social science subjects > sociology > anthropology > cultural/social anthropology > division of labor
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division of labor  

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  • Anthropologists refer to the division of labor as the different tasks that people do to provide for their physical needs and to reproduce their culture. We base these tasks on such criteria as age, gender, and skill. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Labor, Division of]

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