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drama was heard over radio Ho Chi Minh (76 per cent) and provincial radio (22
per cent), whereas the posters that were displayed in buildings along the road were
most frequently observed (60 per cent), followed by those in the coffee shops (16
per cent), market (5 per cent), schools (4 per cent) and friends’ houses (3 per
cent).

Table 12.1 Profiles of the randomly selected farmer respondents in the surveys

in Long An

In project sites, Tan Tru and Tan Thanh (%)

pretest post-test

August 1994

n = 633

February 1996

n = 452

March 1997

n = 628

In 12 districts

n = 1449

Age group (years)

< 31 14.8 16.5 17.4 12.7

31–40 35.1 27.3 33.7 32.2

41–50 19.8 25.1 24.1 28.6

51–60 15.1 16.9 13.3 17.0

61–70 12.1 11.3 7.7 8.4

> 70 3.2 3.2 3.8 1.1

Education (number of years in school)

Did not attend school 5.9 5.3 7.7 6.3

1–5 54.7 45.3 45.9 31.3

6–9 25.8 31.8 38.6 40.0

10–12 13.3 17.6 12.8 22.3

> 12 0.3 0 0 0.1

Farm sizes (ha)

< 0.5 31.8 25.6 24.8 32.7

0.6–1 30.0 31.8 29.5 30.5

1.1–2 25.9 24.2 23.9 19.3

2.1–3 8.4 10.0 12.0 7.5

3.1–4 1.4 4.4 4.5 3.5

> 4 2.5 4.0 5.3 6.5

Yields (t ha–1) reported

< 2 15.5 6.7 5.9 4.6

2.1–3 26.7 11.1 17.7 9.7

3.1–4 34.7 25.8 33.5 21.1

4.1–5 18.2 28.0 26.4 29.2

> 5 4.7 28.5 16.5 35.5