Demographic Characteristics of Respondents
52% of respondents were women. The average age was 44 years old and most of them were head of the family. The average family consisted of 5 members. Most households had access to secondary school education (34%). The primary source of income for most families was rice farming (88%), plantation farming (7%), and animal raising (5%), with an annual income range of over 2000US$ (49%). Other income sources were mostly from animal raising (39%). Most households had farm land ownership of 5 hectares to 15 hectares (39%), with a house size range from 20m2 to 50m2 (69%).