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FARMERS CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARTICIPATION IN HEALTH AND FAMILY PLANINNG ACTIVITIES OF BAUEC (Pages : 11 - 16)
M.A. ALAM, H.Q.M. MOSADDEQUE, M. S. ISLAM, M.A.F. MOLLAH AND N. ISLAMThe study was undertaken to assess the influence of the farmer’s characteristics on their participation in health and family planning activities of BAUEC. Random sampling method was used to collect data through personal interview method from 120 farmers of nine villages of Mymensingh district. Significant positive relationship was found between age, family size, farm size, annual income, attitude towards BAUEC and agricultural knowledge of the respondents and their participation in health and family planning programme. About four eleventh (36.7%) of the respondents had low participation, 34.2% had medium and 29.1% had high participation in health and family planning activities of BAUEC.Download