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Some Socio-Economic Changes among Farmers in the UP LB/SEARCA Social Laboratory Plla. Laguna Philippines
Abstract:
The study sought to determine changes n the level of living, net farm income, possesing "high status" goods, aspirations, spending preferences and attitudes of farmers brought about by the Social Laboratory in Pila, Laguna
Subjects in the study were 120 farmers in 12 barrios covered by the Social Laboratory in Pila. In addition to benchmark data and published literature, an interview schedule was used to gather necessary informationabout the farmers. The results were reported n frequency distributons, percentages, means and standar deviations. Fisher's z test, chi-square, Student's T-test and Mann-Whitney U-test were used to assess the reliability of some indices, to determine relationships and to compare differences, respectively.
Findings showed that the farmers who were initially low in certain attributes and had low level but longer exposure to the Social Laboratory tended to gain more in the presence of a stimulus condition, that is, the Social Laboratory. Significant changes were observe in the levels of almost all variables for the farmers.
There was a significant change in the net farm income of both the high and low scoring groups in the diffenrent variables, except for the former in agricultural recources. However the group with low scores in agricultural practices in these variables.
Farmers with high level of exposure to the Social Laboratory tented to have favorable attitudes toward its possible contribution to community development. However their attitudes its possible contributions to its past and present farming activities did not seem to be affected by the level or length of the farmers exposure to Social Laboratory.
Farmers with high level and longer exposure to Social Laboratory had significantly higher expenditures for food and farming activities respectively. However expenditures for their childrens education, clothing, recreations and reading materials did not seem to be influenced b the level or length of exposure.