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- Assessment of Health and Sanitation Security of Rural Households in Haryana
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1 Department of Extension Education and Communication Management, I.C College of Home Science, CCS HAU, Hisar, Haryana, IN
1 Department of Extension Education and Communication Management, I.C College of Home Science, CCS HAU, Hisar, Haryana, IN
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International Journal of Education and Management Studies, Vol 7, No 4 (2017), Pagination: 598-601Abstract
Agriculture is the principal source of food and livelihood in India. "Livelihood" connotes the means, activities, entitlements and assets by which people make a living, attempt to meet their various consumption and economic necessities, cope with uncertainties and respond to new opportunities The study was conducted in two districts of Rohtak division namely Sonipat and Karnal by random selection and by selecting one block from each selected district and two villages from each of the selected block at random. From the selected four villages a sample of 300 respondents i.e. 75 small and marginal farm families from each village was drawn at random to assess status of shelter/water and sanitation and health security of farm families. Regarding shelter/water and sanitation security, majority (64.0%) of farm families had shelter for livestock outside home and 84.0 per cent used dung as a cooking fuel. About health security, majority (58.0%) of families faced illness once or twice in a week and 56.3 per cent families could afford professional treatment with some difficulty.Keywords
Agriculture, Livelihood Security, Farm Families.- Media Technology Used According to Preferences by Different Age Categories of Urban Respondents
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1 Department of Extension Education and Communication Management I.C. College of Home Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, IN
1 Department of Extension Education and Communication Management I.C. College of Home Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, IN
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International Journal of Education and Management Studies, Vol 8, No 2 (2018), Pagination: 224-229Abstract
In most preferred media devices, mobile phone was the first preference of all age categories except above 60 who preferred TV at first place. For news purpose TV remams the most preferred source for almost all age groups except above 60 age group who preferred newspaper the most. While, regarding source of entertainment internet remams the most preferred source in 16-30 and >30-45 age groups whereas among >45-60 and above 60 age group, TV remained as the most preferred device for the entertainment. As regards, source of information internet was the most preferred in 16-30 and >30-45 age groups whereas in >45-60 and above 60 age group, printed media remams as the most preferred device for the information. Newspaper was perceived as most reliable media in all four age categories. While, As regards advertisement, TV got highest score among all 16-30 years (2.47 WMS) and >30-45 years (2.22 WMS) >45-60 years (2.3WMS) and above 60 (2.17WMS) age categories. In total most of the respondents used their TV, radio for 1-2 hours and newspaper, magazines for 0-lhours while as regards mobile, computer/laptop/tablets and internet or social mediamost of the respondents used from 2-3 hours in a day.Keywords
Media Technologies, Age Categories, Utilization, Reliability, Time Spent.References
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