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Impact Data - Use of Radio by Women

Country

Nigeria

Date

January 1, 1997

Access

75% of the sample of women had access to the radio, but only 43% actually listened to it. 47% of women who did listen said music was their favorite programme, and 24% said that agriculture was their favorite programme, although all women were aware of the 4 farming broadcasts. The soybean programmes were received by 52% of the women.

Practices

54% of those who had heard of the soybean innovation tried it. The groundnut innovation was adopted by 23.5%, rabbit meat by 5.8%, and livestock production by 17.6%.

Source

Mary Myers summary of : Use of Radio by Women in Nigeria, 1998. Omotayo, A., Chikwenda, D., and Auta, S.J. 1997 ‘The Use of Radio as a Source of Information among Rural women in Selected Villages in Nigeria' Journal of Development Communication. A full summary is available through Mary Myers at marymyers@zoo.co.uk


Placed on the Soul Beat Africa site July 15 2001
Last Updated June 03 2009


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