Table 1 Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of the respondents in relation to participation (n = 158)
Characteristics | Participation | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partial/none (n = 17) | Complete (n = 141) | Total (n = 158) | ||
Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | ||
Respondent status | ||||
 Family head | 12 (70.6) | 88 (62.4) | 100 (63.3) | 0.35 |
 Other | 5 (29.4) | 53 (37.6) | 58 (36.7) |  |
Age group (years) | ||||
 ≤ 29 | 6 (35.3) | 47 (33.3) | 53 (33.5) | 0.72 |
 30–40 | 7 (41.2) | 48 (34) | 55 (34.8) |  |
 ≥ 41 | 4 (23.5) | 46 (32.6) | 50 (31.6) |  |
Sex | ||||
 Female | 5 (29.4) | 29 (20.6) | 34 (21.5) | 0.28 |
 Male | 12 (70.6) | 112 (79.4) | 124 (78.5) |  |
Ethnicity | ||||
 Lao Lum | 1 (5.9) | 1 (0.7) | 2 (1.3) | 0.16 |
 Lao Theung | 16 (94.1) | 137 (97.2) | 153 (96.8) |  |
 Other | 0 | 3 (2.1) | 3 (1.9) |  |
Religion | ||||
 Animist | 16 (94.1) | 138 (97.9) | 154 (97.5) | 0.36 |
 Buddhist | 1 (5.9) | 3 (2.1) | 4 (2.5) |  |
Marital status | ||||
 In relationship | 17 (100) | 129 (91.5) | 146 (92.4) | 0.24 |
 Not in relationship | 0 | 12 (8.5) | 12 (7.6) |  |
Literacy | ||||
 Illiterate | 14 (82.4) | 101 (71.6) | 115 (72.8) | 0.26 |
 Literate | 3 (17.6) | 40 (28.4) | 43 (27.2) |  |
Education in years | ||||
 ≤ 5 | 16 (94.1) | 127 (90.1) | 143 (90.5) | 0.5 |
 ≥ 5.1 | 1 (5.9) | 14 (9.9) | 15 (9.5) |  |
Occupation | ||||
 Farmer | 16 (94.1) | 131 (92.9) | 147 (93) | 0.66 |
 Other | 1 (5.9) | 10 (7.1) | 11 (7) |  |
Monthly income (kip) | ||||
 ≤ 500,000 | 16 (94.1) | 124 (87.9) | 140 (88.6) | 0.72 |
 ≥ 500,001 | 1 (5.9) | 15 (10.6) | 16 (10.1) |  |
 Don’t know | 0 | 2 (1.4) | 2 (1.3) |  |
Presence of toilet facility at home | ||||
 Yes | 3 (17.6) | 18 (12.8) | 21 (13.3) | 0.4 |
 No | 14 (82.4) | 123 (87.2) | 137 (86.7) |  |
Migrated from other village | ||||
 Yes | 6 (35.3) | 45 (31.9) | 51 (32.3) | 0.48 |
 No | 11 (64.7) | 96 (68.1) | 107 (67.7) |  |
Distance between forest and house in km | ||||
 ≤ 1 | 10 (62.5) | 82 (59.9) | 92 (60.1) | 0.53 |
 ≥ 1.1 | 6 (37.5) | 55 (40.1) | 61 (39.9) |  |
Frequency of visit to forest | ||||
 Everyday | 9 (52.9) | 87 (61.7) | 96 (60.8) | 0.77 |
 ≥ Every alternate day | 7 (41.2) | 48 (34) | 55 (34.8) |  |
 NA | 1 (5.9) | 6 (4.3) | 7 (4.4) |  |