Table 3.
General information about rice–fish (RF) and rice (R) farmers in the Cai Be district and rice (R) farmers in the Lang Sen Wetland Reserve (LSWR)
| Type of farmer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cai Be | LSWR | ||
| RF | R | R | |
| Household size (number of people) | |||
| Mean | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
| SD | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Educational level (years) | |||
| Mean | 8.4 | 8.3 | 7.6 |
| SD | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| Experience in rice farming (years) | |||
| Mean | 29.1a | 20.8b | 16.8b |
| SD | 8.9 | 8.1 | 6.4 |
| Experience in rice–fish farming (years) | |||
| Mean | 5.8 | – | – |
| SD | 4.0 | – | – |
| Number of people involved in rice farming | |||
| Mean | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| SD | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| Total farm area (ha) | |||
| Mean | 1.1a | 1.3a | 5.6b |
| SD | 0.6 | 0.7 | 5.8 |
Means within the same row that do not share the same superscript letter are significantly different (P < 0.05)
RF farmers cultivating rice and farming fish, R farmers cultivating only rice