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The above assumption is further supported by the data in table 2
which shows that a high percentage of informants have grandfathers and
parents who are agriculturalists.
Though it is possible that people living
in Chonburi may be agriculturalists, however, it is more likely that it is
the people living in Central and Northeast Regions who are agriculturalists
since these are the rice farming areas.
Table 2: Occupation of Informants' Parents and Grandfathers
father mother Fa Fa MoFa
Fishing 88 68 54 67
Agricultural 405 411 555 614
Livestock 20 17 17 10
Trading 253 402 125 137
Unskilled laborers 228 79 30 19
Skilled laborers 114 39 18 17
White collar workers 143 24 34 31
Do not work 31 325 5 9
Other 22 4 6 15
Don't know 118 53 578 503
Total 1422 1422 1422 1422
Therefore, the informants in this study consist of young people
whose families originate (2 generations ago) in Chonburi or in other parts
of the country where rice farming has always been important. In the
next section, discussion on changes in occupational pattern will be
presente