Socio-economic Baseline Survey of Chittagong Hill Tracts - chtdf

HDRCSocio-economic Baseline Survey of Chittagong Hill Tracts142All those having exposure to Figure 18.2: Places for listening to radio/watchingTV in case of not owning radio/TVradio and TV do not necessarily16.1Neighborown them- rather in many29.3instances, they go to their4.9Relatives9.7neighbours’ or relatives’ or2.4friends’ homes to listen to radioFriends2.5or watch TV. In some instances,6.2Hat/Bazarthey have the exposure to the15.20.1radio/TV while gossiping in the Club /Samity0.1Haat/bazaar or in the club/samity.0.2OthersIn some instances, they go to3.2N=3,238these places for the purpose ofRadio TVlistening to the radio or watchingthe TV. The highest proportion of those not owning radio have reported going to neighbor’shouse with 16%, followed by those going to Hat/Bazar 6%, relative’s home 5% and friend’shome 2%. Similar pattern is observed with the case of those not owning TV with 29% goingto neighbour’s home, 15% Hat/bazaar, 10% relative’s home and 3% friend’s home (seeAnnex Table 18.3 and 18.6).18.3 Sources of News/Information and EntertainmentAs for the source of news of national importance, 54% of all CHT households have reportedabout neighbours/local elites, followed by 35% reporting TV, 18% Hat/Bazar, and 12% radio.It is remarkably that only 1% have reported newspaper as the source, indicating the very lowaccess to newspaper due to remoteness of the CHT and illiteracy.Table 18.2: Source of news/information and entertainment (multiple responses)News of National News of regional/local Important educativeSourceimportanceimportanceinformationEntertainmentAll Ind. Ban. All Ind. Ban. All Ind. Ban. All Ind. Ban.Radio 12.0 15.9 7.2 5.4 6.3 4.3 8.8 6.3 4.3 39.4 47.3 30.1TV 35.1 26.5 45.6 18.7 12.3 26.4 31.4 12.3 26.4 35.0 52.1 66.2Neighbors/local elites 54.1 59.5 47.5 67.7 75.5 58.0 54.4 75.5 58.0 0 0 0Hats/bazars 17.9 15.6 20.8 22.7 18.4 28.0 17.5 18.4 28.0 0 0 0Service provider 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 0News paper 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.4 .8 0.9 1.4 0 0 0CD player/cassette 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 3.4 5.0N 3,238 1,786 1,452 3,238 1,786 1,452 3,238 1,786 1,452 3,238 1,786 1,452As the source of information about regional and local importance, 68% have reported aboutneighbours/local elites, followed by 23% reporting TV, 19% Hat/Bazar, and 5% radio. Again,it is only 1% who has reported newspaper as a source of news of regional/local importance.As the source of important educative information, 54% have reported that they get suchinformation from neighbours/local elites, followed by 31% reporting TV, 18% Hat/Bazar,and 9% radio.Regarding the source of entertainment, 39% have reported radio, 35% TV, and 4%cassettes/CD player as the major sources (see Annex Table 18.7, 18.8, 18.9, and 18.10).