DATA PRESENTATION, INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS
DATA PRESENTATION, INTERPRETATION AND
ANALYSIS
4.0 Introduction
In
this study, a total number of (200) Two Hundred copies of questionnaire were
distributed to the respondents of Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa
State. The researcher took his time administering the questionnaire to the
respondents. In all, the total number of 180 questionnaire were returned and 20
were not returned. This shows a satisfactory response rate of 100% adequately.
The questionnaire is made up of two section, the first section deals wit the
demographical variable of the respondents which centred on age, sex,
occupation, educational level, marital status, while the section deals with
question on the rural communication in radio Bayelsa State and access to
information for development.
4.1
Data Presentation and Analysis
Data
presentation is an organized format of interpreting the result gathered after
carrying out the research work. The result are presented in tables as below.
Table 1: Age of Respondents
|
Age
|
Frequency
|
Percentage
%
|
|
16-20
|
20
|
11.1
|
|
21-25
|
7
|
3.8
|
|
26-30
|
10
|
5.5
|
|
31-35
|
50
|
27.7
|
|
36-40
|
15
|
8.3
|
|
41-45
|
30
|
16.6
|
|
46-50
|
48
|
26.6
|
|
Total
|
180
|
100
|
In
the above table, 11% of the respondents are in the age bracket of 16-20, 4% of
the respondents are the age of 21-25, 6% of the respondents are in the age of
26-30, 28% of respondents are the age of 31-35, 8% of respondents are the age
of 36-40, 17% of respondents are the age of 41-45, while 27% of respondents are
of the age bracket of 46-50.
Table 2: Sex Distribution of the
Respondent
|
Sex
|
Frequency
|
Percentage
%
|
|
Female
|
110
|
61.1
|
|
Male
|
70
|
38.8
|
|
Total
|
180
|
100
|
In the above table, 61% of respondent
are female while 70% of respondents are male.
Table 3: Educational level of the
Respondents
|
No
formal education
|
Frequency
|
Percentage
%
|
|
GCE
|
40
|
22.2
|
|
NCE/OND
|
80
|
44.4
|
|
Undergraduate
|
25
|
12.8
|
|
First
degree
|
25
|
13.8
|
|
Total
|
180
|
100
|
In
the above table, 6% of respondent have no formal education, 22% of respondent
have GCE, 44% of respondents have NCE/OND, 14% of respondents are undergraduate
while 14% of respondents are first degree holder.
Table 4: Occupation of the
Respondents
|
Occupation
|
Frequency
|
Percentage
%
|
|
Civil
servant
|
45
|
25
|
|
Teacher
|
35
|
19.4
|
|
Business
men/trader
|
100
|
55.5
|
|
Total
|
180
|
100
|
In
the table above, 25% of respondents are civil servant, 19% of the respondents
are teacher while 56% of the respondents are businessmen/traders.
Table 5: Do you have Radio Set
|
Response
|
Frequency
|
Percentage
%
|
|
Yes
|
135
|
75
|
|
No
|
45
|
25
|
|
Total
|
180
|
100
|
In
the above table, 75% of respondents accepted “yes” they have radio, while 25%
said “no”.
Table 6: How often do you listen to radio programme?
|
Response
|
Frequency
|
Percentage
%
|
|
Regular
|
80
|
44.4
|
|
Not
at all
|
30
|
16.6
|
|
Sometimes
|
70
|
38.8
|
|
Total
|
180
|
100
|
In
the table above, 44% of respondents, said they listen to radio “regular”, 17%
of respondents said “not at all” while 39% of respondents listen to radio
“sometimes”.
Table 7: What are the programmes you often listen?
|
Response
|
Frequency
|
Percentage
%
|
|
News
|
70
|
39
|
|
Music
|
30
|
17
|
|
Sports
Analysis
|
30
|
17
|
|
Entertainment
information
|
40
|
22
|
|
Adverts
|
10
|
5
|
|
Total
|
180
|
100
|
In
the data above, 30% of respondents listened to news, 17% of respondents
listened to music, 17% of respondents listened to sports analysis, 22% of
respondents listened to entertainment information while 10% of respondents
listened to adverts programmes.
Table 8: Do people in rural area of Bayelsa State has
any programme on radio targeted at them?
|
Response
|
Frequency
|
Percentage
%
|
|
Yes
|
150
|
83
|
|
No
|
30
|
17
|
|
Total
|
180
|
100
|
In
the above table, 83% of respondents said “yes” that radio has made a positive
impact in their lives while 17% of respondents said “no”.
Table 9: Do you believe the information you get from
Radio?
|
Response
|
Frequency
|
Percentage
%
|
|
Yes
|
100
|
56
|
|
No
|
80
|
44
|
|
Total
|
180
|
100
|
In
the above table, 56% of respondents accepted that they believed while 44% of
respondents do not believed in radio information.
Table 10: How much has radio contributed to the
development of the community
|
Response
|
Frequency
|
Percentage
%
|
|
Positive
|
120
|
67
|
|
Negative
|
60
|
33
|
|
Total
|
180
|
100
|
In
the table above, 67% of respondents response that radio information affect them
positively while 33% of respondents response negatively to radio information.
Table 11: Do the information you get from radio
educative?
|
Response
|
Frequency
|
Percentage
%
|
|
Yes
|
170
|
94
|
|
No
|
10
|
6
|
|
Total
|
180
|
100
|
In the table above, 94% of
respondents responses “Yes” that Radio information is educative while 6% of
respondents said “no”.
Table 12: Do you think that the radio programme can
bring about development in the community?
|
Response
|
Frequency
|
Percentage
%
|
|
Yes
|
120
|
67
|
|
No
|
60
|
33
|
|
Total
|
180
|
100
|
The
table above, 67% of respondents said “Yes” radio programmes can bring
development in the community while 33% of respondents said “No” that radio
programme can not be development in the community.
Table 13: Are there some programme targeted rural people
on radio?
|
Response
|
Frequency
|
Percentage
%
|
|
Yes
|
100
|
56
|
|
No
|
80
|
44
|
|
Total
|
180
|
100
|
In
the table above, 56% of respondents response that there are some programmes
targeted at rural people of Bayelsa on radio, while 44% of respondents said
“No”.
Table 14: If yes specify
|
Response
|
Frequency
|
Percentage
%
|
|
Gben-epie
|
180
|
100
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Total
|
180
|
100
|
In
the table above, 100% of respondent said the name of the radio programme that
targeted at them is “Gben-epie.
4.2
Data Analysis
Research question 1: Do people in rural Area of Bayelsa
have access to radio information?
To
answer these question table 5, can be used, in table 5,75% of respondents
response “yes” that people in rural area of Bayelsa State has access to radio
information while 25% of respondents do not have access to radio information.
Research questions 2: How often do the rural people listen
to radio programme?
To
answer these table 6,44% of respondents listened to radio programme
“regularly”, 39% of respondents listened to radio “sometime”, while 17% of
respondents do not listened to radio programme at all.
Research questions 3: How much has radio contributed to the
development of the community.
To
answer this question table 10 can be used, in table 10,67% of respondents
response “positively” that radio has contributed to the development of the
community while 33% of respondents response “negatively” that the development
of the community.
Research questions 4: How much impact does radio has in
the lives of people in the rural area.
To
answer this question, table 8 can be used, in table 8,83% of respondents
accepted that radio has a much positive
impact in the lives of people in rural area of Bayelsa State while 17% of
respondents said radio has much negative impact in their lives.
Research questions 5: Table 8: Do people in rural area of Bayelsa State has
any programme on radio targeted at them?
To
answer this question, table 13 and 14 can be used. In table 13,56% of
respondents said “yes” that they have a radio programmes targeted at them while
44% of respondents said “no” also in table 14, 100% of respondents said
Gben-epie is the name of the radio programme that is targeted at them in the
rural area of Sagbama, Bayelsa State.
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