Factors Related to Public Participation in The Local Development Plan of Tha Chin Subdistrict Municipality, Amphoe Mueang Samutsakorn, Samutsakorn Province

Abstract

The objectives of this study were 1) to study the level of people's participation in the local development plan of the local administrative organizations, Tha Chin Subdistrict Municipality, 2) to examine the Differences in participation in the local development plans of the local administrative organizations, Tha Chin Subdistrict Municipality, classified by personal factors, 3) to examine the Differences in participation in local development plans of the local administrative organizations, Tha Chin Subdistrict Municipality, classified by participation behavior in local developmentplans, 4) to examine the Factors relating to public participation in the local development plans of local administrative organizations, Tha Chin Subdistrict Municipality, Mueang Samut Sakhon District, Samut Sakhon Province. The sample group used in the study were 400 people living in the area of Tha Chin Subdistrict Municipality. Data collection tool was questionnaires The statistics used in the data analysis were percentage, mean, frequency, standard deviation, t-test, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), and test of independence (Chi-square Test) with statistical significance .05. The result shows that 1) People in the area of Tha Chin Subdistrict Municipality, Mueang Samut Sakhon District, had overall participation in a moderate level. 2) The hypothesis testing results revealed that the sample with different ages, occupations, average monthly incomes, and who live in different villages had different level of participation in the local development plans of the local administrative organizations, differed statistically at the .05 level of significance. While the samples with different levels of education had no different level of participation. 3) Different participation behaviors of participation in the local development plans of the local administrative organizations, differed statistically at the .05 level of significance. 4) we found that Participation in local development plans factors were in individual Internal factor, stimulate from another person factor and Compensation factor related to the participation in local development plans of local administrative organizations, Tha Chin Subdistrict Municipality, Mueang Samut Sakhon District, had a statistical significance of .05.