Promoting the Quality of Life According to the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy of People in Bueng Pla Tu Sub-district Administrative Organization Banphot Phisai District Nakhon Sawan Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the relationship between  Ditthidhammikattha and the promotion of life according to the sufficiency economy philosophy and the quality of life; and 2) to present guidelines for enhancing the quality of life according to the sufficiency economy philosophy of the people in Bueng Pla Thu Sub-district Administrative Organization, Banphot Phisai District, Nakhon Sawan Province. This study was a mixed methods research between quantitative and qualitative research.  For quantitative research, a questionnaire was used with a confidence value of 0.973. The sample group obtained by stratified random sampling consisted of 366 people. The statistics used in the research were percentage, frequency, standard deviation, and Pearson's correlation coefficient by using the social science package. And qualitative research was done by in-depth interview with 17 key informants selected by purposive sampling. The results of the research were found that 1) the relationship between Ditthidhammikattha and the promotion of life according to the sufficiency economy philosophy and the quality of life of the people in Bueng Pla Thu Sub-district Administrative Organization, Banphot Phisai District, Nakhon Sawan Province, in overall, was a statistically significant correlation at 0.01 level. In overall, it was at a very high level, Pearson Correlation (r) 0.778; and 2) guidelines for promoting quality of life according to the sufficiency economy philosophy of the people in the Bueng Pla Thu Sub-district Administrative Organization, Banphot Phisai District, Nakhon Sawan Province should proceed as follows: 2.1) there should be encouraging people to have good health and a community sports field; 2.2) there should be encouraging people to develop themselves to have a strong mind to avoid Apayamukha (all vices) that will lead to disgrace oneself and family; 2.3) there should be encouraging people to build good relationships with each other in the community, to  support the others, to participate in solving environmental problems in society and to have a public consciousness; and 2.4) there should be encouraging people not to dump waste into rivers and canals, no deforestation, participating in prevention of sewage and conserving local resources