The Role of Women and the Local Administration According to Sangahavatthu in Chum Ta Bong District, Nakhon Sawan Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research article were 1) to study women's roles and local government; 2) to study women's roles and local government according to Sangahavatthu; and 3) to study guidelines for developing women's roles and local administration according to Sangahavatthu in Chum Ta Bong District, Nakhon Sawan Province. It was a mixed methods research. For quantitative research, questionnaires with .920 confidence were distributed to a sample of the voter population in Chum Ta Bong District. The statistics used in the research were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation. The qualitative research used in-depth interviews with 15 key informants, purposively selected. The results of the research revealed that 1) the opinions about women's roles and local administration were found that the overall average was at a moderate level ( = 3.48). When considering from the most to the least, they were economic aspect, administrative aspect, political aspect, social aspect and cultural aspect; and 2) opinions about women's roles and local administration according to Sangahavatthu found that overall, the average was at a high level (  = 3.51). When considering from the most to the least, namely Samanattata, Atthacariya, Dana, and Piyavaca; and 3) the guidelines for the development of women's roles and local administration according to Sangahavatthut in Chum Ta Bong District, Nakhon Sawan province found that 3.1) female leaders should be generous, selfless, helpful, charitable, taking care of the residents; 3.2) female leaders should speak politely and sweetly to people, keep giving advice and knowledge that was useful in work; 3.3) female leaders should contribute to community activities, care for the welfare of the people, take care of serving colleagues to the best of their abilities accurately and quickly; 3.4) female leaders should behave as role models and be friendly, get along with people of all levels, be consistent and sacrifice one's own interests for the common good.