Self-Reliance and Public Participation that Affect People's Quality of Life in Nakhon Pathom Province

Abstract

The research purposes were: (1) to study the self-sufficiency, public participation, and life quality of people in Nakhon Pathom Province; (2) to study the self-sufficiency and public participation affecting life quality of people in Nakhon Pathom Province; and (3) to present the guidelines for developing the study the self-sufficiency and public participation affecting life quality of people in Nakhon Pathom Province. This research was the quantitative and qualitative research. The target population was the people aged 18 years and over with house registration in Nakhon Pathom Province. The sample group for quantitative research was the 400 people, and the research instrument was the questionnaire. The sample group for qualitative research was the 18 people, and the research instrument was the in-depth interview form. The data analysis statistics were the frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, multiple regression analysis, and correlation analysis.

The research findings were: (1) the self-sufficiency affecting life quality of people in Nakhon Pathom Province found the overall was at high level; the descending mean were: the technology aspect, the natural resources aspect, the social and cultural aspect, the psychological aspect, the economic aspect, and the cultural aspect, respectively; and the public participation affecting life quality of people in Nakhon Pathom Province found the overall was at high level; the descending mean were: the benefit participation aspect, the decision participation aspect, the operational participation aspect, and the assessment participation aspect, respectively; (2) The self-sufficiency in the technology aspect, the psychological aspect, and the social and cultural aspects versus the public participation in the decision participation aspect, the benefit participation aspect, and the assessment participation aspect affected the life quality of people in Nakhon Pathom Province at statistical significance level .05; and (3) should using the technology to promote the public participation and jointly plan to improve the life quality of people in Nakhon Pathom Province.