Income Inequality and Factors Affecting Household Income A case study: Ketri Subdistrict, Mueang District, Satun Province

Abstract

The objectives of this study were (1) to study household income inequality and (2) to compare household income classified by household characteristics in Ketri Subdistrict, Mueang District, Satun Province. The secondary data used in this study were derived from “One Tambon One University Campaign” organized by Songkhla Rajabhat University in A.D. 2019-2021. 347 households were recruited as samples. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics including frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. To test the hypothesis by comparing mean of incomes difference, One-way analysis of variance using t-test and F-test were implemented.

The results revealed that (1) the distribution of income using the Gini coefficient is equal to 0.36. It can be concluded that the sample households in Ketri Subdistrict have a good distribution of income. The proportion of Income Share for bottom 40% and top 10% is equal to 0.71, indicating that households in Ketri Subdistrict have relatively high income equality and (2) The differences in educational level of the head of household, the age of the head of household, the main occupation of the head of the household, and the number of household members have caused household income to be significantly different at 99, 95, 99, and 99 percent confidence levels, respectively.