QUALITY OF LIFE OF LOCAL RESIDENTS: A CASE OF HUAIKRAJAO SUBDISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION, KANCHANABURI PROVINCE

Abstract

Abstract

The research topic of quality of life of local residents intended to study the perceptions of residents regarding their quality of life living in Amphoe HuaiKrajao, Kanchanaburi and compare their opinions on different personal characteristics namely gender, marital status, education level, age groups, and monthly incomes. A sample of 400 respondents living in HuaiKrajao subdistrict were purposely selected to answer the questionnaire, of which the reliability test yielded the Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient of 0.945. The quantitative study used the frequency, the percentage, the arithmetic mean, the standard deviation for analysis, t-test and One-way ANOVA statistics for hypothesis testing.       

 The survey results revealed that the majority of respondents were female (57%) of which 41.5% married. Thirty seven percent finished high school education, and the 25-40 years age group accounted for 41.5%. The average monthly income of 10,001-15,000 bht. was dominant (42.3%). The overall perception of level of quality of life was high 3.71, of which the physical environment was the highest level 3.71 (SD. 0.76), followed by social environment 3.64 (SD. 0.66). The mentality environment aspect received the lowest perception 3.58. On testing the hypothesis of opinions from different gender, the results showed statistical insignificant t = -.152 at .05 level. The One - Way ANOVA statistical test of having independent variables, namely marital status, education level, age groups, and monthly incomes regress on dependent variable, the quality of life, the statistical tests were insignificant at the level of 0.05.