Relationship between Achievement of Household Accounting Based on Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy and Quality of Life

Abstract

               This study aimed at investigating the relationship between the achievement of household accounting based on the philosophy of sufficiency economy and the quality of life, a case study of the people in the model village with sufficient living level at Bu Pueai sub-district, Nam Yuen district, Ubon Ratchathani Thailand. The samples of this study were 364 villagers who kept household accounting in Bu Pueai sub-district. The systematic sampling technique was employed to obtain the samples. Frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient test were used to analyze the data. It was found that the samples were fond of keeping household accounting based on the sufficiency economy philosophy at a high level. The investigation, as a whole, revealed that the relationship between the achievement of household accounting and the people’s quality of life was highly positive. The examination in details indicated that the relationship between the achievement of household accounting and the aspects related to economics and learning conditions was positive at a high level, while that between the achievement and the aspects concerning mental, social, natural resource and environment conditions was positive at a medium level. The statistical significance level of this study was set at .01.