Influence of Border Trade Cultural Assimilation and Public Policy (Border Trade and Cultural Encouragement) Affecting the Pattern of Life on People in the Border Community

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study the relationship among the border trade, cultural assimilation, and public policy on the ways of life people in border community. The quantitative data was collected by using a questionnaire and the sample was 397 people residing at 4 border communities; Thasadet Indochina market, Rakkaewsrimongkol Indochina market, Baan Klongluek-Rongklue market, and Baan Hadlek. The quantitative data was analyzed by using descriptive statistic, mean, standard deviation, skewness, kurtosis, Hierarchical regression analysis, and linear structure relationship done by LISREL techniwque Confirmatory factor analysis. The research results indicated that: The relationship among the border trade, the cultural assimilation, and the public policy regarding border trade and cultural encouragement affecting the ways of life of the in the border community had a model of the linear structural equation effectiveness fitted to and had a statistical significance towards the empirical data. In addition, it was found that the three variables; public policy regarding border trade and cultural encouragement, cultural assimilation, and border trade, had an effect on the ways of life overall.