Preparation for the security for life after retirement of military officials of Directorate of Operations

Abstract

        The objectives of this study are: 1) to study the preparation for stability in life after retirement, 2)to compare the personal factors with the preparation for stability in life after retirement, and 3) to provide recommendations for preparing for the stability of life after retirement of military officers in the Royal Thai Army. This is a quantitative research that collects data from questionnaires obtained from the Royal Thai Army officials who aged between 40-60 years in 2022. The sample consisted of 187 people using simple random sampling method. Data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The hypothesis testing using t-test and F-test. The results of the study found that:

        1.The overall preparation for life stability after retirement was found to have a high level of opinion (=3.68). The aspects with the highest level of opinion were housing ( = 4.15), mental (= 4.09), and physical health (= 3.82) respectively. The aspect with the lowest level of opinion was wealth ( =3.57).

            2.The results of a study on the differences between personal factors and the preparation for stability in life after retirement of military officers of the Royal Thai Army Operations Regiment. It was found that gender, age, marital status, education level, rank, period of service, and average monthly income have no relationship with the preparation for the stability of life after retirement at the statistically significant level of 0.05.

        3.Guidelines for preparing for the stability of life after retirement included the study about health care on a regular basis, reality acceptance, monetary planning, house planning, as well as finding hobbies.