IMPLEMENTATION ON PHILOSOPHY OF SUFFICIENCY ECONOMY FOR PEOPLE OF BANKOK SUB-DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY IN SUWANNAKHUHA DISTRICT NONGBUA LAMPHU PROVINCE

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study implementation on philosophy of sufficiency economy for people of Bankok sub-district municipality in Suwannakhuha District Nongbua Lamphu Province, to study and compare implementation on philosophy of sufficiency economy for people by sex, age, occupation and education level to study implementation on philosophy of sufficiency economy for people. The population included the chiefs of families in 7 village for 1,345 persons. The samples were 309 persons. The scopes of contents consisted of 5 aspects as the aspects of sufficiency, reason, resistance, knowledge and the aspect of virtue. The instruments using for data collecting were rating scales questionnaires and interview. The statistics using for testing hypothesis included t-test, f-test (one-way anova) and The case of occurring of difference using the method of Scheffe.

The result can be summarized as follows: For overall of applied conduct on philosophy of sufficient economy was in high level. (=3.36, S.D.=0.45)  Considering on each aspect, it was found that the highest average was the aspect of virtue (=4.27, S.D.=0.46) and the next was the aspect of retionality. (=3.69, S.D.=0.53) But, the lowest average was the aspect of sufficiency. (=3.13, S.D.=0.44) The comparative results of implementation on philosophy of sufficiency economy for people of those household leaders classified by sex, age, occupation and education level showed that the sample group with different sex, age, occupation and education level does not apply implementation on philosophy of sufficiency economy for people in terms of sufficiency, rationality, immunity, knowledge condition and moral conditions differently. It found that the overall picture does not show any significant difference at 0.05 level, which did not comply with the hypothesis set. Suggestions were as follows: The aspect of efficiency should be on livelihood by the middle way of living. The aspect of reason should be reasonable payment. The aspect of good resistance should be on avoiding of evil path. The aspect of knowledge should be on study for occupation and should be on livelihood by conduct on philosophy of sufficient economy. The aspect of virtue should be on livelihood on honesty and on practice by the principle of religion.