ATTITUDES AND AWARENESS OF PEOPLE ON THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS ON SKY LANTERN

Abstract

This research is about the study of attitudes and perceptions of people toward the laws of sky lantern release. There are three objectives were 1) to study the attitudes and perceptions of people toward the laws of sky lantern release, and 2) to compare attitudes and perceptions of people toward sky lantern release. The research study was based on a mixed-methods design, a combination of qualitative research and quantitative research. The sampling group comprised 400 Thai people who lived in Bangkok, obtained using Quota Sampling. The research instruments were custom-made questionnaires designed survey the attitudes and perceptions of people toward the laws of releasing sky lanterns. Data analysis consisted of descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The findings were presented as follows:

1. The attitude of people in Bangkok area toward the laws of sky lantern release was in the high level ( = 3.69, S.D. = 0.54) and the overall perceptions of people in Bangkok toward the laws of sky lantern release was in the moderate level ( = 3.34, S.D. = 0.85)

2. The results of the comparison between the attitudes and the perception of people toward the laws of sky lantern release in the areas of gender, and the frequency of sky lantern release showed that there were no differences. In the areas of education, career and experiences of sky lantern release, the attitudes were different at the 0.05 level.