Knowledge on Halal Food of Thai Muslims: A case study of Thai Muslims in Tambon Chalerm, Kong Ra District, Phatthalung Province

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study the knowledge level and compare the knowledge of Thai Muslims on halal food. The 7 independent variables were classified by gender, age, education level, household monthly income, marital status, occupation and Islamic education. The reliability of questionnaire worth 0.788 was used as a tool to collect data. The sample group of this research was 372 Thai Muslims in Tambon Chalerm, Kong Ra District, Phatthalung Province. They were selected by Quota Sampling.The statistics for descriptive data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. T-test and   F-test were employed for Analysis of Variance.

            The research results found the knowledge levels on halal food of the major samples were high. The top 3 types of knowledge were principles of halal food, halal food, Haram and Mashbuhl/Syubhat and halal method for animal slaughter. The hypothesis test also found the variables of age, education level, occupation and Islamic education were influent to knowledge on halal food. They are significantly different at 0.05.