The Satisfaction towards Social Welfare Arrangement for Elderly Citizens in Thamuang Municipality, Thamuang District, Kanchanaburi
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The research has been carried out to: 1) study the level of satisfaction towards social welfare for the elderly citizens in Thamuang Municipality, Thamuang District, Kanchanaburi; 2) conduct a comparative study on the satisfaction level towards social welfare for the elderly resided in Thamuang Municipality, classified by personal factors and; 3) study additional comments and recommendations about social welfare organised for the elderly citizens resided in Thamuang Municipality, Thamuang District of Kanchanaburi. The population of this research is the Thamuang registered residents aged 60 years and above. The research is quantitative. It has a sample size of 332 persons. Statistics used for result analysis were descriptive statistics such as percentage, mean, and standard deviation, as well as the T-test, F-test, and multiple comparisons. The results showed that the overall satisfaction level towards social welfare for the elderly citizens in Thamuang Municipality is at a high level. From the most satisfactory to the least were: health care, income level, supported service and network, social stability, accommodation, and recreation aspect. Additionally, a comparative study showed that personal factors included gender, age, education level, and income level, all have an influence on social welfare satisfaction level at a statistical significance of 0.05.
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