PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION IN THE PREPARATION OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN (B.E. 2561-2565), AM-PHAENG SUB-DISTRICT, BAN PAEO DISTRICT, SAMUT SAKHON PROVINCE

Abstract

Abstract

The purpose of this research were to: 1) study of the level of people’s participation toward the preparation of local development plan (B.E. 2561-2565) of Am-Phaeng sub-district, Ban Paeo district, Samut Sakhon province,    2)comparison between people’s participation toward the preparation of local development plan (B.E.2561-2565) of Am-Phaeng sub-district, Ban Paeo district, Samut Sakhon province and personal factors in terms of sex, age, marital status, education, occupation, and average monthly income.  The questionnaires are used to collect data. The sample size of 377 individuals are the local residents living in Am-Phaeng sub-district.  The descriptive statistical data include frequency, percentage, mean,  and standard deviation. The data are also analyzed by using t-Test and F-Test.

The results showed that:

1) Most of the respondents are females, they have age between 31-40 years old, are married, have a bachelor degree, maintain a private business, and have an average monthly income between 10,001-15,000 baht. 

2) The level of people’s participation toward the preparation of local development plan  (B.E. 2561-2565) of Am-Phaeng sub-district, Ban Paeo district, Samut Sakhon province is at high value. When consider each item separately, the participation in receiving benefits is at the highest level and then following by participation in decision-making. Meanwhile,  the participation in operation and evaluation are at the lowest level.

3) The differences in personal factors have no relationship with participation toward the preparation of local development plan  (B.E. 2561-2565)  of Am-Phaeng sub-district, Ban Paeo district, Samut Sakhon province at the statistical significant value of 0.05.