QUALITY OF PEOPLE LIFE ACCORDING TO THE 5 PRECEPTS VILLAGE PROJECT OF NONG CHOK COMMUNITY, THA YANG DISTRICT, PHETCHABURI PROVINCE

Abstract

The Article was to study quality of people life, compare the opinions of people, problems, obstacles and suggestions for development of quality of people life according to the 5 precepts village project of Nong Chok community, Tha Yang district, Phetchaburi province. It was the mixed research method that the quantitative research used the questionnaire as the tool to collect the data in the field study from 354 people in Nong Chok community, Tha Yang district, Phetchaburi province. The statistics were used for the data analysis through frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation (S.D.), t-test, F-test, One-way Analysis of Variance and Least Significant Difference: LSD. And the qualitative research had the documentary analysis and interview as the tool to collect the data in the field study from 9 key informants and analyzed the data through the content analysis technique, This mix-method research found that quality of people life had an overall opinion at high level, age, education and occupation as personal factors to be different. Problems and obstacles were lack of recreational activities that promoted physical health, should support recreational activities of the community by using the temple area to organize activities. Lack of concrete application of sufficiency economy principles, should support the application of the sufficiency economy principles in daily life.