Factors Affecting Village Development in Sub-district Khampia, Phochai District, Roi-et Province

Abstract

 The objectives of the research were to study factors affecting village development in Khampia sub-district, Phochai distict, Roiet province, relationship between community strength and village development, and to propose the recommendations to promote village development in the area of study. The research poppulation was 288 persons randomly selected from 1,025 heads of houses in the village in Khampia sub-district, Phochai distict, Roi-et province through Yamane’s simple random sampling. (Yamane 1973: 727) The study instrument was a set of self- administered questionnaires, examined by 3 experts with reliability at 0.885 and complied with the research objectives.The statistics applied for analysing data were frequency, mean, percentage, standard deviation,and the hypothesis was analyzed by Pearson’s product-moment correlation, and multiple regression analysis by stepwise, with the statistic significant level at .05. 
             The results of the research were as follows: 
             1. The relationship between community strength and village development in sub-district Khampia, Phochai distict, Roi-et province, as a whole was rated at high level (.727). 
            2. The four independent, predictor variables affecting village development in sub-district Khampia, Phochai distict, Roiet province were community economies, community resources management, community administration, and safety and security of lives and assets which could explain village development in sub-district Khampia, Phochai Distict, Roi-et province in the area of study with statistically calculated and revealed at 84.90 percent with R2= .849 and the value of F = 212.226 with the statistic significant level at .05. This set of prediction formular could be put in multiple regression with standard as follows;
            Formular in score
            Y = .359+ .168X₁+ .062X₂ +.157X₆ +.512X₇
            Standard Formular in score
            Z_r = .535Z₇+ .253Z₁+ .218Z₆ +.116Z₂
            3. The first three recommendations regarding factors enhancing community strength in sub-district Khampia, Phochai distict, Roi-et province in descending order of degree were the unity and cooperation of the people in communities, natural water resources development for self-sufficient economy of every household, and organic cultivation by using discarded food and molasses in the community.