The way to apply Saraniyadhamma in the way of life Of elders in Nakhon Si Thammarat province.

Abstract

The objectives of this research were as follows :- To study the way to apply Saraniyadhamma in the way of life of elders in Nakhon Si Thammarat province. To compare the way to apply Saraniyadhamma in the way of life of elders in terms of sexes, ages, degrees of education, occupations, and monthly incomes as differently, and To study the suggestion on the way to apply Saraniyadhamma in the way of life of elders. This is the mixed method research. The population were composed of elders who live in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, there are 204,012 persons, sample size by Krejcie and Morgan’s table measurement, the samples were about 384 persons. The instrument was questionnaire and in deep interview which are assessed by specialists. Data analysis by computer program. The statistics were as follows; frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, t-test, F-test, and to test the difference of arithmetic mean in each pair by LSD method, and qualitative data were analyzed as content. The findings were as following :- The way to apply Saraniyadhamma in the way of life of elders by overview was at more level. The comparative results on the way to apply Saraniyadhamma in the way of life of elders in terms of occupations found that there were different as statistically significance at .01 but in terms of others there were not different The elders have the suggestions on the way to apply Saraniyadhamma in the way of life as follows; the aspect of Mettakayakamma i.e. there should make the consciousness for living together in relative society. There should promote on respective each others both front and back. There should have more disciplinary activities and there should have more co-ordination for helping the needed elders.