The research objective was to study factors that affected the strengthening of a local community using a model sufficiency economy village. The sample in this study was 106 household heads or household representatives at Kut-khae village, Na-ngam sub-District, Selaphum District, Roi Et Province. Sample size was calculated by using the ready-made table calculation sample of Krejcie & Morgan. Questionnaires were used to collect the data and the statistics used in the research was an analysis of percentage, mean, and standard deviation. It was found that 1) overall of internal factors and external factors that affected the strengthening of a local community using a model sufficiency economy village, Kut-khae village, Na-ngam sub-District, Selaphum District, Roi Et Province- were at a high level. 2) Factors affecting the strengthening of a local community using a model sufficiency economy village were significantly. There were 3 variables; 1) social relations factor, 2) the participation of people in the community, and 3) support from government agencies. The prediction power of these predictors was 49.40 %.The prediction equation in the form of standardized scores (), affected criterion variable positively significance level of .05 (p < 0.05). This could be derived factors equations that affected the dependent variable in the following standardized scores as follows: Z=0.4285 + 0.337Z2+ 0.217Z6.
THE STRENGTHENING OF A LOCAL COMMUNITY USING A MODEL SUFFICIENCY ECONOMY VILLAGE: A CASE STUDY OF KUT-KHAE VILLAGE, NA NGAM, SELAPHUM DISTRICT, ROI ET PROVINCE Asst.Prof.Dr Jirapon Barisri pan-111555@hotmail.co.th Napasporn Phimsawan organn.api@gmail.com Asst.Prof.Dr Chanajai Muenthaisong chanajaime@gmail.com Faculty of Law and Politic, Roi Et Rajabhat University Roi-Et Thailand Abstract The research objective was to study factors that affected the strengthening of a local community using a model sufficiency economy village The sample in this study was 106 household heads or household representatives at Kut-khae village, Na-ngam sub-District, Selaphum District, Roi Et Province Sample size was calculated by using the ready-made table calculation sample of Krejcie & Morgan Questionnaires were used to collect the data and the statistics used in the research was an analysis of percentage, mean, and standard deviation It was found that 1) overall of internal factors and external factors that affected the strengthening of a local community using a model sufficiency economy village, Kut-khae village, Na-ngam sub-District, Selaphum District, Roi Et Province- were at a high level 2) Factors affecting the strengthening of a local community using a model sufficiency economy village were significantly There were variables; 1) social relations factor, 2) the participation of people in the community, and 3) support from government agencies The prediction power of these predictors was 49.40 %.The prediction equation in the form of standardized scores (), affected criterion variable positively significance level of 05 (p < 0.05) This could be derived factors equations that affected the dependent variable in the following standardized scores as follows: Z=0.4285 + 0.337Z2+ 0.217Z6 Keywords: community strength, model village, sufficiency economy, strengthening Introduction Thailand's economic crisis that began in late 1996, which was also the first year of the National Economic and Social Development Plan, caused many economic and social problems affecting citizens in all sectors of society Therefore, the issue of a strong community has been raised as an important alternative for development According to the philosophy of the 8th National Economic and Social Development Plan, a focus on a people-centered development process will increase people's potential and develop a strong community, a readiness to participate in economic development, and the social th 252 management of natural resources and environmental sustainability The strength of the community is the key to reducing the impact of the economy on society This should include the creation of a sustainable economic and social development process in the future This is an important development approach that continues to the 9thand 10th National Social and Economic Development Plans (Chaisuk, 2009: 1) It can be said that, the community is a foundation of the management and development of the country Building a strong community is one of the essential factors in the management and development of the country under the rule of the present form of democracy which gives priority to decentralization to the local and political participation of the people However, creating a strong community requires the following factors: having visionary community leaders with wisdom, having social relationships conducive to helping each other, having a strong community culture, having a shared ideology, and having support of the government etc (Sriampai, 2008: 1) Most of the people in the Kut-khae village have a supplementary occupation which is reed mat weaving Funds from the community include a Saving for Production Group with a 1.5 million baht capital production, a Rice Mill Community with 50,000 baht capital, a Village and Urban Community Fund with 2.7 million baht capital, a Sufficiency Economy Group with 22,000 baht capital, a Group of 125 people Farming Funds with 300,000 baht, a Poverty Alleviation Project group with300,000 baht capital, a Housewives Farmers Saving Group with 56,000 baht capital, and a Rice Bank Group with 430,000 baht capital Building a strong community is to create consciousness of citizenship and a love of local community, including the environment It is important to create a relationship of cooperation to develop an independent and diverse community that is free from domination by the state and the capital When organizations and citizens join together, the community and society will be strengthened and be able to help each other to solve any problems and find ways to improve the quality of life and finally self-reliance (Puangngam, 2010).Therefore, to strengthen the community and to be a model of sufficiently economic village, people in the community need to cooperate in many ways The key is community leaders, government agencies, and local administration must be an example in the development of the community by involving the people As a result, people in the community will see through the love and unity that they are a part or the key to make their community strong The Kut-khae village is a strong community and is only model of sufficiency economy village in Na-ngam sub-District, Selaphum District, Roi Et Province Therefore, the researcher is interested to discover the factors that affected the strengthening of this sufficiency economy community and made it a model 1.1 The purpose of the study To study the factors that affected the strengthening of a local community so that if became a model sufficiency economy village: a case study of Kut-khae village, Na-ngam sub-District, Selaphum District, Roi Et Province 1.2 Scopes of the study 1.2.1 Scope of area was Kut-khae village, Na-ngam sub-District, Selaphum District, Roi Et Province 253 1.2.2 Scope of the content was quantitative research Quantitative research was to study the strengthening of the community 1) Internal factors that strengthened of the community consisting of community leaders, participation of the people in the community, community culture, management, and social relations 2) External factors that strengthened of the community consisting of the support from government agencies, and local government 1.3 Scope of population 1.3.1 The population in this study were 144 household heads or household representatives at Kut-khae village, Na-ngam sub-District, Selaphum District, Roi Et province (A number of households based on basic minimum needs in 2016) 1.3.2 The sample in this study consisted of the sample that was used in quantitative research, which were 106 household heads or household representatives at Kut-khae village, Na-ngam sub-District, Selaphum District, Roi Et Province The sample size was determined by the Yamane formula (Yamane, 1973: 727) 1.4 Scope of time The research period was between January and September2017 1.5 The variable aspects related to the study 1.5.1 Independent variables were 1) Internal factors that strengthened the community consisted of community leaders, participation of the people in the community, community culture, management, and social relations 2) External factors that strengthened the community consisted of support from government agencies and local government 1.5.2 The dependent variable was strengthening the Kut-khae model sufficiency economy village Research Methodology This research used quantitative research to study the factors affecting the strengthening of a local community using a model sufficiency economy village a case study of Kut-khae village, Na-ngam sub-District, Selaphum District, Roi Et Province 2.1 Instruments used in this quantitative research were as follow: Parts were questionnaires which consisted of items about the person's general information Part was questionnaires which consisted of 50 questions about the factors affecting the strengthening of a local community using a model sufficiency economy village namely, internal factors which consisted of 1) community leaders 2) the participation of the people in the community 3) the cultural community 4) management 5) 254 social relations and external factors 6) support from government agencies, and 7) support from local governments The questionnaire used a Likert rating scale Part was an open ended question which was about the suggestions for strengthening of a local community using a model sufficiency economy village 2.2 To create a tool, the researchers set up the process as follow: 1) Studied concepts, theories, papers and related research 2) Determined the scope of the questions to cover the conceptual framework, purpose, and related elements 3) Drafted a questionnaire which was submitted to the research advisory committee for reviewing, correction and suggestion to improve the questionnaire 4) Edited the questionnaire based on the advice of the research advisory 2.3 Data collection In this research, the researchers designed a variety of data collection methods to obtain complete results and a high level of reliable Quantitative research The researcher determined the data collection process as follows: 3.1 The researchers requested a letter of support from the Faculty of Law, Roi Et Rajabhat University to apply for a permit and asked for cooperation from headman of Kutkhae village, Na-ngam sub-District, Selaphum District, Roi Et Provincein answering the questionnaires and collecting data from the sample group 3.2 The researchers appointed research assistants to collect the data The researchers explained the methods and procedures to the research assistants The data was collected by using the questionnaire between 31 January and 28 February 2016 3.3 All 106 questionnaires were returned completely 2.4 Data analysis of quantitative research The Pearson product-moment was used to analyze the correlation ofstrengthening of a local community using a model sufficiency economy village The correlation criteria or the size of the association used the numbers of the correlation coefficient, correlation coefficient value approaching-1 or represents the relationship at a high level, but if there is a value close to represents the level associated with little or none Factors for strengthening of a local community using a model sufficiency economy village were analyzed by using multiple linear regression statistics by Stepwise method significance level of 05 Results The factors affecting the strengthening of a local community using a model sufficiency economy village a case study of Kut-khae village, Na-ngam sub-District, Selaphum District, Roi Et Province 255 Overall the internal factors and external factors that affected the strengthening of a local community using a model sufficiency economy village-Kut-khae village, Na-ngam sub-District, Selaphum District, Roi Et Province- were at a high level Factors affecting the strengthening of a local community using a model sufficiency economy village were significantly There were variables; 1) the social relations factor, 2) the participation of people in the community, and 3) support from government agencies The prediction power of these predictors was 49.40 %.The prediction equation in the form of standardized scores (), affected criterion variable positively significance level of 05 (p < 0.05) From this could be derived factors equations that affected the dependent variable in the following standardized scores as follows: Z=0.4285 + 0.337Z2+ 0.217Z6 Recommendations There should be a comparative study of strengthening the community in other areas in order to bring the results of that comparison, including the analysis of differences in factors which affect the process of strengthening the community There should be a study of the relationship between community leadership and the thought process of the people in the community Discussions and Conclusion The factors affecting the strengthening of a local community using a model sufficiency economy village in the case study of Kut-khae village, Na-ngam sub-District, Selaphum District, Roi Et Province Both internal and external factors affecting the strengthening of a local community using a model sufficiency economy village a case study of Kut-khae village, Na-ngam sub District, Selaphum District, Roi Et Province were at a high level The results of this research can be seen from their involvement in community activities, both in terms of managing the problems in the village and in developing the villagers to adapt effectively to the situation Similarly, the study of Srimukda (2002) found that the level of being a self-reliant community was at a high level Moreover, Lertpan phrom (2011: 79) also found that internal factors affected the strength and sustainability of occupational groups The level of feedback was at a very high level The factors affecting the strengthening of a local community using a model sufficiency economy village were statistically significant There were variables; 1) social relations factor (X¬5), 2) the participation of people in the community (X¬2), and support from government agency (X¬6) The prediction power of these predictors was 49.40 %.The prediction equation in the form of standardized scores (), affected the criterion variable positively at a significance level of 05 (p < 0.05) From this could be derived factors equations that affected the dependent variable in the following standardized scores as follows: Z=0.4285 + 0.337Z2+ 0.217Z7 Furthermore, the study of Simukda (2002) found that an effective predictor to predict a community economic self-reliance trends in SamutSakhon province were the psychological factor and the management factor The prediction power was 35.40 %, the correlation coefficient was 0.595 The prediction equation, in the 256 form of raw scores and standardized scores, can be derived as follows: Y = 2.169 + 0.306X4 + 0.154X7 และZ = 0.348X4 + 0.325X7 In addition, Lertpanphrom (2011: 79) found that the correlation coefficient between the internal factors and external factors affects the strong sustainability of the occupational group that the variables were positively correlated significantly at the 0.01 level and the correlation coefficientswere 0.788 and 0.882 Similarly, Potikul (2006: 109) found that the factors affecting the job satisfaction of the district assistant community development officers at academic assistant center area3 were the policy and management of salary and welfare, job security, and equality of responsibility for work The variance of the independent variable was 52.0% Conclusion From the research of the process of strengthening of a local community using a model sufficiency economy village, Kut-khae village, Na-ngam sub-District, Selaphum District, Roi Et Province could be conclude that overall of internal factors that affected the strengthening of a local community using a model sufficiency economy village-Kut-khae village, Na-ngam sub-District, Selaphum District, Roi Et Province- was at a high level and every 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