The Democratic Political Attitude of Sriprachan “Methipramuk” High School Students in Suphan Buri

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study the level of the democratic political attitude of Sriprachan “Methipramuk” high school students in Suphan Buri and to determine factors affected their the democratic political attitude. The samples composed of 193 Sriprachan “Methipramuk” high school students in Suphan Buri. Proportional stratified random sampling and simple random sampling method were end. The data were collected by using questionnaires and analyzed by using the packaging computer program. Statistical tools employed in data analysis and presented through Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation, t-test, One-Way ANOVA and Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient. The level of significance for statistical testing was 0.05. The research findings are as follow. The level of attitudes of Sriprachan “Methipramuk” high school students in Suphan Buri was high. According to the hypothesis is testing, gender and political participation caused difference in the attitudes. However, level of education, occupation of parent, family income per month and interesting in political information did not caused any difference in the attitudes.