People’s Participation Affecting Local Development in Nakhon Nayok province.

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study people’s participation affecting local development in Nakorn Nayok province. The population consisted of 264,162 people who lived in Muang district, Banna district, Ongkarak district and Pakplee district and the sample group was 399 people by Taro Yamane’s method. The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire and interview by SPSS program. Statistical analysis used to analyze the data were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson‘s product correlation coefficient and Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis.

The results have shown that;

1. People’s participation affecting local development in Nakorn Nayok province, as a whole was at the high level. ; ranking in descending order of mean: benefit of participation aspect was at the high level, implementation of participation was at the high level, evaluation participation was at the moderate level and making decision of participation aspect was at the moderate orderly.


2. Local development of people in Nakorn Nayok province, as a whole was at the high level. ; ranking in descending order of mean: environment and natural resources conservation was at the high level , enhancing community potential and promoting knowledge and workplace skills in the social with the happiness were at the high level. Medical service promoting, holistic health center was at the high level and tourism route development, tourist attraction, facilitates, products and service were at the moderate level orderly.


3. People’s participation had the relationship with local development at the high level with 0.01level of significance. By people’s participation on benefit affecting local development was the first level at 84.40 %.