Administration and Sustainable Development Affecting the Life Quality of People in Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Abstract

          The research purposes were (1) to study the life quality levels of people in Nakhon Ratchasima Province; (2) to analyze the administration and sustainable development affecting the life quality of people in Nakhon Ratchasima Province; and 3) to propose the guidelines for developing the life quality of people in Nakhon Ratchasima Province. This was the quantitative and qualitative research. The sample group of quantitative research was the 400 people, and the research instrument was the questionnaire.  The sample group of qualitative research was the 20 people, and the research instrument was the in-depth interview form. The data analysis statistics were the frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, multiple regression analysis, and correlation analysis.

          The research findings were:

          1. The life quality of people in Nakhon Ratchasima Province found the overall was at high level; the descending mean were the personal beliefs aspect, the environmental aspect, the social relationship aspect, the physical aspect, the independence aspect, and the mind aspect, respectively.

          2. The administration and sustainable development in the aspect of continuation of the royal initiative, the urban development aspect, the wealth aspect, and the peace and tranquility aspect affected the life quality of people in Nakhon Ratchasima Province at statistical significance level .05.

          3.The guidelines for developing the life quality of people in Nakhon Ratchasima Province were: (1) the public health development was the supporting the distribution of mobile health services in different communities as appropriate and sufficient, to reach bedridden patients or the elderly who cannot travel to hospital services, and to provide the comprehensive public health care; and (2) the economic growth development by taking the sufficiency economy as the models, emphasizing the principles of adequacy, moderation, and responding to basic necessities, in order to survive in the midst of the economic crisis.