Gender and Life Styles Cross Cultural Research (Thailand Australia)
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The purposes of this study were: 1) to examine the lifestyles of Australian and Thai male and female students in total and in each style, and 2) to compare the students’ lifestyles across genders (male and female) and across countries (Australia and Thailand). The participants of the study were 213 undergraduate students (112 students from Mahasarakham University, Thailand, and 101 students from Monash University, Australia). The instruments included the six lifestyles questionnaire with the reliability measured by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient ranging from 0.71-0.92. The statistics used in the study were means, standard deviation, and t-test.
The results revealed that all groups of participants had the scores of lifestyles at the average levels both in total and in each style. The Australian male participants had the highest preference on healthy lifestyle, but the least preference on trendy lifestyle. The Thai male participants had conservative and homey lifestyles at the highest levels, but had night going lifestyle at the lowest level. The Australian and Thai female participants showed the least score on conservative lifestyle.
Moreover, there was the statistically significant difference between the male and female groups at level 0.05 both in total and in each style. When comparing between Australian and Thai males, it was found that there was no significant difference. The Thai participants’ lifestyles were more apparent than that of the Australian participants, excepting healthy lifestyle.
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