Citizen Participation in the Operation of Tha Chang Sub-district Health Security Fund, Muang Nakhon Nayok District, Nakhon Nayok Province

Abstract

The research aims to study and compare citizen participation in the operation of Tha Chang Sub-district Health Security Fund, Muang Nakhon Nayok District, Nakhon Nayok Province with regard to respondents’ demographic data. It is a survey research with the sample size of 342 people who live in the service area of Tha Chang Sub-district Health Security Fund during the year of B.E. 2556 and aged 18 years and older. Data is collected through a questionnaire that is developed by the author and has the value of reliability equal to 0.986. Statistics for data analysis are percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test statistic, One-way ANOVA and Scheffe’s test for pairwise dataset. Results reveals that :
1. The majority of respondents are female (57.6%), aged between 40-49 years, single (more than 50%), graduated high school or equivalent (43.6%), earn an average monthly income between 20,001-30,000 Baht (36%) has reside in a village for 5-10 years (39.9%), are merchants or business owners (27.2%), and earnan average annual income between 50,000-100,000 Baht.
2. Citizen participation in the operation of Tha Chang Sub-district Health Security Fund, Muang Nakhon Nayok District, Nakhon Nayok Province is moderate overall. When consider by aspects, it found that citizen participation in all aspects is also moderate. Participation in a decision-making stage is highest then operation, interests, and evaluation, respectively.
3. A hypothesis test found that respondents who has different genders, ages, marital statuses, educational levels, careers, average annual incomes and lengths of living in a village hasno different level of participation in the operation of Tha Chang Sub-district Health Security Fund.