การวิเคราะห์ระดับการรู้สารสนเทศของผู้สูงอายุในเขตดุสิต

arpaporn phokajang; Wilailuk Rakbumrung; Mooktra Thongves; Kathaleeya Chanda

Authors

arpaporn phokajang College of Innovation and Management, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University
Wilailuk Rakbumrung College of Innovation and Management, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University
Mooktra Thongves College of Innovation and Management, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University
Kathaleeya Chanda College of Innovation and Management, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University

Keywords:

Information Literacy, Elderly, Dusit District

Abstract

This research aimed to study the level of information literacy in the elderly and compare the information literacy of the elderly based on gender, age, educational level, and occupation. Samples were 400 elderly persons of age over 60 years, living in Dusit District. The research instrument was a questionnaire consisting of two parts, part 1 of the questionnaire covered the personal characteristics of the respondents, and part 2 focused on the level of information literacy. Data analysis was made by using percentage statistics mean and standard deviation, and testing the research hypotheses by using T-test and F-test. It was found that the level of information literacy , both overall and in each aspect of the elderly was rather low (x̄ = 2.09), the comparison of the literacy by gender showed it had no significant difference while the difference of age and occupation made variation of literacy at 0.01.

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