The Comparative Study of Family Relationships and Folk-life Conservation between the Family Members of the Pgazkoenyau Community and the Sathorn District in Bangkok

Abstract

Research objectives: 1) to explore the relationship between familyrelationship and conservation of the indigenous way of life of Pgazkoenyau andSathon communities, 2) to compare the family relationship between Pgazkoenyauand Sathon communities, 3) To compare the conservation of the indigenous way oflife between Pgazkoenyau and Sathon communities, 4) to study the relationshipbetween family relationship and conservation of the indigenous way of life.Hypotheses: 1) the family relationship between Pgazkoenyau and Sathon communitieswas different, 2) the conservation of the indigenous way of life between Pgazkoenyauand Sathon communities was different, 3)the family relationship was correlated withthe conservation of the indigenous way of life. The samples of this survey researchwere 175 Pgazkoenyaus from Chiang Mai and Mae Hong Son Province, and 167Sathon residents had lived in the communities for more than 10 years. Theinstrument was five-level scale questionnaire being content validated for precisionby alpha coefficient of the questionnaire, in terms of family relationships (15 items)with an alpha coefficient of .73 and the conservation of the indigenous way of life(16 items) with an alpha coefficient of .76. The statistics used for data analysis weret-test and Pearson's correlation coefficient. The findings were: 1) the familyrelationship and the conservation of indigenous way of life of two communitieswere at high level, 2) the family relationship between the Pgazkoenyau and theSathon communities were not significantly different at .01, 3) the conservation ofthe indigenous way of life between the Pgazkoenyau and the Sathon communitieswere significantly different at .01, 4) the family relationship and the conservation ofthe indigenous way of life of 2 communities were significantly correlated at .01(r=.298).