TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iii
ABSTRACT (THAI) iv
ABSTRACT (ENGLISH) vi
LIST OF TABLES xi
LIST OF FIGURES xiii
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background and setting 1
1.2 Objectives of the study 3
1.3 Research questions 3
1.4 Null hypothesis 3
1.5 Alternative hypothesis 4
1.6 The supposed advantages of the study 4
1.7 Definition of terms 4
1.8 Theoretical framework 5
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 8
2.1 Farmer housewife decision making 8
2.2 Agricultural activities regarding the King’s Sufficiency Economy Philosophy
23
2.3 Family well-being regarding the King’s Sufficiency Economy Philosophy
31
2.4 Related studies 35
CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY 47
3.1 Objectives of the study 47
3.2 Research design 47
3.3 Population 48
3.4 Instrumentation for data collecting 51
3.5 Measurement of variables 56 3.6 Content validity and reliability of research
instrument
59
3.7 Data collection 60
3.8 Data analysis 61
CHAPTER 4 RESULTS 63
4.1 Part 1 General socio-economics background of farm housewives and families
64
4.2 Part 2 Roles of farmer housewives decision making on doing sufficiency economy farming
77
4.3 Part 3 Household agricultural activities in
accordance with the sufficiency economy farming
86
4.4 Part 4 Well-being of farmer families according to sufficiency economy farming
91
4.5 Part 5 Problems and obstacles of farmer housewives in doing agricultural activities according to
sufficiency economy farming
95
4.6 Part 6 Results of analysis of factors related to roles of farmer housewives decision making on doing sufficiency economy farming
98
4.7 Part 7 Results of analysis of factors related to household agricultural activities in accordance with the sufficiency economy farming
105
4.8 Part 8 Analysis of factors related to well-being of farmer families according to sufficiency economy farming
112
CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION 122
5.1 Objectives of the study 122
5.2 Research question 122
5.3 Research methodology 123
5.4 Conclusion 125
5.5 Research discussion 136
5.6 Research suggestions 142
5.7 Suggestions for further research 144
REFERANCES 145
APPENDICES 153
Appendix A Research Questionnaire 154
Appendix B Reliability Analysis 171
Appendix C Table of the population sampling 178
CURRICULUM VITAE 188
LIST OF TABLES
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1 Farm household work roles 20
2 Women’s participation in agriculture 22
3 District in Chiang Mai province divided by the geographic conditions
48
4 Congruence of factors, research objectives, variables and questions in questionnaire
54
5 General socio-economics background of farmer housewives and families
65
6 Level of household economic roles of farmer housewives 71 7 Level of treat in farmer housewives’ families in connection
with power relation (Patriarchy)
73
8 Level of sufficient economics acknowledgment from various sources
77
9 Roles of farmer housewives in decision making on doing sufficiency economy farming
80
10 Household agricultural activities in accordance with the sufficiency economy farming
88
11 Level of household agricultural activities in accordance with the sufficiency economy farming
90
12 Well-being of farmer families according to sufficiency economy farming
93
13 Level of Well-being of farmer families according to sufficiency economy farming
95
14 Problems and obstacles of farmer housewives in doing agricultural activities according to sufficiency economy farming
96
15 Mean and standard deviation of analyzed variables related to roles of farmer housewives in decision making on doing sufficiency economy farming
99
16 Correlation coefficient between dependent and independent variables in analyzing roles of farmer housewives in
decision making on doing sufficiency economy farming
102
17 Multiple regression analysis of factors related to roles of farmer housewives in decision making on doing sufficiency economy farming
103
18 Mean and standard deviation of analyzed variables related to household agricultural activities in accordance with the sufficiency economy farming
107
19 Correlation coefficient between dependent and independent variables in analyzing household agricultural activities in accordance with the sufficiency economy farming
109
20 Multiple regression analysis of factors related to household agricultural activities in accordance with the sufficiency economy farming
111
21 Mean and standard deviation of analyzed variables related to well-being of farmer families according to sufficiency economy farming
114
22 Correlation coefficient between dependent and independent variables in analyzing well-being of farmer families
according to sufficiency economy farming
117
23 Multiple regression analysis of factors related to well-being of farmer families according to sufficiency economy farming
119
LIST OF FIGURES
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1 Agrifamily household sub-model 10
2 Farmer housewife economic decision making process in household
12
3 The sufficiency economy philosophy framework 25
4 Multi-stage random sampling 50