Quality of Life of Thai Farmers Who Joined the Rice Pledging Scheme

Abstract

The research paper aimed to study factors which affected quality of life of Thai farmers who joined the rice pledging scheme. Two thousand one hundred and twelve people (2,112 participants) who lived in 8 provinces, namely Chaing Mai, Phitsanulok, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Nakhon Nayok, Ubon Ratchathani, Surin, Songkhla and Nakhon Si Thammarat were selected as a sample group by multistage cluster sampling method.  A questionnaire was used to gather data. Mean, standard deviation, t-test and F-test were employed to analyze the data at the significance level of 0.05.

The results indicated that the factors affected quality of work life were: income from the rice pledging scheme, debt after participating the scheme, and types of land possession. The factors affected quality of family life were: marital status, income from the rice pledging scheme, and debt after participating the scheme. The factors affected health-related quality of  life was debt after participating the scheme. Lastly, the factors affected quality of everyday life were: income from the rice pledging scheme and debt after participating the scheme.