The Quality of Life of Students Living in Dormitory Rajabhat Rajabhat University

Abstract

               The research was to compare in the quality of student’s lives in dormitory Rajabhat Rajabhat University classified by genders, ages, faculties, college years, grade averages, costs of living, incomes and expenses difference, roommate’s faculties, extra incomes and a number of room members. The population was the 1350 students in the academic year 2019 living in the university’s dormitory determined the sample size by using Krejcie & Morgan table as 316 students. Stratified random sampling was used in this research, collecting data by questionnaire that showed the value of reliability as 0.97. The sample sampling method was used in this research. The statistical methods for data analysis were average, percentage, standard deviation, and t-test, F-test.

              This study found that the quality of student’s lives in the university’s dormitory was moderate as a whole. The researcher analyzing for each factor found that the highest average factor was education. Next below average factors were society, health, environment, and serviced facility around the dormitory. The lowest average factor was the quality of the room. The average score of comparison result showed that these factors; genders, faculties, college years, incomes, extra incomes, a number of room members were different caused the quality of student’s lives was quite different, but on other hand, the factors of ages, grade averages, incomes and expenses difference, and roommate’s faculties were different caused the quality of student’s lives was not different and statistically significant at 0.05 level.

              This research also found that the factor of low average score was the quality of room that the students were satisfied in facilities, cleanness, tidiness, comfort, security, and being open-minded. Thus; the researcher offered suggestions to the executive board of the university’s dormitory finding the methods out to improve the dormitory for continually keeping the student’s satisfaction.