Public Opinion Survey on Government Accusations: A Case Study of Air Pollution

Abstract

This article has 2 objectives which are (1) to study the air pollution policy of the Thai state with documentary research method and (2) to survey the opinions of the people as the accused from the government. Data collection employ opinion polls and
sampling technique with nonprobability sampling. The sample group for this study is the public who received the questionnaires during April 22 – 24, 2020 from a total of 1,126 people.
This study found that the air pollution policy of the Thai state started in 2005 has been amended many times. However, the Thai's air pollution control policies are still unsuccessful. Due to many obstacles, whether the public transportation system does not
cover all areas, lack of public awareness because of the discontinuous education system causing the public to have an opinion that the solution to environmental problems is the sole duty of the government. (Pollution Control Department, 2560B)
The results of the public opinion survey on the allegations of the state used inferential statistics for analysis and found that the sample group also think about air pollution just like the government does, which mean, the reason that the solutions to air pollution are unsuccessful due to people’s awareness and they also agreed that the solution to environmental problems is not the sole responsibility of the government. In addition to solve air pollution in the future public participation should be increased.