People Participation in the Garbage Management in Muang Municipal Administration Area, Muang District, Pathumthani Province

Abstract

     These objectives of this research were: 1) to study the level of people participation in the garbage management in Muang Municipal Administration Area, Muang District, Pathumthani Province; and 2) to compare the people participation’s opinions in the garbage management as subdivided by personal factors. This quantitative survey research included 394 samples of people living in Muang Municipal Administration Area, Pathuthani Province and utilized questionnaires as a research tool.  The statistical procedures used for data analysis involved frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, and One-Way ANOVA and LSD.

     The research results found that the level of people participation in the garbage management in Muang Municipal Administration Area, Muang District, Pathumthani Province was at high level. In the subdivided aspects, it indicated that all participation aspects had averages of low and medium levels. In the ranked aspects, the study showed the highest averages of people participation were the participation of interest, participation in operations, participation in decision-making, participation in evaluation respectively. 2) the comparison of personal factors and people participation, the study found that all gentler, age, education level, occupation, monthly salary, and time of residency had the differences at .05 statistical significance.