Abstract:
บทคัดย่อภาษาอังกฤษ
THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS RESEARCH WERE TO: 1) STUDY THE LEVELS OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHANGES OF THE VILLAGE FUNDS AND URBAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN NAKHON CHAISRI DISTRICT, NAKHON PATHOM PROVINCE; 2) COMPARE BETWEEN THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHANGES OF THE MEMBERS REGARDING THEIR PERSONAL FACTORS; AND 3) EXAMINE THE PROBLEMS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR THE VILLAGE FUNDS AND URBAN COMMUNITY FUNDS MANAGEMENT. THE 312 SAMPLES WERE THE VILLAGE FUND MEMBERS, OBTAINED BY MEANS OF STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING. THE INSTRUMENT WAS A CONSTRUCTED QUESTIONNAIRE. THE COLLECTED DATA WERE ANALYZED BY USING PERCENTAGE, ARITHMETIC MEAN, STANDARD DEVIATION, AND ONE-WAY ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE, AND CONTENT ANALYSIS.
THE FINDINGS OF THE STUDY WERE AS FOLLOWS:
1. THE OVERALL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHANGES OF THE VILLAGE FUND AND URBAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN NAKHON CHAISRI DISTRICT, NAKHON PATHOM PROVINCE, WERE AT MODERATE LEVELS. WHEN EACH ASPECT OF CHANGES WAS INDIVIDUALLY CONSIDERED, THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHANGES WERE AT MODERATE LEVELS. THE ECONOMIC CHANGES WERE AT MODERATE LEVELS; CAREER AND INCOME CHANGES WERE AT HIGH LEVELS. HOWEVER, THE LOAN CHANGES WERE AT MODERATE LEVELS, BUT THE SAVINGS CHANGES WERE AT LOW LEVELS. FOR THE SOCIAL CHANGES, THE OVERALL AND INDIVIDUAL CHANGES IN ALL ASPECTS WERE AT MODERATE LEVELS.
2. THE VILLAGE FUND AND URBAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN NAKHON CHAISRI DISTRICT, NAKHON PATHOM PROVINCE, WHO HAD DIFFERENT CAREER, HAD ECONOMIC CHANGES AT THE STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT LEVEL OF .05.
3. PROBLEMS OF THE VILLAGE AND URBAN COMMUNITY FUNDS MANAGEMENT VIEWED BY MEMBERS WHO GOT LOANS FORM THE FUNDS INCLUDES; 1) FAILURE TO HAVE NEW CAREER, 2) SOME LOANERS REPAID THE LOANS LATE, AND; 3) THE AMOUNT OF LOAN WAS NOT SUFFICIENT AND CAUSED MORE DEBTS. THE SUGGESTIONS WERE 1) CAREER TRAINING FOR LOANERS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN NEW CAREER; 2) DEVELOPING POTENTIAL OF CLEAR LOAN FOLLOW-UPS, GIVING DETAILS OF DEBT REPAYMENT, AND BUILDING CONSCIENTIOUSNESS AND RESPONSIBILITY ON DEBTS; AND 3) INCREASING LOAN TO SUIT THE REAL NEEDS, LENGTHENING TIME OF LOAN REPAYMENT, OR LOAN NEGOTIATION TO REDUCE THE LOAN