Public Attitudes Towards The Implementation of The Urgent Policy of Prayuth Chan-Ocha’ S Government In 2019: A Case Study of Saraburi City Municipality, Saraburi Province

Abstract

This research aimed to investigate the public attitudes towards the implementation of the urgent policy of the government led by Prayuth Chan-ocha in 2019 and to explore factors affecting the public opinions. The research applied quantitative methods. The instrument was a questionnaire completed by 400 samples living in Saraburi City Municipality, Saraburi Province.

The result revealed that the public attitudes were low ( = 2.31) in four areas including  the resolution of problems of quality of life ( = 2.31), the improvement of welfare and live quality ( = 2.44), economic measures against global economic fluctuations ( = 2.40)  , and the resolution of corruption and frauds among government officials and politicians ( = 2.11)  .

The hypothesis testing result showed that age and gender did not affect the public attitudes whereas education, career, and monthly income affected the public attitudes with a significance level of 0.05.