Krisada Charoenpibul. Correlation between knowledge attitude and alcohol drinking in Thai society : a case study in Kanchanaburi province . Master's Degree(Addictionology). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2009.
Correlation between knowledge attitude and alcohol drinking in Thai society : a case study in Kanchanaburi province
Abstract:
The research aimed to study the correlation between knowledge, attitude and
alcohol drinking among Thai people and also observe their drinking behavior by
drawing data from samples that had been living and working in the surrounding
areas of Kanchanaburi province. Samples were selected by stratified random
sampling. They consisted of police/soldiers, government officers, state enterprise
employees, medium/large business entrepreneurs, corporate employees, vendors,
farmers, students and housewives that had been divided into 10 groups of 40
persons each, making 400 samples. A questionnaire survey was carried out to
collect data with open and close ended questions.
It was found that all samples had moderate knowledge on alcoholic beverages
and a correlation between knowledge on alcoholic beverages and alcohol drinking
was established at the statistically significant level of 0.01. Meanwhile, attitudes
were also correlated with alcohol drinking at the statistically significant level of
0.01. Furthermore, there was a minor correlation between knowledge and attitudes,
at the statistically significant level of 0.01 .
The recommendation from this research is that the concerned divisions in each
area such as health, security, and economy should adopt new policies to improve
attitude and values as well as raise self-consciousness of drinking alcohol. The
recommendation for other research is to study drinking models by conducting
research on different models. For example, studies ought to be done both formally
and informally and also make comparisons between Thai drinking models and those
available overseas.