Abstract:
This investigation is focused on attitude of inhabitants of Amphor Muang Samsip toward midwife center in Amphoe Muang Samip Ubon Ratchathani province and on the influence of factors effecting on midwife center. Chi-Square test and Path analysis were employed as its methods of analysis. This study was confined to the group pf women age 15-49 years and at least one use services midwife center from 405 households residing throughout Amphoe Muang Samsip of Ubon Ratchathani province. The results of this study show that inhabitants of Amphoe Muang Samsip have about 70 percent positive attitude toward midwife center and about 10 percent negative attitude toward midwife center. From both analysis methods, by using the Chi-Square test, it has been revealed that factor providing effect is marital status and relating equal 0.194. By using the Path analysis, it has been revealed that factors providing direct effect are those marital status, and literacy. The factors causing indirect effect are those womens education and womens age. The result obtains from the employment of both methods of analysis can be generalized that the Path analysis would probably has more advantage than the Chi-Square test. It is shown that Path analysis is able to determine both factors having direct effect and factors having indirect effect to attitude. Nevertheless, it the factors with direct. Effect are factors to be determined, the study of independent factors and dependent factor, the Chi-Square test tends to be more appropriate to be employed for its less complication compared to the Path analysis.