Information exporsure and perception of the people in preventing from windstorm and hailstorm of Sridonchai municipality, Chiang Kong district, Chiang Rai province
Abstract:
The objectives of this study were: (1) to investigate information exposure of the people in preventing from windstorm and hailstorm of Sridonchai municipality, Chiang Kong district, Chiang Rai province (2) to compare between personal factors of the peoples information exposure in preventing from windstorm and hailstorm and (3) to study the relationship of the people in preventing from windstorm and hailstorm. Questionnaires were used as a tool to retrieve data from population who are living in Sridonchai municipality, Chiang Kong district, Chiang Rai province. The sample size is 400. The data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics such as frequency distribution, percentage, mean and standard deviation. Hypothesis testing was done with t-test method (t-Test for Independent Samples), f-test method (One-Way ANOVA) and Pearson Product-moment Correlation Coefficient. 95% and 99% is confidence interval.
The results of the study were as follows; (1) information exposure of the people in preventing from windstorm and hailstorm as overall was at the lowest level. Considering all aspects of information exposure channels, the research results showed that the highest level of information exposure by the population was wire broadcasting of Sridonchai municipality and printing media was in the lowest level. (2) Different family members and occupation were not result in different levels
of overall populations information exposure of the people in preventing from windstorm and hailstorm but different responsibility in preventing from windstorm and hailstorm resulted in different levels in printing media, government officer and volunteers. (3) The research findings were positive relationships between information exposure and perception of the people in preventing from windstorm and hailstorm with significant at 0.01 for all of the channels. So these are recommendations to related organizations for an approach to improve the information exposure and perception of the people in preventing from windstorm and hailstorm of Sridonchai municipality, Chiang Kong district, Chiang Rai province (1) related organizations should support more information exposure in preventing from windstorm and hailstorm especially citizen who have responsibility in windstorm and hailstorm preventing by government officer and volunteers (2) related organizations should warn citizen 1-2 days before windstorm and hailstorm for asset and propertys damages reducing and (3) related organizations should meet and train to urge about windstorm and hailstorm preventing before the monsoon or rainy period coming to specially citizen who are living in moo 5 Baan Khia, moo 2 Baan Pak Ing, moo 13 Baan Wiang Derm, moo1 Baan Wai, moo 7 Baan Sridonchai and moo 14 Baan Srimongkol in Sridonchai municipality, Chiang Kong district, Chiang Rai province for asset and propertys damages reducing.