Opinions towards legal measures for drinking water vending machine business and behaviour on using drinking water vending machines in Baan Suan municipaliy, Amphoe Mueang, Chon Buri province
Abstract:
The purposes of this study were to examine opinions towards legal measures for drinking water vending machine business and behavior on using drinking water vending machines in Baan Suan Municipality, Amphoe Mueang, ChonBuri Province. The subjects participating in this study were 385 consumers living in Baan Suan Municipality. The instrument used to collect the data was a questionnaire. The statistical tests used to analyze the collected data included frequency, percentage, means, and standard deviation. To test the research hypotheses, the tests of t-test and One-way ANOVA were administered. The results of the study revealed that the majority of the respondents were female, holding a high school certificate, running a business/ doing a freelance work, and earning 10,001- 20,000 baht per month. Also, it was found that they agreed with the legal measures for drinking water vending machine business. Specifically, they agreed at the highest level with six aspects of the legal measures for drinking water vending machine business. These included the ones in relation to the specification of drinking water vending machines, water resources, water quality improvement, standard quality control for drinking water, machine maintenance and cleaning, recording and reporting. Based on the test of hypotheses, it was shown that there were no statistically significant differences in the level of opinions towards legal measures for drinking water vending machine business among the subjects with different gender, occupation, and amount of monthly income. Regarding the behavior on using drinking water vending machines, the subjects used them 3-4 times per week at 8.01-10:00 p.m. and more than 10 liters each time which cost them more than 10 baht. The subjects needed to use drinking water vending machines as they did not own a water purifying machine at home.