Abstract:
This research aimed to study electrical energy consuming behaviors of youth in Nakornratchaseema. A sampling group
was 1,099 youths in Nakornratchaseema who were studying in the early secondary school level. A tool used was a
questionnaire. The results could be concluded as follows:
The study showed that, in general, youths in Nakornratchaseema who was studying in the early secondary school level
economically consumed the electrical energy at a high level with a mean of 3.82. The comparative study of differentiated
in behavior mean revealed that youths in urban and suburban had different electrical energy consuming behaviors. Youths
with different ages had similar electrical energy consuming behaviors.
The study on factors which affected the electrical energy consuming behavior of youths in Nakornratchaseema using multiple
regression equation revealed that the factors which could significantly explain the electrical energy consuming behaviors were
teaching from family, school and knowledge. A forecast equation was = 55.682 + 0.735X1 0.078X2 + 0.850X3. This
equation could explain the behaviors at a percentage of 70.