Abstract:
The purposes of this research were to study1) occupancy of people in the upper northern region, 2) problems of householding of people in the upper north region, 3) factors affecting the success of the housing of the people in the upper north, and 4) develop a pre-housing preparation course for youth in upper north district. The study found that: 1) Overall living conditions of the people in the upper north at a high level with the average of 4.08. 2) The overall problems of householding of the people in the upper northern region were at a high level with an average of 4.16. 3) The success in house ownership of the people in the upper north was moderate with the average of 3.25. And 4) family readiness preparation program for youth in the upper northern regionwas as follows:4.1) Students had knowledge and understanding after attending the pre-family training course higher than before training at the statistical significance of the level of .05. 4.2) Students had knowledge, skills, and attitudes while attending pre-family training courses accounting for 75.47 percent. Students had knowledge while attending the pre - family training course with an average of 26.08 points. Students had skills while attending pre-family preparation courses with an average of 23.77 points. And students had attitudes while attending the pre-family training course with an average of 25.62 points.