Abstract:
Currently, Thai society is facing a major demographic change into an aging society. While the population of children and working age tend to decrease. Because the birth rate of the population is steadily decreasing and in the next 20 years, the proportion of the population aged 60 and over in Thailand will reach 30% of total population. Causing Thailand to enter an aging society significantly and rapidly leading to economic, health and social problems in Thailand. There is an increasing proportion of the elderly such changes in the population structure ss a result, the ratio of the working age to the elderly has continuously decreased. In 2013, there were 4 working age people per 1 elderly person, down to 3 working-aged people per 1 elderly person in 2021, and it is expected to decrease to 1.8 working-age people per 1 elderly person in 2021. In 2040 a person's preparation for retirement may not depend on government welfare. Therefore, each person should be able to determine and plan for their own retirement. Both financial and health planning for retirement is essential to make life continue to be normal. The purpose of this study was to study the level of financial literacy to study the level of readiness for retirement. And to study the factors that make people decide to start financial planning for retirement. of working-aged people in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, amounting to 401 people by using a questionnaire to collect data Statistics used in data analysis were frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation. The differences were analyzed using F-Test and one-way analysis of variance (One-Way ANOVA). Correlation was analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient at the statistical significance level of 0.05. The study found most of the respondents understand overall financial planning. But in terms of compound interest calculation and various tax benefits still had quite a few moderate understandings for the study of readiness for retirement, it was found that Overall, respondents had a medium level of preparation for retirement. And when separated by individual factors, it was found that gender, age and marital status factors had no difference in readiness for retirement. But the educational factor found that people with doctoral studies have the highest level of readiness for retirement as for the factors affecting financial planning decisions for retirement, it was found that. The factors that have the greatest influence on retirement planning decisions are credibility of financial institutions, financial adviser and includes the level of financial knowledge of the financial adviser. With a score of 4.44 being the most important, the second factor that affects the financial planning decision is personal economic factors. Questions include income, expenses, liabilities, and the number of dependents. Will affect the level of financial planning decisions at the score of 4.34, the highest level, with statistical significance at the 0.05 level