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Measuring of happiness level of people in Tippanate’s community, Chiang Mai province

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  • Juthamas Namwong

    (Chiang Mai University)

  • Kunchon Wattanakul

    (Chiang Mai University)

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In this research, there are three purposes: to study a general condition of the residents in Thipanate’s community, to study a level of happiness of those living in Thipanate’s community and to analyze factors (playing an important part) important to the happiness of the population in, Muang district, Chiang Mai. The data was collected via a questionnaire with 300 samples out of the whole Thipanate’s community population of 1,080 people. The finding showed that the numbers of male and female samples were not different with the average age of 43, the education background being in a primary and secondary level. Their statuses were mostly married, working at a company or working as labors or running a grocery shop, with the average incomes between B4,000-B12,000, but without any saving money nor any debts. The level of happiness of those living in Thipanate’s community was in the middle being 62.7 percent. Having used Ordered logit model and Ordered probit model to analyze the factors affecting the happiness of the population of Thipanate’s community, we found the age, the education, the family,the health and the society and culture very influential with a statistic significance.

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  • Juthamas Namwong & Kunchon Wattanakul, 2012. "Measuring of happiness level of people in Tippanate’s community, Chiang Mai province," The Empirical Econometrics and Quantitative Economics Letters, Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University, vol. 1(2), pages 59-70, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:chi:journl:v:1:y:2012:i:2:p:59-70
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    Keywords

    Happiness; Tippanate’s community; Ordered Probit model; Ordered Logit Model;
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    JEL classification:

    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • J10 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - General
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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