THE WELL-BEING OF THE SENIORS AT THE SENIOR SCHOOLS IN PHETCHABUN PROVINCE
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Well-being, Elderly school members, Phetchabun provinceAbstract
This cross-sectional descriptive research is focused on the well-being of the seniors at the Senior Schools in Phetchabun. The samples of the study were selected randomly from 39 school members of the Senior Schools of the Provincial Administrative Organizations in Phetchabun. Data collected using self administered Questionnaire Data analysis employed descriptive statistics and multiple logistic regression
The study revealed that the samples are mostly female aged approximately 66-70 years old. They significantly maintained the well-being 74.64 percent while 38.50 percent were calm and peaceful and 43.26 percent had the most interesting daily activities. The factors of the well-being of the seniors relatively effected to the service and the Dhama practice of the schools at [AOR] = 5.09 and [AOR] = 5.03 respectively.
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