Capital Utilization and Happiness of Labour Migrant Households, Thailand

Abstract

This study tried to compare the differences of capital utilization and happiness of labour migrant households in the Northeast, Thailand by some characteristics. The research used the quantitative methodology. Samples of the research were random from the households engaging in international migrants within a year at Chaiyaphum Provincethe Provinces in the region with the highest international migrant of 334 households. The research instrument, the interview schedule, was reliable at 0.913 levels. The data were collected during July, 2017 and analyzed based on descriptive statistics and one-way ANOVA for hypothesis testing. The result indicated that the extended family had a significance capital utilization level and happiness level more than single family and skipped family at level 0.05. The household with both male head households and lalours had significance capital utilization level and happiness level more than others and also found that the household with both female head households and lalours had the lowest of capital utilization level and happiness level. The households with the remittance more than 940 US$ had a significance capital utilization level and happiness level more than others at level 0.05. The results also indicated that the households with high investment from the remittance had a significance capital utilization level and happiness level more than others at level 0.01.