HAPPINESS AND LIFE SATISFACTION OF ELDERLY IN NONG KHON SUBDISTRICT, UBON RATCHATHANI PROVINCE

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to investigate level of happiness and to compare satisfaction
of life among the elderly in Nong Khon subdistrict, Mueng, Ubon Ratchathani . There were 200 elderly
that separated in 2 groups (100 rural lifestyle elderly and 100 semi-urban lifestyle elderly). The
questionnaire was used to interview the elderly who had age more than 60 years old. Descriptive
statistic and Independent-Samples T-Test were used to calculate the data. The results presented the
average happiness of the elderly in Nong Khon was 32.36 (Fair). However, there was significant different
between the happiness among rural lifestyle and semi-urban lifestyle group (P < 0.001). The rural
lifestyle group had “Good” happiness (33.36 scores) while the semi-urban lifestyle group had “Fair”
happiness. In addition, there was significant different between life satisfaction among rural lifestyle and
semi-urban lifestyle group (P < 0.05). The life satisfaction of the elderly in rural lifestyle group was living
with others but the life satisfaction of the elderly in semi-urban lifestyle group was safety themselves.