Authors :
Dr. Pajaree Polprasert; Witaeak Sawamgjit; Natthanan Khongyingyai
Volume/Issue :
Volume 6 - 2021, Issue 12 - December
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Abstract :
The goals of this study were to 1) investigate the
impact of Thai households in the COVID-19 pandemic
situation and 2) investigate the adaptation of Thai
households in the COVID-19 pandemic situation. The
sample consisted of participants aged 20 years and over
who were heads of private households or household
members who could give information about their
households (n = 31,394). The unit of analysis was private
households in 77provinces of Thailand by collecting data
from at least 400 households per province. The research
instrument was a questionnaire. The two statistics used in
the research were number and percentage. The results
showed that 1) for the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
on the economic aspect, household incomes were reduced
and savings were reduced. As a result, spending on
consumer goods has decreased. For the health aspect, they
required protection from infection and additional health
care. Furthermore, the majority of them were concerned
about infecting themselves and their family members.For
the social aspect, it was found that it would affect meeting
with neighbors or people in the community, participating
in community activities, as well as various social events.
However, it also made people learn to use new technologies
more and they were at risk of receiving false information
from various technological media. Mental health problems
caused by anxiety when receiving information from
various technological media and physical health problems
from the use of communication devices were found. It also
affected the educational activities of each household as a
whole, causing more burdens, obstacles, or problems than
normal conditions in all activities. As for the adaptation in
various aspects, it was found that the participants had a
new adaptation known as the "New Normal" way of life,
which had caused social and economic changes in Thai
households, such as having to reduce the size of their
businesses. On the other hand, the participants had more
self-improvement through online self-learning. They
turned to cooking food for the family; furthermore, they
grew vegetables for household consumption. Online
shopping has also been increasing. There was a financial
plan and a career plan to adapt to their lives. Most of them
have adapted their health behaviors to prevent further
infection with COVID-19. There were ways to relieve
anxiety by maintaining normal social relationships among
members of the households, communicating through the
smartphone channel and increasing social networks.
Households are increasingly adapting to learning
technology. In terms of education, it was found that
teaching and caring for children and grandchildren of
family members had to be allocated to online learning.
Keywords :
Impact, Adaptation, COVID-19, Thailand
The goals of this study were to 1) investigate the
impact of Thai households in the COVID-19 pandemic
situation and 2) investigate the adaptation of Thai
households in the COVID-19 pandemic situation. The
sample consisted of participants aged 20 years and over
who were heads of private households or household
members who could give information about their
households (n = 31,394). The unit of analysis was private
households in 77provinces of Thailand by collecting data
from at least 400 households per province. The research
instrument was a questionnaire. The two statistics used in
the research were number and percentage. The results
showed that 1) for the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
on the economic aspect, household incomes were reduced
and savings were reduced. As a result, spending on
consumer goods has decreased. For the health aspect, they
required protection from infection and additional health
care. Furthermore, the majority of them were concerned
about infecting themselves and their family members.For
the social aspect, it was found that it would affect meeting
with neighbors or people in the community, participating
in community activities, as well as various social events.
However, it also made people learn to use new technologies
more and they were at risk of receiving false information
from various technological media. Mental health problems
caused by anxiety when receiving information from
various technological media and physical health problems
from the use of communication devices were found. It also
affected the educational activities of each household as a
whole, causing more burdens, obstacles, or problems than
normal conditions in all activities. As for the adaptation in
various aspects, it was found that the participants had a
new adaptation known as the "New Normal" way of life,
which had caused social and economic changes in Thai
households, such as having to reduce the size of their
businesses. On the other hand, the participants had more
self-improvement through online self-learning. They
turned to cooking food for the family; furthermore, they
grew vegetables for household consumption. Online
shopping has also been increasing. There was a financial
plan and a career plan to adapt to their lives. Most of them
have adapted their health behaviors to prevent further
infection with COVID-19. There were ways to relieve
anxiety by maintaining normal social relationships among
members of the households, communicating through the
smartphone channel and increasing social networks.
Households are increasingly adapting to learning
technology. In terms of education, it was found that
teaching and caring for children and grandchildren of
family members had to be allocated to online learning.
Keywords :
Impact, Adaptation, COVID-19, Thailand
