The Life Security of Small Business Entrepreneurs

Abstract

          The research objectives were to study : 1) life security of the small enterprise entrepreneurs ; 2) compare the life security of small enterprise entrepreneurs with classified to 2 items : (1) individual data related to gender, religion and believe, marital status, educational level, business experience, reason for business selecting, (2) status of the entrepreneurs related to business type, business pattern, business management, business size , trading channel and money system ; 3) the relation of life security to business readiness and business method which composed of 3 items : (1) knowledge of business, (2)  property of entrepreneurs and  (3) process of business. The samples were 210 entrepreneurs with more 36 ages and ; factors affect to life security of small enterprise entrepreneurs. The research areas were 3 provinces : 1) Ratchaburi, Kanchanaburi and Samutsongkhram. Data was collected by questionnaires, descried by percentage, mean, standard deviation, analyzed with One - Way ANOVA and Multiple Regression.

          The results showed  that;

1. The small enterprise entrepreneurs had life security related to business readiness and business method at moderate level.
2. The difference of business experience and type of business affected to life security of entrepreneurs at 0.05 with statistically significantly. However, the difference of other individual items were not difference at 0.05 with statistically significantly.
3. The relation of business readiness and business method to life security were statistically significant at 0.05. The multiple correlation value was 0.738 and showed that the business readiness and business method affected to life security of small enterprise entrepreneurs (54.5%).