Single Mother's Life Security (Adulthood Age 26-30 Year Old)

Abstract

          The purpose of this descriptive research was to study single mother's life security (Adulthood Age 26-30 year old) and relationships between demographic data and single mother's life security and the prediction of demographic data with single mother's life security.

          Sample was single mother, in adulthood aged 26-30 years old, living in Suphanburi ,Chonburi and Pethburi province. Two-hundred and ten single mother were selected by purposively from three mentioned provinces, 70 people for each province. Data were collected by questionnaires of demographic data and life security level. Data were analyzed by computerized program using percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson' s product moment correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression.

           Research findings revealed that overall single mother's life security level was at a high level. (x̄ = 3.73, S.D. = .82). When considering each dimension of life security level, it was found that home  and  physical  environment  were equal at the high level. (x̄ = 4.25,  S.D. = .53). The second high level dimension of life security was social  support  (x̄ = 3.96,  S.D. = .63). The  third high level dimension of life security was private life security.(x̄ = 3.92, S.D. = .76). Not only above dimension of life security but also human rights  was high level life security, too. (x̄ = 2.94,  S.D. = .68). Moreover, findings revealed that factor impact single mother was negatively correlated to the life security  at  a  mild  level  (r = -.134), number of children (r = -.083),   educational level (r =.072),occupation (r= .188) were negatively correlated  to  the life security at a mild  level  statistically significant level at 0.01 respectively. level, type  of  family  (r = .146) was  positively  correlated  to the life security at a mild level with statistically significant  level at  0.05.  The last variable, time of being single mother was negatively correlated  to the life security  at  a  mild level (r = -.042). Moreover, the result showed that occupation, type of family and  cause of single mother were able to significantly  predict  single mother's  life  security with 8.8% at 0.01

           This study can be concluded that there should be promoting and  supporting occupation for single mother. However, government and private sector should provide activities and campaign to  strengthen  family  relationship on Children's  day, Mother's  day  and  Father's  day. In  addition, there  should  be  promote  the campaign activities  via  variety  of  medias. Activities  on  family  day  should  be  set  up  in  able  to  promote  understandings  among  couples to promote  life security of  single mother, they  should  provide opportunity for  job  and  earn income.