PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The purposes of this research were: 1) to study the level of participation, and 2) to compare
people's participation in local development classified by personal factors.The samples used in the
research were 396 people in the municipality. The tools used for data collection were questionnaires.
The statistics used in the research were frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The
statistical significance was set at the 0.05 level.
The research results found that the overall value of people’ s participation in local
development was at a high level. When considering by each aspect, it was found that the participation
in the operation was at the highest level, following by participation in evaluation and follow-up,
participation in decision-making, and participation in receiving benefits, respectively.
Comparative results of people's participation in local development classified by personal
factors were different. There were different opinions on participation. This is in line with the research
hypothesis, except for the gender. For the obstacles, it was found that people in local development
still lack of promotion and lack of serious participation in local development that is discrete and lightminded.