อัตราผลตอบแทนจากการรับรู้ในการศึกษาต่อสายอาชีวะและสายสามัญ ของนักเรียนมัธยมศึกษาปีที่ 3 ในจังหวัดเชียงราย / นันท์ปพร มหาไม้ = Perceived rates of return to vocational and general education of senior lower secondary students in Chiangrai, Thailand / Nunpapaurn Mahamai
The purposes of this study are as follows (1) to estimate the perceived rates of return on vocational and general education; and (2) to determine factors affecting decision to pursue vocational or general secondary education of lower secondary education students of Chiangrai province in the academic year 2011. The perceived rates of return are calculated by the elaborate method and short-cut method. The multinomial logit model is employed to determine factors affecting decision to pursue vocational or general secondary education. Independence variables are gender, GPA, type of schools, parental education, number of siblings, parents’ influence on education choice, awareness of violence by vocational students, and the ratio of the received rates of return on vocational to general secondary education. Data are collected by questionnaires from 561 lower secondary education students of Chiangrai province in the academic year 2011. The average perceived rates of return on vocational and general education as estimated by the elaborate method are 13.14% and 12.23%, respectively. The average perceived rates of return as estimated by short-cut method are of 9.22% and 8.75%, respectively. The results from the multinomial logit indicate that GPA, parental education, the influence of parent and image of vocational student violence have a significant effect on the students’ decision to pursue vocational or general secondary education. However, the decision to choose between vocational and general secondary education depends on GPA, types of school, parental education, and the ratio of perceived rates of return estimated by the elaborate method.