其他摘要：The purposes of this research were to analyze the factors of livelihood skills and levels of livelihood skills of students studying in the secondary education. The population were 5,787 students studying in the secondary education area in Bangkok in the academic year 2019. Using multistage random sampling method, samples were 855 students in grade 7-9 of Bangkok’s Secondary Educational Service Area. The research instruments were 29 items of livelihood Skills test with .90 reliability coefficient (alpha). Statistics methods used were mean, Standard Deviation, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). The results of the study were as follows: 1. Both EFA and CFA supported and confirmed that livelihood Skills consisted of the five structural factors: Critical thinking and creative thinking, relationship building and communication, emotional control, socializing, and self-help. These factors were suitable to the empirical data of high loading at the .05 statistic significant level and could be used as the instrument to measure the livelihood functioning factors. 2. The students’ overall livelihood skills were considered a medium level.
