PUBLISHED: 9 Feb 2025 at 11: 06
According to Nida Poll, the majority of older people who received 10 000 baht each during the second phase of the cash handout claimed the program had had an impact on their support for the government, while several would continue to support it regardless of the existence of the stimulus program.
The National Institute of Development conducted the global view survey on February 3 through March 3, 2010, with 1, 310 people with ages 60 and older and with incomes and educations of all kinds.
Asked if they would  , offer political support to , the Pheu Thai-led government , today that they and/or their family members had received the 10, 000-baht flyer under the economic stimulus program, the replies various as follows:
44.89 % said the programme influenced their support for the government.
30.69 % said they would support the government regardless of the stimulus show’s life.
14.35 % said they would never support the government under any circumstances.
10.07 % said they were not certain and had not decided yet.
According to the survey data, 47.10 % of the respondents were housewives/househusbands/retirees/jobless and 41.07 % had no income.  ,
Asked what the interviewees had spent the 10, 000-baht money flyer on, the responses were as follows:
86.18 % daily expenses ( including utility bills and petrol )
26.26 % health-related expenses ( e. g., buying medicines, seeing a doctor )
13.66 % repaying debt
11.98 % saving for future expenses
9.24 % buying items for reselling
8.70 % education expenses
4.35 % buying underground/government lottery tickets
1.76 % purchasing electrical appliances
0.53 % buying mobile phones / IT devices
0.46 % travel expenses
0.38 % entertainment purposes ( e. g., partying,  , buying alcohol or cigarettes )  ,