1. Slightly over 1,100 respondents expressed some degree of
familiarity with Osama bin Laden, the most of any item.
2. This notion was tested in a regression equation with dummy
variables representing provinces and language of the home. Obviously, there is
a great deal of collinearity in that Satun and Songkla are predominantly
Thai-speaking, while Narathiwat, Pattani, and Yala are predominantly
Malay-speaking among Muslims. This collinearity is apportioned by the
regression, and the results show that, in assessing radical Islamic groups
favorably or unfavorably, location of respondents by province (or changwat) had
no significant impacts, while language of the home proved highly significant
for differentiating respondents on this dimension.
3. Funding for data collection came from the Asian Barometer
Project (Academica Sinica and National Taiwan University) and a grant from the
US Institute for Peace, SG-079-04F.
4. Jitpiromsri Srisompob , and Sobhonvasu Panyasak . 2005.
“Quandary of the Deep South's Conflicts: Structural or Ideological
Determinants.” Unpublished paper presented at the International Conference on
Thai Studies, DeKalb, IL.