Kerry Richter
Biographic Data
| ID | 3682248 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kerry Richter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kerry |
| FAMILY NAME | Richter |
| SIGNATURE | RICHTER K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mahidol University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 79 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Reliable mortality statistics in Myanmar: A qualitative assessment of challenges in two townships
The study highlighted challenges in the death registration system at the operational level, which undermines the achievement of a satisfactory level of completeness and accuracy of mortality data. We recommend establishing a strong legal framework, improving technical capacities and raising public awareness and cooperation to strengthen the system that can generate reliable mortality statistics
The impact of parental absence on early childhood development in the context of Thailand
This analysis investigates the impact of parental absence on early childhood development in Thailand, using the Denver II screening tool, based on a study conducted in 2013–2014. Children aged 36 months and younger were included ( n = 923). Results reveal that the crucial factor for delayed development in early childhood is the mother’s presence in the household. Children who were cared for by others were not at higher risk of delayed development…
Special Section: In an Era of Transnational Migration - Forward to the Special Section
Conference held in June 2016. The theme of the conference, In an Era of Transnational Migration, elicited papers on a number of themes. Broadly, these include migrant status and well-being; migrants as distinct demographic groups; and migration policy. The conference also included a number of papers covering cross-cutting issues. Three of the conference papers are presented in this section, representing a cross-section of these pertinent themes
The Impact of Parental Migration on the Mental Health of Children Left Behind
Effectiveness of a multi-country workplace intervention in sub-Saharan Africa
This paper examines whether a multi-country workplace peer education HIV prevention program is effective in influencing knowledge, attitudes and behavior in a highly educated and technically skilled workforce. Self-administered surveys were used to measure change among N=993 male and female workers exposed to a comprehensive and culturally-appropriate program. Most knowledge indicators and all attitude indicators showed significant improvement be…
Child Care Choice in Urban Thailand: Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence of the Decision-Making Process
This article uses qualitative and quantitative evidence to examine child care decision making in Bangkok, Thailand. The preference model developed from qualitative data predicts a strong preference for care by a relative, even if the child has to live separately from his/her mother, and distrust of nonrelative and formal care. Overall about three quarters of children in the sample were cared for by their mother (some of whom were combining work w…
Gender, Values, and Intentions to Move in Rural Thailand
This article explores gender differences in the intentions to move among a sample of young adults in rural northeastern Thailand. Based on the value-expectancy framework of migration decisionmaking, an explanatory model is tested which includes migration-related value measures along with individual, household and community-level determinants of both intentions to move and change in intentions to move. Multinomial logistic regression results based…
Gender, Values, and Intentions to Move in Rural Thailand
This article explores gender differences in the intentions to move among a sample of young adults in rural northeastern Thailand. Based on the value-expectancy framework of migration decisionmaking, an explanatory model is tested which includes migration-related value measures along with individual, household and community-level determinants of both intentions to move and change in intentions to move. Multinomial logistic regression results based…
Determinants of Migration Values and Expectations in Rural Thailand
Based on the argument that values and expectations underlie behavioral motives, this study explores the determinants of migration-related values and expectations, and whether they are intervening factors in explaining intentions to move among residents of rural northeast Thailand. Data from the 1992 National Migration Survey of Thailand identify four migration-related value-expectancy dimensions: income, affiliation, stimulation, and comfort. Log…
Living Separately as a Child-Care Strategy: Implications for Women's Work and Family in Urban Thailand
This study examines three hypotheses for explaining why children live separately from their Thai mothers. Data were obtained from a study conducted by Mahidol University among a representative sample of 1515 ever-married women aged 15-44 years from greater metropolitan Bangkok in 1991. A child care sample of 220 children provides detailed information on the interrelationships between work child care migration and family. Findings indicate that ab…
Internal Migration in Thailand
Internal migration of the population of Thailand involves a number of distinct forms of movement. Three forms are identified in this research: single-move, seasonal and repeat. The first can be treated as long-term migration while the latter two are more temporary. All forms are characterized by different geographical flows and different selectivity patterns. Long-term migration is highly selective of young adults, females and the more highly edu…
The Impact of Child Care on Fertility in Urban Thailand
Women’s labor force participation in Thailand, particularly in the modem sector, recently has increased in conjunction with rapid declines in fertility. This paper examines whether a relationship exists between child care considerations and fertility decision making among Bangkok women. Although the two-child family has become the norm in recent years, and although most respondents said that ideally they would like to have two children, a high pr…
Determinants of Supply and Demand for Child. Labour in Thailand's Fishing Industry
Union patterns and children’s living arrangements in Latin America
This article analyzes how union patterns in Mexico and Colombia affect the lives of children. The proportion of children affected by a disruption by the age of 15 is estimated by using life table methods. The factors that contribute to a child’s risk of experiencing a disruption are investigated by using proportional hazard models. Finally, the living arrangements of children by the mother’s marital status, the urban status, and the mother’s educ…
Household Headship Among Unmarried Mothers in Six Latin American Countries
This paper describes and explores the relationship of several life-course and development-related factors with household headship among unmarried women 15-49 years of age with a child under the age of 15 in six Latin American countries: Mexico, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Panama, Colombia, and Peru. We argue that, in contrast to the apparent situation in the U.S., a majority of unmarried women in these countries live as subfamilies in som…
Nonmetropolitan growth in the late 1970s: The end of the turnaround
The discovery of the turnaround in growth patterns between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas in the early 1970s generated a large body of both theoretical and descriptive literature. Early research documented that the switch from negative to positive net migration into nonmetro areas was more than just a continuation of urban sprawl and that real growth was occurring in remote rural areas. Explanations for the trend included both the economi…
Nonmetropolitan growth in the late 1970s: The end of the turnaround
The discovery of the turnaround in growth patterns between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas in the early 1970s generated a large body of both theoretical and descriptive literature. Early research documented that the switch from negative to positive net migration into nonmetro areas was more than just a continuation of urban sprawl and that real growth was occurring in remote rural areas. Explanations for the trend included both the economi…
Gender, Values, and Intentions to Move in Rural Thailand
This article explores gender differences in the intentions to move among a sample of young adults in rural northeastern Thailand. Based on the value-expectancy framework of migration decisionmaking, an explanatory model is tested which includes migration-related value measures along with individual, household and community-level determinants of both intentions to move and change in intentions to move. Multinomial logistic regression results based…
Living Separately as a Child-Care Strategy: Implications for Women's Work and Family in Urban Thailand
This study examines three hypotheses for explaining why children live separately from their Thai mothers. Data were obtained from a study conducted by Mahidol University among a representative sample of 1515 ever-married women aged 15-44 years from greater metropolitan Bangkok in 1991. A child care sample of 220 children provides detailed information on the interrelationships between work child care migration and family. Findings indicate that ab…
Gender, Values, and Intentions to Move in Rural Thailand
This article explores gender differences in the intentions to move among a sample of young adults in rural northeastern Thailand. Based on the value-expectancy framework of migration decisionmaking, an explanatory model is tested which includes migration-related value measures along with individual, household and community-level determinants of both intentions to move and change in intentions to move. Multinomial logistic regression results based…
The impact of parental absence on early childhood development in the context of Thailand
This analysis investigates the impact of parental absence on early childhood development in Thailand, using the Denver II screening tool, based on a study conducted in 2013–2014. Children aged 36 months and younger were included ( n = 923). Results reveal that the crucial factor for delayed development in early childhood is the mother’s presence in the household. Children who were cared for by others were not at higher risk of delayed development…
Internal Migration in Thailand
Internal migration of the population of Thailand involves a number of distinct forms of movement. Three forms are identified in this research: single-move, seasonal and repeat. The first can be treated as long-term migration while the latter two are more temporary. All forms are characterized by different geographical flows and different selectivity patterns. Long-term migration is highly selective of young adults, females and the more highly edu…
The Impact of Child Care on Fertility in Urban Thailand
Women’s labor force participation in Thailand, particularly in the modem sector, recently has increased in conjunction with rapid declines in fertility. This paper examines whether a relationship exists between child care considerations and fertility decision making among Bangkok women. Although the two-child family has become the norm in recent years, and although most respondents said that ideally they would like to have two children, a high pr…
Child Care Choice in Urban Thailand: Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence of the Decision-Making Process
This article uses qualitative and quantitative evidence to examine child care decision making in Bangkok, Thailand. The preference model developed from qualitative data predicts a strong preference for care by a relative, even if the child has to live separately from his/her mother, and distrust of nonrelative and formal care. Overall about three quarters of children in the sample were cared for by their mother (some of whom were combining work w…
Union patterns and children’s living arrangements in Latin America
This article analyzes how union patterns in Mexico and Colombia affect the lives of children. The proportion of children affected by a disruption by the age of 15 is estimated by using life table methods. The factors that contribute to a child’s risk of experiencing a disruption are investigated by using proportional hazard models. Finally, the living arrangements of children by the mother’s marital status, the urban status, and the mother’s educ…
Determinants of Migration Values and Expectations in Rural Thailand
Based on the argument that values and expectations underlie behavioral motives, this study explores the determinants of migration-related values and expectations, and whether they are intervening factors in explaining intentions to move among residents of rural northeast Thailand. Data from the 1992 National Migration Survey of Thailand identify four migration-related value-expectancy dimensions: income, affiliation, stimulation, and comfort. Log…
Household Headship Among Unmarried Mothers in Six Latin American Countries
This paper describes and explores the relationship of several life-course and development-related factors with household headship among unmarried women 15-49 years of age with a child under the age of 15 in six Latin American countries: Mexico, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Panama, Colombia, and Peru. We argue that, in contrast to the apparent situation in the U.S., a majority of unmarried women in these countries live as subfamilies in som…
Nonmetropolitan growth in the late 1970s: The end of the turnaround
The discovery of the turnaround in growth patterns between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas in the early 1970s generated a large body of both theoretical and descriptive literature. Early research documented that the switch from negative to positive net migration into nonmetro areas was more than just a continuation of urban sprawl and that real growth was occurring in remote rural areas. Explanations for the trend included both the economi…
Union patterns and children’s living arrangements in Latin America
This article analyzes how union patterns in Mexico and Colombia affect the lives of children. The proportion of children affected by a disruption by the age of 15 is estimated by using life table methods. The factors that contribute to a child’s risk of experiencing a disruption are investigated by using proportional hazard models. Finally, the living arrangements of children by the mother’s marital status, the urban status, and the mother’s educ…
Household Headship Among Unmarried Mothers in Six Latin American Countries
This paper describes and explores the relationship of several life-course and development-related factors with household headship among unmarried women 15-49 years of age with a child under the age of 15 in six Latin American countries: Mexico, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Panama, Colombia, and Peru. We argue that, in contrast to the apparent situation in the U.S., a majority of unmarried women in these countries live as subfamilies in som…
Determinants of Supply and Demand for Child. Labour in Thailand's Fishing Industry
Internal Migration in Thailand
Internal migration of the population of Thailand involves a number of distinct forms of movement. Three forms are identified in this research: single-move, seasonal and repeat. The first can be treated as long-term migration while the latter two are more temporary. All forms are characterized by different geographical flows and different selectivity patterns. Long-term migration is highly selective of young adults, females and the more highly edu…
The Impact of Child Care on Fertility in Urban Thailand
Women’s labor force participation in Thailand, particularly in the modem sector, recently has increased in conjunction with rapid declines in fertility. This paper examines whether a relationship exists between child care considerations and fertility decision making among Bangkok women. Although the two-child family has become the norm in recent years, and although most respondents said that ideally they would like to have two children, a high pr…
Gender, Values, and Intentions to Move in Rural Thailand
This article explores gender differences in the intentions to move among a sample of young adults in rural northeastern Thailand. Based on the value-expectancy framework of migration decisionmaking, an explanatory model is tested which includes migration-related value measures along with individual, household and community-level determinants of both intentions to move and change in intentions to move. Multinomial logistic regression results based…
Gender, Values, and Intentions to Move in Rural Thailand
This article explores gender differences in the intentions to move among a sample of young adults in rural northeastern Thailand. Based on the value-expectancy framework of migration decisionmaking, an explanatory model is tested which includes migration-related value measures along with individual, household and community-level determinants of both intentions to move and change in intentions to move. Multinomial logistic regression results based…
Determinants of Migration Values and Expectations in Rural Thailand
Based on the argument that values and expectations underlie behavioral motives, this study explores the determinants of migration-related values and expectations, and whether they are intervening factors in explaining intentions to move among residents of rural northeast Thailand. Data from the 1992 National Migration Survey of Thailand identify four migration-related value-expectancy dimensions: income, affiliation, stimulation, and comfort. Log…
Living Separately as a Child-Care Strategy: Implications for Women's Work and Family in Urban Thailand
This study examines three hypotheses for explaining why children live separately from their Thai mothers. Data were obtained from a study conducted by Mahidol University among a representative sample of 1515 ever-married women aged 15-44 years from greater metropolitan Bangkok in 1991. A child care sample of 220 children provides detailed information on the interrelationships between work child care migration and family. Findings indicate that ab…
Child Care Choice in Urban Thailand: Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence of the Decision-Making Process
This article uses qualitative and quantitative evidence to examine child care decision making in Bangkok, Thailand. The preference model developed from qualitative data predicts a strong preference for care by a relative, even if the child has to live separately from his/her mother, and distrust of nonrelative and formal care. Overall about three quarters of children in the sample were cared for by their mother (some of whom were combining work w…
Effectiveness of a multi-country workplace intervention in sub-Saharan Africa
This paper examines whether a multi-country workplace peer education HIV prevention program is effective in influencing knowledge, attitudes and behavior in a highly educated and technically skilled workforce. Self-administered surveys were used to measure change among N=993 male and female workers exposed to a comprehensive and culturally-appropriate program. Most knowledge indicators and all attitude indicators showed significant improvement be…
The Impact of Parental Migration on the Mental Health of Children Left Behind
Special Section: In an Era of Transnational Migration - Forward to the Special Section
Conference held in June 2016. The theme of the conference, In an Era of Transnational Migration, elicited papers on a number of themes. Broadly, these include migrant status and well-being; migrants as distinct demographic groups; and migration policy. The conference also included a number of papers covering cross-cutting issues. Three of the conference papers are presented in this section, representing a cross-section of these pertinent themes
The impact of parental absence on early childhood development in the context of Thailand
This analysis investigates the impact of parental absence on early childhood development in Thailand, using the Denver II screening tool, based on a study conducted in 2013–2014. Children aged 36 months and younger were included ( n = 923). Results reveal that the crucial factor for delayed development in early childhood is the mother’s presence in the household. Children who were cared for by others were not at higher risk of delayed development…
Reliable mortality statistics in Myanmar: A qualitative assessment of challenges in two townships
The study highlighted challenges in the death registration system at the operational level, which undermines the achievement of a satisfactory level of completeness and accuracy of mortality data. We recommend establishing a strong legal framework, improving technical capacities and raising public awareness and cooperation to strengthen the system that can generate reliable mortality statistics
Demography (11 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Demography (10 works) · Economics (9 works) · Geography (8 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (8 works) · Population (8 works) · Demographic economics (6 works)