Chai Podhisita
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 378837 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Chai Podhisita |
| PRENOMES | Chai |
| SOBRENOME | Podhisita |
| ASSINATURA | PODHISITA C |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Mahidol University |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 10 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 43 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1993 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2017 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Household Dynamics, the Capitalist Economy, and Agricultural Change in Rural Thailand
Agriculture in Thailand is undergoing significant change. The present paper addresses this change from a social perspective, focusing on the role of household dynamics and expansion of the capitalist economy into rural areas. It draws upon data from different sources. Changes in household dynamics over the past decades have resulted in not only unprecedented below-replacement fertility levels and small households on average but also labor and lan…
Marriage in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand
Delayed marriage is a global phenomenon, but in Thailand studies addressing this issue are limited. This study aims to analyze the factors associated with delayed marriage among Thai men and women in Kanchanaburi province. The analysis is based on a sample of 1,370 men and women aged 18-59 found in the Survey of Family and Household, 2010. Chi-squared analysis reveals women are more sensitive to 'modernization variables'education, occupation, eco…
Living alone in South and Southeast Asia
Living alone (in a one-person household) has reached very high levels in some parts of the world. Across Asia the phenomenon is common in parts of East Asia, but has rarely been examined in South or Southeast Asia
Household headship and child death
BACKGROUND: Nepal has seen substantial improvements in its reproductive health outcomes, but infant and child mortality are still high. This study attempts to examine the prevalence and factors influencing the experience of child death of mothers who have given birth during a five-year period. More specifically, this paper aims to investigate whether household headship has an impact on child death in Nepal. METHODS: This paper reports on data dra…
Delayed Asian Transitions to Adulthood
1 1. The authors are the national survey directors and the AYARR (Asian Young Adult Reproductive Risk) international project co-ordinator. The authors’ names are listed in alphabetical order except for the senior author. Important events in the transition to adulthood are examined for young men and women in six Asian societies. Broad description of the pattern of many events is followed by a detailed consideration of event-sequences among school-…
The teen tobacco epidemic in Asia
This paperxs examines the prevalence of smoking, the age pattern of initiation of smoking, and factors associated with current smoking status among 15–19 year olds in five Asian societies, using data from large‐scale youth surveys. The life‐table method is used to examine the age pattern of initiation of smoking and logistic regression is used to examine factors associated with current smoking status. Smoking prevalence is high among boys but ver…
Bridge populations in the spread of HIV/Aids in Thailand
OBJECTIVE: To determine the extent to which men provide a bridge population between commercial sex workers (CSW) and the general female population in Thailand. DESIGN: Sexual network and serological data were collected from a systematic quota sample of low income men and truckers during 1992 in three Thailand provinces. Completed sample size was 1075 men aged 17-45 years and 330 truckers. METHODS: Sexual network information was used to identify t…
Origins and working conditions of female sex workers in urban Thailand
This paper examines the social origins and working conditions of selected female commercial sex workers in Thailand. Quantitative data gathered from 678 commercial sex workers (CSWs) in low-price brothels, tea houses and other work sites in three urban centers were supplemented by focus group discussions and in-depth interviews. The commercial sex establishments were selected from lists provided by local health officials. Social factors associate…
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…
Demographic variables in fetal and child mortality
Origins and working conditions of female sex workers in urban Thailand
This paper examines the social origins and working conditions of selected female commercial sex workers in Thailand. Quantitative data gathered from 678 commercial sex workers (CSWs) in low-price brothels, tea houses and other work sites in three urban centers were supplemented by focus group discussions and in-depth interviews. The commercial sex establishments were selected from lists provided by local health officials. Social factors associate…
Delayed Asian Transitions to Adulthood
1 1. The authors are the national survey directors and the AYARR (Asian Young Adult Reproductive Risk) international project co-ordinator. The authors’ names are listed in alphabetical order except for the senior author. Important events in the transition to adulthood are examined for young men and women in six Asian societies. Broad description of the pattern of many events is followed by a detailed consideration of event-sequences among school-…
Living alone in South and Southeast Asia
Living alone (in a one-person household) has reached very high levels in some parts of the world. Across Asia the phenomenon is common in parts of East Asia, but has rarely been examined in South or Southeast Asia
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…
The teen tobacco epidemic in Asia
This paperxs examines the prevalence of smoking, the age pattern of initiation of smoking, and factors associated with current smoking status among 15–19 year olds in five Asian societies, using data from large‐scale youth surveys. The life‐table method is used to examine the age pattern of initiation of smoking and logistic regression is used to examine factors associated with current smoking status. Smoking prevalence is high among boys but ver…
Demographic variables in fetal and child mortality
Demographic variables in fetal and child mortality
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…
Bridge populations in the spread of HIV/Aids in Thailand
OBJECTIVE: To determine the extent to which men provide a bridge population between commercial sex workers (CSW) and the general female population in Thailand. DESIGN: Sexual network and serological data were collected from a systematic quota sample of low income men and truckers during 1992 in three Thailand provinces. Completed sample size was 1075 men aged 17-45 years and 330 truckers. METHODS: Sexual network information was used to identify t…
Origins and working conditions of female sex workers in urban Thailand
This paper examines the social origins and working conditions of selected female commercial sex workers in Thailand. Quantitative data gathered from 678 commercial sex workers (CSWs) in low-price brothels, tea houses and other work sites in three urban centers were supplemented by focus group discussions and in-depth interviews. The commercial sex establishments were selected from lists provided by local health officials. Social factors associate…
The teen tobacco epidemic in Asia
This paperxs examines the prevalence of smoking, the age pattern of initiation of smoking, and factors associated with current smoking status among 15–19 year olds in five Asian societies, using data from large‐scale youth surveys. The life‐table method is used to examine the age pattern of initiation of smoking and logistic regression is used to examine factors associated with current smoking status. Smoking prevalence is high among boys but ver…
Delayed Asian Transitions to Adulthood
1 1. The authors are the national survey directors and the AYARR (Asian Young Adult Reproductive Risk) international project co-ordinator. The authors’ names are listed in alphabetical order except for the senior author. Important events in the transition to adulthood are examined for young men and women in six Asian societies. Broad description of the pattern of many events is followed by a detailed consideration of event-sequences among school-…
Household headship and child death
BACKGROUND: Nepal has seen substantial improvements in its reproductive health outcomes, but infant and child mortality are still high. This study attempts to examine the prevalence and factors influencing the experience of child death of mothers who have given birth during a five-year period. More specifically, this paper aims to investigate whether household headship has an impact on child death in Nepal. METHODS: This paper reports on data dra…
Living alone in South and Southeast Asia
Living alone (in a one-person household) has reached very high levels in some parts of the world. Across Asia the phenomenon is common in parts of East Asia, but has rarely been examined in South or Southeast Asia
Household Dynamics, the Capitalist Economy, and Agricultural Change in Rural Thailand
Agriculture in Thailand is undergoing significant change. The present paper addresses this change from a social perspective, focusing on the role of household dynamics and expansion of the capitalist economy into rural areas. It draws upon data from different sources. Changes in household dynamics over the past decades have resulted in not only unprecedented below-replacement fertility levels and small households on average but also labor and lan…
Marriage in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand
Delayed marriage is a global phenomenon, but in Thailand studies addressing this issue are limited. This study aims to analyze the factors associated with delayed marriage among Thai men and women in Kanchanaburi province. The analysis is based on a sample of 1,370 men and women aged 18-59 found in the Survey of Family and Household, 2010. Chi-squared analysis reveals women are more sensitive to 'modernization variables'education, occupation, eco…
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