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Rural-urban migration and depression in ageing family members left behind

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dc.contributor.authorMelanie A. Abasen_US
dc.contributor.authorSureeporn Punpuingen_US
dc.contributor.authorTawanchai Jirapramukpitaken_US
dc.contributor.authorPhilip Guesten_US
dc.contributor.authorKanchana Tangchonlatipen_US
dc.contributor.authorMorven Leeseen_US
dc.contributor.authorMartin Princeen_US
dc.contributor.otherKing's College Londonen_US
dc.contributor.otherMahidol Universityen_US
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Medicine, Thammasat Universityen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-13T06:58:42Z
dc.date.available2018-09-13T06:58:42Z
dc.date.issued2009-07-01en_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: It has been suggested that rural-urban migration will have adverse consequences for older parents left behind. Aims: To describe correlates of outmigration and to estimate any association between outmigration of children and depression in rural-dwelling older parents. Method: Population-based survey of 1147 parents aged 60 and over in rural Thailand. We randomly oversampled parents living without children. We defined an outmigrant child as living outside their parent's district, and measured depression as a continuous outcome with a Thai version of the EURO-D. Results: Outmigration of all children, compared with outmigration of some or no children, was independently associated with less depression in parents. This association remained after taking account of social support, parent characteristics, health and wealth. Parents with all children outmigrated received more economic remittances and they perceived support to be as good as that of those with children close by. Conclusions: Outmigration of children was not associated with greater depression in older parents and, after taking account of a range of possible covariables, was actually associated with less parental depression. This could be explained by pre-existing advantages in families sending more migrants and by the economic benefits of migration.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBritish Journal of Psychiatry. Vol.195, No.1 (2009), 54-60en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1192/bjp.bp.108.056143en_US
dc.identifier.issn14721465en_US
dc.identifier.issn00071250en_US
dc.identifier.other2-s2.0-67650895696en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14594/28028
dc.rightsMahidol Universityen_US
dc.rights.holderSCOPUSen_US
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dc.subjectMedicineen_US
dc.titleRural-urban migration and depression in ageing family members left behinden_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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