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    Rural-urban Migration and Sexual Initiation of Never-married Young Adults from Kanchanaburi, Thailand
    (2014-01) Dusita Phuengsamran; Aphichat Chamratrithirong; Guest, Philip; Vanlandingham, Mark; Mahidol University. Institute for Population and Social Research
    This study examines whether migration has an effect on young adults’ transition to becoming sexually experienced, using longitudinal data from the Migration and Health Project in Kanchanaburi, Thailand from 2005 and 2007. Survival analysis was used... to explore the timing of sexual initiation of never married young adults, and Cox regression was used to examine the effect of migration on the hazard function of sexual initiation. Young adults who did not have sexual experience at T0 (2005) were followed up
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    The correlates and gender differences of sexual behavior of single young adults in Thailand
    (2017-10) Fuller, Theodore D.; Aphichat Chamratrithirong; Kanya Apipornchaisakul; Mahidol University. Institute for Population and Social Research
    Using a nationally-representative sample of single young adults from the National Sexual Behavior Study of Thailand (N=1,852), we explore individual-, family-, peer-, and community-level factors related to premarital sex. Over 50% of single young... males and about 20% of single young females aged 18-24 in Thailand report having engaged in sexual activity the past 12 months. Better education andfrequent consumption of alcohol increases the likelihood of premarital sex. The incidence of sex