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    Migration and gender-based occupational segregation in Bangkok
    (2006-07) Kanchana Tangchonlatip; กาญจนา ตั้งชลทิพย์; Sureeporn Punpuing; สุรีย์พร พันพึ่ง; Aphichat Chamratrithirong; อภิชาติ จำรัสฤทธิรงค์; Guest, Philip; Curran, Sara; Jawalaksana Rachapaetayakom; Mahidol University. Institute for Population and Social Research
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    Toward an historical demography of Thailand
    (2012-01) Amornrat Bunnag; Rossarin Soothipong Gray; Peter Xenos; Chai Podhisita; Mahidol University. Institute for Population and Social Research
    In this paper we review the rapidly changing field of historical demography, outlining how the field has advanced over the last seven decades or so, particularly with respect to methodologies, and pointing to the contributions the field has made... to social history. Then we turn to the social and economic history of Siam and review what is known from existing studies of Siam's historical population trends. We indicate why demography is central to historical social change in Southeast Asia generally
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    Impact of socio - economic characteristics and health risk behaviors on labor force age health outcome in Kanchanaburi Demographic Surveillance System, Thailand
    (2010-07) Yothin Sawangdee; โยธิน แสวงดี; Piyawat Katewongsa; ปิยวัฒน์ เกตุวงศา; Nutchanundhporn Meesuwan; ณัฐชนันท์พร มีสุวรรณ; Boonlert Leoprapai; Mahidol University. Institute for Population and Social Research
    This research examines the impact of socio-economic characteristics, which are measured by level of education, type of occupation, and residential area and, health risk factors e.g. alcohol consumption and smoking on labor force aged health outcome
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    The relevance of longitudinal research for population and health
    (2008-01) Bencha Yoddumnern-Attig; เบญจา ยอดดำเนิน-แอตติกจ์; Guest, Philip; Varachai Thongthai; วรชัย ทองไทย; Sureeporn Punpuing; สุรีย์พร พันพึ่ง; Chanya Sethaput; จรรยา เศรษฐบุตร; Aree Jampaklay; อารี จำปากลาย; Rossarin Gray; รศรินทร์ เกรย์; Yupin Vorasiriamorn; ยุพิน วรสิริอมร; Boonlert Leoprapai; Mahidol University. Institute for Population and Social Research
    by globalization, population trends and epidemiological transitions force researchers to better understand and grasp the nature and processes of change associated with social and behavioral dynamics. This paper synthesizes the ways in which longitudinal research... has been a valuable tool for analyzing changing trends in population and health and the causal factors contributing to these changes, with special attention to its use in the Asia and Pacific Region. The discussion centers on three main aspects
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    Unwilling and unwitting: problems of the Thai construction workers dealing with the newly emergent risk of nanomaterials
    (2011-01) Thanate Kitisriworaphan; Yothin Sawangdee; Wimontip Musikaphan; Mahidol University. Institute for Population and Social Research; Mahidol University. National Institute for Child and Family Development
    The construction sector is one of the major factors of economic growth in Thailand. As an industry, it provides an alternative career for almost 2 million seasonal migrants from the agricultural sector. Unfortunately, unskilled construction... agents, but the public still has little knowledge and even less awareness of this problem. This study conducted a survey of 1,055 construction workers in Bangkok, and the Northeast, North and Central regions of Thailand in order to reveal the level
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    Migration experience of pregnant women and Iodine deficiency disorder in newborns in Nan province, Thailand
    (2009-01) Kattika Thanakwang; Kusol Soonthorndhada; กุศล สุนธรธาดา; Boonlert Leoprapai; Mahidol University. Institute for Population and Social Research
    obtained from the Survey of Preventive Behaviors for Iodine Deficiency Disorder of pregnant women in 2002 conducted in Nan province, Thailand. Using questionnaires and the laboratory results of Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) of newborn blood... pregnant women. In the logistic regression models, the finding illustrated the evidence to indicate that pregnant women’s migration is affecting on IDD in newborns both directly and indirectly. Moreover, the pregnant women who had lower socio-economic
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    Labor Migration in Kanchanaburi Demographic Surveillance System: Characteristics and Determinants
    (2007-07) Tran Quang Lam; John R. Bryant; Aphichat Chamratrithirong; อภิชาติ จำรัสฤทธิรงค์; Yothin Sawangdee; โยธิน แสวงดี; Boonlert Leoprapai; Mahidol University. Institute for Population and Social Research
    This study examines patterns, characteristics and determinants of short-term labor migration in Kanchanaburi Demographic Surveillance System (KDSS), Thailand.Data from the KDSS Round 2 (2001) and Round 3 (2002) were used. Only persons...-demographic factors, individual economic factors, household factors and contextual factors. Study findings suggest that labor migrants in KDSS share many similar characteristics compared to other groups of migrants in previous migration literature i.e. sex
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    Cross-border migration and poverty: evidence from the Kanchanaburi demographic surveillance system (KDSS), Thailand
    (2013-07) Aree Jampaklay; อารี จำปากลาย; Entwisle, Barbara; Hagan, Jacqueline M.; Chai Podhisita; Mahidol University. Institute for Population and Social Research
    This study examines immigration, ethnicity, and poverty status in Thailand, with particular reference to the situation in the Kanchanaburi Demographic Surveillance System (KDSS). Kanchanaburi borders Myanmar, about 120 km weat of Bangkok.... By comparing the economic prospects of households headed by the foreign-born, native-born minorities, and Thai nationals, we consider the relative effects of crossborder migration and ethnicity on household poverty. Of particular interest is the ways
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    Economic mobility of migrants in Kanchanaburi DSS, Thailand
    (2010-07) Aree Jampaklay; อารี จำปากลาย; Korinek, Kim; Sindhu Ratchasee; Boonlert Leoprapai; Mahidol University. Institute for Population and Social Research
    in patterns parallel to the non-Thai but born in Thailand, and to the Thai population, or if they progress or regress in a distinct pattern. Results indicate the disadvantaged economic position of foreign-born individuals and their households. Throughout...Based on a longitudinal data set of the Kanchanaburi Demographic Surveillance System (KDSS) between 2000 and 2004, we conducted an exploration of foreign-born economic status mobility. We assess whether economic fortunes of migrants are shifting
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    Effect of population dynamics and mechanization on agricultural land use: evidence from Nang Rong, Thailand
    (2013-01) Piyawat Katewongsa; ปิยวัฒน์ เกตุวงศา; Yothin Sawangdee; โยธิน แสวงดี; Stephen J. Walsh; Aphichat Chamratrithirong; อภิชาติ จำรัสฤทธิรงค์; Mahidol University. Institute for Population and Social Research
    This study examines the effects of population dynamics and the role of agricultural machinery on agricultural land use in Nang Rong district, Thailand between 1994 and 2000. The unit of analysis is the household, using data from a sample of 5