http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/78565 2013-05-19T14:09:17Z http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/91978 History, marriage politics, and demographic events in the central Himalaya Fricke, Tom This chapter explores the micro-politics of marriage practices among a Tamang and Ghale population in north central Nepal. Based on ethnographic and survey research in Timling (Tipling), it establishes that marriage practices are related to clan hierarchies and follow a logic that maintains those hierarchies. It then establishes the implications of that logic for marriage ages and age at first birth. 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/90420 The changing impact of the AIDS epidemic on older-age parents in the era of ART: Evidence from Thailand Knodel, Jiohn Previous research makes clear that before antiretroviral therapy (ART), when HIV led to disabling illness and certain death, many older persons as parents of infected adults experienced adverse emotional, material and social consequences. The present study examines how widespread access to ART is transforming the situation in Thailand. Interviews with parents of adult ART recipients reveal that major improvements in the health of their adult children under treatment is associated with major reductions in parental caregiving and expenses associated with their HIV-infected child although parents continue to provide psychological support. Parents own worry about their child’s health also declines. Most adult children on ART are able to continue or resume economic activity and many contribute to support of the parental household. ART appears to reduce negative community reaction. Nevertheless, given uncertainty surrounding how long ART can protect against fatal illnesses, whether the adverse impacts of the AIDS epidemic on parents are being eliminated or only postponed remains an open question. 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/83359 How left behind are rural parents of migrant children: Evidence from Thailand Knodel, John; Kespichayawattana, Jirapon; Saengtienchai, Chanpen; Wiwatwanich, Suvinee 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/83333 Parents providing care to adult sons and daughters with HIV/AIDS in Thailand Saengtienchai, Chanpen; Knodel, John 2001-11-01T00:00:00Z