http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/78565 2017-07-09T19:51:46Z http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/100345 The Future of Family Support for Thai Elderly: Views of the Populace Knodel, John; Kespichayawattana, Jiraporn; Wiwatwanich, Suvinee; Saengtienchai, Chanpen Future cohorts of older Thais will have fewer and more dispersed children. This will result in a continuing decline in coresidence with children that has been the lynchpin of the traditional familial system of old age support. The aim of the present study is to examine how parents who are approaching old age and their adult children view these changes and how they intend to deal them. A mixed method approach is used combining analysis of national survey data and open-ended interviews and discussions. The results reveal widespread awareness of reduced family size, increased migration, and lowered chances that aging parents live with or near adult children. Many near elderly parents express concerns about becoming a burden to their children and thus wish to maintain their independence as long as possible. At the same time, however, strong normative support persists for coresidence or proximal living arrangements and for children to be main care providers when the need eventually arises. Adult children generally proclaim willingness to live with and care for parents but it remains an open question if these intentions will be carried out especially if they have established themselves and their own conjugal families elsewhere. Thus a major disjuncture exists between norms and the changing empirical reality. Several potential solutions to meeting the challenges are assessed in the conclusions including relying on paid caregivers, using community based volunteers, and promoting economic activity of older persons. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/100344 The Changing Well-Being of Thai elderly Knodel, John; Prachuabmoh, Vipan; Chayovan, Napaporn This report provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview concerning the situation of persons age 60 and over in Thailand. Chapters describe population aging in Thailand and government responses, social and demographic characteristics, living arrangements, sources of support and material well-being, family support and intergenerational relations, health status and options for the future. 2013-04-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/100343 The Situation of Older Persons in Myanmar: Results from the 2012 Survey of Older Persons Knodel, John This report provides a comprehensive overview of the situation of older persons in Myanmar based on the first national survey of persons age 60 and older. Chapters examine population aging, social characteristics of older persons, economic activity and income, material well-being, living arrangements, family support and intergenerational exchanges, health and options for the future. 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z 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