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คุณภาพชีวิตของผู้สูงอายุ ในเขตเทศบาลนครรังสิต ตำบลประชาธิปัตย์ อำเภอธัญบุรี จังหวัดปทุมธานี, ศรีเมือง พลังฤทธิ์, นติมา ติเยาว์, วดี วงศ์ประดิษฐ์ Dec 2563

คุณภาพชีวิตของผู้สูงอายุ ในเขตเทศบาลนครรังสิต ตำบลประชาธิปัตย์ อำเภอธัญบุรี จังหวัดปทุมธานี, ศรีเมือง พลังฤทธิ์, นติมา ติเยาว์, วดี วงศ์ประดิษฐ์

Journal of Demography

Thailand has become an aging society. Therefore, it is necessary to acquire basic health information about senior citizens. The objective of this study was to analyze the quality of life and health needs of older persons. This study was conducted using a cross-sectional study design. As for the methods used, multi-stage random sampling was used to calculate the sample size and interviews. A total of 847 older persons were interviewed, most of whom (66.9%) were females at an average age of 69.3 years (standard deviation =7.1 years); almost half of them (46.4%) were married and 71 percent were unemployed, although …

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Migration, Remittances, And Child Growth: Evidence From Cambodia, Vatana Chea, Patcharawalai Wongboonsin May 2562

Migration, Remittances, And Child Growth: Evidence From Cambodia, Vatana Chea, Patcharawalai Wongboonsin

Journal of Demography

Remittances have become a main resource for development in low- and middle-income countries around the world. With impressive growth in remittances over the decades comes interest in their importance to development. Using data from the 2009 Cambodian Socio-Economic Survey with a sample of 2,767 children under 5 years of age, this study investigates the impact of migration and of remittances on children's quality of health, and tests whether or not the so-called permanent income hypothesis holds for remittances relative to other income. Also employed is two-stage least squares analysis to account for potential endogeneity problems. In short, it was found …

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