Ageing Society
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Thai Education in Globalization Period | Contains articles written by a variety of authors. Offers a vision of Thai society and education in the age of globalization, and discusses the future of Thai society towards the sustainable development. Reports on the Thai education crisis and the education development proposal. Provides the examples of initiatives for Thai educational development in the globalization period. Discusses the learning of a coastal fishing community on the devel ...Continue Reading | Thai | 52672 | |
Report of the 1994 Survey of Elderly in Thailand | Contains the results of the elderly survey in Thailand. Summarizes the demographic and economic characteristics, physical health status, living condition, feelings for living with children, requirement for taking care from children, requirement for government welfare, opinions on elderly home, and support of children to their parents. Includes statistical tables | Thai | 52590 | |
Thailand: National Report on Population and Development | Presents Thailand's demographic context, related to population policy and planning. Mentions population program profile, regarding data collection and analysis, population distribution, internal and international migration, mortality and health. Focuses on six target areas of the multi-sectoral component approach for planning and implementation, noting population research, population and the environment, ageing, adolescents and youth, women in ...Continue Reading | Multilanguage | 51954 | |
What the Elderly Taught | Compiles a collection of articles written by members of the Senior Consultant Alliance of Thailand. Reviews the teachings, beliefs moral concepts, wisdom, knowledge and philosophy to emerge from the past. Comprises articles both in verse and prose | Thai | 51877 | |
Survey Report on Attitude Survey Toward Social Conditions in Urban Areas, B.E. 2537 | Surveys people's attitudes toward social conditions, sampling the data in Bangkok Metropolis, and Chiang Mai, Nakhon Ratchasima, Chon Buri and Hat Yai Municipals. Discusses the survey results in terms of attitudes toward family relations, health, educational system, mass media, culture and religion, politics and administration, environment, and some important social and environmental problems. Compares the above-mentioned results with that of 1 ...Continue Reading | Thai | 51664 | |
Thai Family in the Age of Globalization | Somphorn Thepsithar | Defines the meaning of globalization and family. Indicates the roles and importance of family, looking at changes in the Thai family in the age of globalization. Examines family problems, providing criteria for creating an ideal family. Mentions the 7th plan and the long term plan on family | Thai | 51604 |
The Thai Economy: Towards the Sustainable Development, Symposium 12-13 September 1995, Fac. of Economics, Chulalongkorn University | Symposium on the Thai Economy: Towards the Sustainable Development (1995 : Chulalongkorn University) | Compiles articles from several authors on a variety of topics including: stability and sustainable development of the Thai economy financial markets and savings and international trade and investment. Deals with natural resources, environment, and urbanization income distribution and quality of life, and employment remuneration and human resources. Covers health and human resources and agricultural products, industry and services. | Thai | 51553 |
Basic Education Programme | Deals with the progress of UNICEF basic education projects. Reports on the early childhood care and development, providing activities which facilitate the development of children at village health post, at school, and in the community. Mentions the project of basic education for disadvantaged groups, including direction for future development | English | 51438 | |
Perception of the Thai Elderly, Seminar on 16 October 1995 at Chulalongkorn University | Seminar Paper on Perception of the Thai Elderly (1995 : Chulalongkorn University) | Comprises technical papers delivered at the technical seminar on the perception of the Thai elderly, namely: socio-demographic viewpoints on the elderly the development of exercise activities for enhancing the capabilities of the elderly the organizing of education and knowledge-oriented activities for the elderly in Thailand the cohort study of problems, needs and determinants of health of the elderly living in Rongmeung areas of Bangkok res ...Continue Reading | Thai | 51333 |
The State of Population 1994 | Pattanawadee Xuto | Contains statistical tables on the World population and Thai population. Deals with the over one million populous provinces, household and size of household, age distribution, ratio of the elderly, educational level of Thai population, and area distribution of Thai population. Considers rate of population increase, death rate, causes of death, infant death, AIDS patients by age group, birth control rate, attitudes towards working of the elderly ...Continue Reading | Thai | 51264 |
UK/Thai Collaborative Research Development in Reproductive and Sexual Health: Proceedings of the Symposium on the Mahidol-Exeter British Council Link | Compiles articles by various authors on the social aspects of population and sexual health. Reports on the UK-Thai collaborative research on reproductive and sexual health. Discusses the changes in health resulting from development and modernization. Looks at Thailand's experience with community participation in family planning programs. Provides the results and policy implications of a survey on breast feeding and contraceptive use. Studies ...Continue Reading | English | 51234 | |
Aging in Asia: Setting the Research Foundation | Hermalin, Albert I | Develops a framework for understanding the factors that affect the status and well-being of the elderly. Highlights the elements of a policy-oriented research agenda that can monitor the transformations likely to occur in the cultural, social, and economic arrangements for the elderly. | English | 51232 |
General Family Survey | Reports on the findings of the 1994 general family survey that included interviews with 3,237 respondents throughout the country. Studies the differences between respondents in rural and urban areas with regards to their family background as well as their demographic and socio-economic characteristics. Provides information on child rearing, the division of labor, responsibility sharing between husbands and wives, and decision making within the ...Continue Reading | Multilanguage | 51199 | |
Knowledge on Chinese Tradition from the Old Man | Chitra Konanthakiat | Compiles knowledge on the Chinese traditions and life styles surrounding the figure of the father. Looks at the religious ceremonies held after the death of the mother and the father. | Thai | 51140 |
Women in Asia and the Pacific 1985-1993 | Consists of four documents submitted to facilitate regional review of the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, namely: Women in economic development , Women in social development , Women and empowerment , and Regional priority isses and proposals for action . Reviews and analyses women as participants in the labour market, in the macroeconomy, and in decision making. Examines further their h ...Continue Reading | English | 51114 | |
An Analysis of Potential Health Insurance Schemes for the Uninsured in Thailand | Suenobu, Yumiko | Evaluates the experience of health insurance schemes in Thailand under the equity and efficiency consideration with the aim of suggesting potential schemes out of the current schemes in order to cover the uninsured group of 23.67 million people. Makes a comprehensive examination of the current health insurance schemes based on secondary data. Evaluates the Free Medical Care for the low Income Household (LIC), the Social Security Scheme (SSS), a ...Continue Reading | English | 50931 |
Quality of Life of Urban People , Mahidol and Thammasat Universities 1st Annual Technical Conference 19-21 May 1990 at Nakhon Pathom, Mahidol University | Conference on Quality of Life of Urban People (1990 : Nakhon Pathom) | Contains papers presented at the Conference classified into eight topics as follows: health and hygiene environment, economics, accidents, crime, labor, education, and slums. | Thai | 50908 |
Consequences of Rapid Fertility Decline for Old Age Security | Jones, Gavin W | Presents major trends on fertility decline in Asian countries citing: socio-economic changes increasing economic prosperity and widening income-contributory superannuation schemes and demographic changes. Describes movement towards western family patterns and old age support systems. Indicates main reasons expecting a higher level of family involvement in the support of the aged than in the west. | English | 50886 |
Shan Theories of Human Development | Eberhardt, Nancy | Presents a summary and preliminary analysis of 12 months of fieldwork in Huai Pha village, Mae Hong Son province. Begins with an overview of Shan views on the entire course of human development, for pre to post human forms. Discusses some of the implications of these views to understand Shan theories of the person and of human behaviour for Shan ethnopsychology. | English | 50718 |
The Study of Needs to Seek for Job and Social Welfare for the Establishment of a Placement Service Center of the Elderly in Bangkok Metropolis | Aurapin Bunnag | Surveys the need for jobs and social welfare in order to set up a placement service center for the elderly in Bangkok who still want to work after their retirement. Classifies the senior citizens into three categories : those who graduated from universities or colleges and still want to work to help the society, those who graduated from high school and need jobs to help their families' expenses, and those who graduated from elementary school and ...Continue Reading | Thai | 50687 |