Perceived anxiety and depression and associated factors among women inmates with a long-term sentence in Thailand.

Background: In Thailand, the growing prevalence of mental health problems among the increasing number of adult female prisoners has emerged as a significant public health concern. However, studies on the health of women prisoners are primarily conducted in Western societies, and studies in other countries are rare. Thailand, a non-western country, is no exception to this.

Conflict in Skipped Generation Households in Thailand.

A common phenomenon in rural Thailand is that adult children migrate to find work and leave their children behind in the care of their grandparents. The resulting living arrangement is referred to as a . This arrangement can benefit the intergenerational family but can also be associated with conflict.

The effect of asset-based wealth inequality on problem drinking among rural Thai elders: a prospective population-based cohort study.

Evidence on the link between income inequality and alcohol-related problems is scarce, inconclusive and dominated by studies from the developed world. The use of income as a proxy measure for wealth is also questionable, particularly in developing countries. The goal of the present study is to explore the contextual influence of asset-based wealth inequality on problem drinking among Thai older adults.

Migration of children and impact on depression in older parents in rural Thailand, southeast Asia.

CONTEXT Migration is feared to be associated with abandonment and depression in older parents "left behind" in rural areas of low- and middle-income countries. OBJECTIVE To test for prospective associations between (1) out-migration of all children and subsequent depression in parents and (2) having a child move back and an improvement in parents' depression. DESIGN A cohort study with a 1-year follow-up.

Psychological wellbeing, physical impairments and rural aging in a developing country setting.

Background: There has been very little research on wellbeing, physical impairments and disability in older people in developing countries.

Methods: A community survey of 1147 older parents, one per household, aged sixty and over in rural Thailand. We used the Burvill scale of physical impairment, the Thai Psychological Wellbeing Scale and the brief WHO Disability Assessment Schedule.

Rural-urban migration and depression in ageing family members left behind.

Background: It has been suggested that rural-urban migration will have adverse consequences for older parents left behind.

Aims: To describe correlates of outmigration and to estimate any association between outmigration of children and depression in rural-dwelling older parents.

Method: Population-based survey of 1147 parents aged 60 and over in rural Thailand.

Gendered Migrant Social Capital: Evidence from Thailand.

Employing longitudinal data from Thailand to replicate studies of cumulative causation, we extend current knowledge by measuring frequency of trips, duration of time away, level of network aggregation (village or household), and sex composition of migrant networks to estimate a model of prospective migration among men and women in Thailand. We find that trips and duration of time away have distinct influences upon migration; that household level migrant networks are more influential than village level migrant networks; that female migrant networks and male migrant networks have different influences upon migration outcomes; and, that migrant social capital influences men and women's migration differently. Our elaboration provides significant quantitative evidence as to how gender and family variously imbue migration dynamics.