Dissertation Research: Living Arrangements and Well-Being of the Elderly in Bangkok, Thailand: Impacts of Low Fertility, Life Events, and Non-Marriage

论文研究：泰国曼谷老年人的生活安排和福祉：低生育率、生活事件和不结婚的影响

• 批准号: 0313823
• 负责人: Patricia Johnson
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-08-01 至 2004-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0313823&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Living; Arrangements; Well

A rapid decrease in fertility and the increase in life expectancy observed in Asia over the last several decades are expected to lead to problems associated with aging populations. With these demographic changes, as in many other parts of the world, planners are concerned over the future of family care of the elderly. Assuming that the traditional co-residence has been providing a safety net for the elderly, continuation of co-residence is often expected and encouraged. This dissertation project will focus on the determinants of living arrangements of the elderly in Bangkok, Thailand, and examine the relationship between the living arrangements and well being of the elderly with a special attention to the characteristics of their children. In combination with ethnographic methods of participant observation and in-depth interviews, a questionnaire schedule designed to better follow the life history of respondents will be utilized to collect data from a large number of representative subjects. The project will make a contribution to the scientific community as an attempt to collect representative data in a more culturally sensitive way and with a close connection to the history of each respondent. Such data help us to better analyze and understand the problems of aging societies. Broader Impacts: Given the social, economic, and political impacts of population aging, the project will contribute to providing culturally meaningful baseline data for the Thai government and related agencies to better prepare for the coming aging society. Beyond Thai society, the study will also serve as comparative reference information for other countries expected to face the similar aging problems in near future.

在过去几十年里，在亚洲观察到的生育率迅速下降和预期寿命延长，预计将导致与人口老龄化有关的问题。随着这些人口结构的变化，正如世界上许多其他地区一样，规划者对家庭照顾老年人的未来感到担忧。假设传统的同居为老年人提供了一个安全网，那么继续同居往往是可以预期和鼓励的。本论文将集中于泰国曼谷老年人生活安排的决定因素，并考察老年人的生活安排与幸福之间的关系，特别关注他们的子女的特征。结合参与观察和深度访谈的民族志方法，将利用旨在更好地跟踪受访者生活史的调查问卷时间表，从大量具有代表性的受试者那里收集数据。该项目将对科学界作出贡献，试图以更具文化敏感性的方式收集具有代表性的数据，并与每个受访者的历史密切联系。这些数据有助于我们更好地分析和理解老龄化社会的问题。更广泛的影响：鉴于人口老龄化的社会、经济和政治影响，该项目将有助于为泰国政府和相关机构提供具有文化意义的基线数据，以更好地为即将到来的老龄化社会做好准备。除了泰国社会，这项研究还将为其他预计在不久的将来面临类似老龄化问题的国家提供比较参考信息。