Socio-ecological Analysis of Effect of Electrification towards Life and Family Relation Structures of Local People in North Thailand

自1992年以来，一项关于电气化对当地人生活和家庭关系结构的影响的持续研究一直在泰国北部的一个小村庄举行。1996年底电气化后，大量外来信息通过电视流入村里，村民的意识、行为、价值观都在发生着动态变化。在1998-2000财年，这项研究得到了蒙布霍科学研究补助金的支持。通过实地调查收集到的数据进行了统计分析，明确了影响因素及其动力之间的相互作用。在社会信息化发展和经济进步的商品的影响下，人和社区都发生了戏剧性的变化。为了增加收入，村民们改变了工作形式，如进城、在电灯下加班等。同时，他们加深了高等教育意识。消费兴趣和高等教育导致了村民和小家庭或分散家庭的快速流动。根据2001年10月的调查，约有21.5%的村民离开社区工作或学习。分析结果已在学术期刊上发表，在日本和泰国举行的科学和教育会议上公布，并提交给泰国政府的行政和教育机构。

Since 1992, an ongoing research on the effects of electrification towards life and family-relation structures of local people has been held in a small village of North Thailand. After electrification at the end of 1996, a massive amount of external information flowed into the village through TV.Since then the villagers' consciousness, behavior, and values have been changing dynamically. During 1998-2000 FY, this research was supported by the Monbusho Grant-in-aid for scientific research. All the data collected by field surveys have been statistically analyzed and cleared interaction among the influential factors and its dynamism.Effected by the social information development and the commodity of economical advancement, people and the community have been dramatically transfiguring. For the purpose of increasing their incomes, the villagers change working forms, such as going to urban areas, extra-work under electrified lights, etc. In the meantime, they have deepened their awareness of higher education. Consumer interest and higher education have caused the rapid mobility of villagers and the small-sized or dispersed families. According to the survey in October 2001, approximately 21.5 % of the villagers were out of their community for working or studying.The results of the analysis have been published in academic journals, announced at scientific and educational meetings held both in Japan and Thailand, and submitted to both administrative and educational agents of the Thai Government.