Browsing by Author "Somboonwan Satyarakwit, advisor"

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    Alternative types of care and their impacts on the quality of the Thai elderly in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area 

    Sasithorn Tamarak; Somboonwan Satyarakwit, advisor (National Institute of Development Administration, 1996)

    In order to deal with an aging population increasing rapidly in numbers and proportion, a study into present care provisions, existing needs, an the quality of life of the Thai elderly is needed. Two research methods are employed: documentary research and survey research. Documentary research into the demographic profile of the Thai elderly is presented by obtaining data from the National Statistical Office which focuses on the transition of population structure and socioeconomic characteristics of the aging population. A decline in the proportion ...
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    The Markov analysis of residential mobility patterns in low-cost housing in the Bangkok metropolitan areas : case study in the area of Bangkhen-Don Muang, Bang Kapi, Phra Khanong and Nonthaburi 

    Srismorn Suriyasasin; Somboonwan Satyarakwit, advisor (National Institute of Development Administration, 1993)

    The first part of the study is to apply the Markov technique to analyze the residential mobility patterns only in a case study of four types of low-cost housing. Those are row house/townhouse, condominium, up-graded slum housing and housing in non-graded slum. All residences are located in the districts of Bangkhen-Don Muang, Bang Kapi, Phra Khanong and Nonthaburi. The total sample is 1,400 households, and the informants may be chiefs of households or spouses. The residential mobility patterns here are those which occur on average 10 years per time.