Reta Dewau, Amare Muche, Zinabu Fentaw, Melaku Yalew, Gedamnesh Bitew, Erkihun Tadesse Amsalu, Mastewal Arefaynie, Asnakew Molla Mekonen
Time to initiation of antenatal care and its predictors among pregnant women in Ethiopia: Cox-gamma shared frailty model
PloS one
abstract present study explores social economic consequences migration adult children urban areas rural parents thailand attention given circumstances migration takes place including role parents play process extent implications migration parents taken consideration analysis relies primarily openended interviews conducted 2004 older age parents migrant children four purposely selected rural communities studied ten years earlier findings suggest migration children urban areas contributes positively material wellbeing elderly parents remain rural areas negative impacts migration social support defined terms maintaining contact visits attenuated advent technological changes communication also improvements transportation phone contact especially mobile phones pervasive sharp contrast situation ten years earlier extremely rare much change thailand terms relationships rural parents geographically dispersed adult children quite consistent concept modified extended family perspective become common discussions regarding elderly parents industrial postindustrial societies rarely applied situation elderly parents developing country settings copyright 2006 john wiley amp sons ltd