Rural-to-Urban Migration and Sexual Debut in Thailand

Rural-to-Urban Migration and Changes in Health Among Young Adults in Thailand.

We investigate the impacts of rural-to-urban migration on the health of young adult migrants. A key methodological challenge involves the potentially confounding effects of selection on the relationship between migration and health. Our study addresses this challenge in two ways. To control for potential effects of prior health status on post-migration health outcomes, we employ a longitudinal ...

Early sexual debut among young men in rural South Africa: heightened vulnerability to sexual risk?

OBJECTIVE This report examines early sexual debut (<age 15) among young men in rural South Africa including (1) risk behaviours at first sexual experience, and (2) age at first sex as a predictor of later sexual risk. METHODS Analysis of sexual behaviour data for men 15-24 years (n = 314) from representative cross sectional household survey. RESULTS 13.1% of 15-24 year old men experienced s...

Health Status and Health Patterns in Urban-rural Dwelling Elderly in Nakhonratchasima Province, Thailand

Introduction: As rapid urbanizing spreads throughout Thailand, the combination of urban-rural lifestyle has been gradually found. These changes may effect on health pattern of the older adults. This study was aimed to explore the incidence of health problems and life styles of the elderly in urban-rural areas.   Methods: A random interview survey with qualitative approach was used. Data were ...

Urbanization, Rural–urban Migration and Urban Poverty

Urbanization and Rural-Urban Migration

This chapter considers the literature on urbanization and migration to cities from rural areas in developing and middle-income countries. The chapter assesses recent patterns, discusses traditional models, addresses more recent models of migration, presents some of the recent findings from the micro-econometric literature, and closes with a discussion of the role of cities in economic growth. C...