การศึกษาความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างบุตรกับบิดามารดาในครอบครัวไทย / ปัทมา เก่งการพานิช = A study of the relationship between adult children and their parents in the Thai family / Pattama Kangkanpanich
The main purpose of this study was to analyse relationship between adult children and their parents in the Thai family. The relationship was measured through two aspects of adult children' s performance with their parents: (1) providing assistance to their parents; and (2) consulting problems with their parents. The analysis also investigated factors affecting such relationship. Research results indicated that adult children in Thailand still maintained their roles in taking care of their parents. The proportion of respondents who provided full_support for their parents (financial support and other cares and needs)was highest. Interestingly, proportion of respondents who shared responsibilities with other siblings in assisting their parents were as nearly the same as respondents who provided only financial support. There was only a small proportion of respondents who had not provided any kind of assistance. On the issue of consulting problems with their parents, the result showed that about nearly half of respondents occasionally consulted with their parents. The rest had never consulted with their parents, and only a small proportion of respondents consulted them regularly. However, after analyzing these two issues in association with adult children' s demographic, social and economic characteristics, it was found that among respondents who co-resided with their parents, age, marital status, occupation, financial supporting status, property ownership and educational level were determinants of differentials in providing assistance. Age and property ownership were determinants of differentials in consultation with parents. Among those who did not coreside with the parents, it was evident that differentials in providing assistants depended on age, marital status, occupation, property ownership and educational level, while age ,marital status, family income and financial supporting status determined differences in consultation with parents.