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Aree JampaklayInstitute for Population and SocialResearch
Mahidol University Thailand
Parental Overseas Migration andPsychological Well-being of
Children at the Country ofOrigin: Evidence fromCHAMPSEA Study (Thailand)
The views expressed in this presentation are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the
views or policies of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), the Asian Development Bank (ADB),its Board of Directors, or the governments they represent. ADBI does not guarantee the accuracy of the
data included in this paper and accepts no responsibility for any consequences of their use.
Terminology used may not necessarily be consistent with ADB official terms.
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To what extent and how overseas
migration of mother and offather impacts the well-being ofthe children at household oforigin?
- focuses on psychological well-being of the children
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Started around 1970s, labormigrants to middle-east
Men dominated, 15% women
Top destinations Middle East,Republic of Korea, andTaipei,China
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CHAMPSEA(Child Health and Migrant Parents in
SoutheastAsia), 2008-2009Funded by Wellcome Trust
University of St. Andrews and National University ofSingapore and 4 countries of the study settings
Indonesia(Gadjah Mada University)
Philippines(Scalabrini Migration Center)
Viet Nam(Hanoi Asia-Pacific Study Center)
Thailand(Institute for Population and SocialResearch, Mahidol University)
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CHAMPSEA (Thailand)-Udonthani and Lampang
-Surveyed 1,030 hh/children, equal proportionfor
-migrant household and usual resident parents
-Young children (3-5) and older children (9-11)
-boys and girls-3 sets of QNs for responsible adult, main carer,and older child
-In-depth interview with 41 main carers
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-Migration(current migration, past migrationexperience)
-Childrens psychological well-being (SDQ whetherpossible to have psychological problem)
-Remittances(amount received from migrantparent(s) in the past 6 months)
-Main caretaker (who, well-being psychological health-- SRQ20 whether having psychological problem)
-Household economic status (wealth and saving)-Family functioning (APGAR)
-Other characteristics of the child (age, sex, parity)
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Parents current migration %Father only current migrant 46.9Mother only current migrant 0.3Both parents current migrants 3.0
Both parents usually resident 49.8
Parents currentand past migration Father Mother
Current migrant abroad 49.9 3.3Ever been migrant abroad 20.4 9.3Never been migrant abroad 29.7 87.4
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26.2%
Childrens psychologicalwell-being (SDQ)
% (N=990)
Normal (0-15) 73.7
Possible (16-18) 14.0
Problematic (19-40) 12.2
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Parents current
71.4
28.6
76.1
23.9
0.0
20.0
40.0
60.0
80.0
Normal Possible or
problematic
Overseas migrant
parent
Non-overseasmigrant parent
NS
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Fathers currentandpast
71.3
28.7
75.2
24.8
77.7
22.3
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.050.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
90.0
Normal Possible or
problematic
Current overseas
migrantNever overseas migrant
Ever been overseas
migrant
NS
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Mothers
59.2
40.8
75.8
24.2
0.010.0
20.0
30.0
40.050.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
Normal Possible or
problematic
Ever been overseas
migrant
Never been overseas
migrant
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59.1
41.0
77.7
22.3
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
90.0
Normal Possible or
problematic
Carer is psychologically
problematic
Carer is psychologically
normal
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Fathers currentandpast
26.2
20.4
16.315.0
22.1
18.6 18.820.5 20.9 21.3
16.8
24.3 24.3 23.8
10.9
0.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
30.0
Very poor Poor Moderate Rich Very rich
Never overseas migrant Current overseas migrant Ever been overseas migrant
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Fathers currentandpast
40.8
30.6
17.7
10.9
39.1
17.421.5 22.1
28.7
35.2
27.7
8.4
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
No saving Not>20,000 Not>60,000 60,000+
Never overseas migrant Current overseas migrant
Ever been overseas migrant ***
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69.5
30.5
74.3
25.7
72.7
27.3
74.4
25.6
78.1
21.9
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
90.0
Normal Possible or problematic
Very poor
Poor
Moderate
Rich
Very rich
NS
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69.5
30.5
74.5
25.5
77.1
22.9
77.9
22.2
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
90.0
Normal Possible or problematic
No saving
Not>20,000
Not> 60,000
60,000+
NS
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The model controls for remittances, households economic status(wealth, saving), childs sex, childs parity, and family functioning
All other control variables are not significant in the logit model
2.8
2.6
2.3
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
The child aged 3-5***
The caretaker is psychologically
unhealthy***
Mother ever moved to work abroad***
Odds ratio
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*Overseas migration of motherhas anegative impact on the psychological well-being of children at household of origin, butoverseas migration of father does not
The impact remains regardless ofremittances, household economic status,other childs characteristics
*Caretakers and the childrens well-beingsare closely connected
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*Policy should not only geartowards maximizing the positiveeffects of migration, but should
also address minimizing itsnegative effects, especially ofmothersmigration on the children
at household of origin
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