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Day II: Wednesday, 4th August, 2021

PS 4.1 Union Formation

9:00 - 10:30am Wednesday, 4th August, 2021

Presentation Type LIVE Session
Moderator: Md Juel Rana , H. Nofrijal

1246 Family Context, Sufficient Physical Activity, and Game: Consequences on
Primary School Age Children’s Jovial Habit and IQ in Thailand

Yothin Sawangdee, Danusorn Potharin, Piyawat Katewongsa

Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Salaya, Phuttamonthon, Nakornpathom, Thailand

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13. Others (Education, Wellbeing and Happiness etc.)

Abstract

IQ and Jovial habit are the most important psychological indicator when focus on school age children. This study
examines effect of family type that have influence on sufficient physical activity and computer game practice that
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simultaneously produce consequences on children’s behavior, and IQ. Data derive from the 4 Thai National Health
Examination Survey (NHES IV 2008-2009). The unit of analysis is children ages between 6 and 12 years old both boy
and girl who lived in municipality and rural areas. Total sample is 2,306 persons. Empirical results from Path analysis
demonstrate that extended family have positive influence on physical activity, but negative on playing computer
game. Importantly, they are also having some direct effects on jovial habit, and IQ statistically significant after
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considerate on availability of creativity park and place of residence. The R of the model is 0.883. For this
investigation, the power of household structure such as parental support, roles and function of grandparents within
family context are important factors which able to increase children cheerful habit, and continuing to produce some
consequences on IQ scores. That is to say, environmental and surrounding component at family level is the most
important design for children psychological and their Intelligence quotient.

276 Temporal Changes in Male and Female Ideal Age at marriage in Iran

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Fatemeh Torabi , Zahra Ghorbani
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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Demography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of. PhD
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graduate, Department of Demography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of

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6. Family Formation and Dissolution, Family and Kinship

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