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and public administration spheres, to foster the collection and analysis of empirical information regarding forced
migration within the Asian region. Consideration will also be given to opportunities to building analytic capacities
among stakeholders to strengthen the foundation for evidence-based policy and programs as well as for the
development of grounded theory.

1229 Timing and duration of outsourcing domestic labors among Hong Kong
families

Adam Ka-Lok Cheung

Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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

Abstract

Outsourcing domestic labor is increasingly common in post-industrial societies. Past studies on domestic
outsourcing mainly draw on perspectives of gender, resources, time-availability, and mostly ignored the temporal
dimension of hiring help, and factors external to the families. This study analyzes event-history data from a
representative household survey in Hong Kong. Using discrete-time logit models, this study examines different sets
of factors associated with the transition to employing domestic help and the transition to the end of hiring help.
This study confirms that the family resources, presence of children at home, availability of help from parents or
parents-in-law, and macro-economic environment are associated with the risk of start using help. For most, the
practice of hiring help is not temporary. Only about one-third of families hiring help will end the practice in 10 years.
The risk of end hiring help is associated with the age of children and wife’s income only.

416 Thai Migrants to Malaysia: Mental Health, Concerns and Life Satisfaction

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Kathleen Ford , Aree Jampaklay , Aphichat Chamatrithirong , Sharifa Azizah Haron
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1 Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. University of
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Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Univeristy Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
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13. Others (Education, Wellbeing and Happiness etc.)

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to consider the mental health, life satisfaction and concerns of Thai Muslim migrants
from the southernmost provinces of Thailand to Malaysia. Data on migrants were drawn from two sources including
survey interviews with 103 migrants and in-depth interviews with 11 migrants. Data for comparison were drawn
from a survey of 1,526 adult residents of the southernmost provinces. Measures of mental health include the WHO
Self Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ), the Thai Mental Health Indicator (THMI), happiness, concerns and life
satisfaction. Among the Malaysian migrants, the mean SRQ score averaged 4.9 (Range 0-20) compared to 3.1
among the residents of the southern provinces. In some studies, a score of 8 or more has been used to indicate

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