CROSS – CULTURAL MARRIAGE: ECONOMIC SOCIAL CULTURAL STATUS CHANGES OF THAI WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN NAKHONRACHASIMA PROVINCE.

Authors

  • Kornpatsorn Chaikitpinyo Mahasarakham University.

Keywords:

Cross – Cultural marriage Economic Social cultural status changes Signed a memorandum of understanding.

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1. To study the background of cross – cultural marriage. 2. To study economic Social cultural status changes of Thai women and their families. The research areas were Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima District, Seng-Sang District, and Phimai District in Nakhon Ratchasima Province. A sample of 87 people was selected by means of a purposive sampling. A sample of 87 people  were divided into three groups: Those who know (Key Informant) A group of 42 miners (Casual Informant) of 30 people and groups involved in General Informant 15 people were selected purposively. Was selected by means of a purposive sampling. Data were gathered from the documents and related research and field studies. With these observations, interviews focus group discussions. The results were presented by Descriptive Analysis.

            The research findings wear as follows:

  In 1964, a war was appeared in Vietnam and Field Marshal Thanom Kittikhachorn signed a memorandum of understanding on allowing the US. Army based in Thailand. At that time many Thai women willingly led their life of hired wives and prostitutes. Some women and foreign men registered their marriage. At present, most marriages of Thai women and foreign men are held for an economic reason. The problems found are these : most Thai women are not aware of their marriage registration and they are not aware the law concerning the right  and roles of a wife after a marriage. The integration of problems and problem solutions resulted from economic, social, and cultural changes should be an appropriate sustainable way. By adhering of marriage and family Theory to anchor the concept of Cross Cultural Marriage and the concept of Social and Cultural Change.

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Published

2020-08-02

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Chaikitpinyo, K. . . (2020). CROSS – CULTURAL MARRIAGE: ECONOMIC SOCIAL CULTURAL STATUS CHANGES OF THAI WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN NAKHONRACHASIMA PROVINCE. Journal of MCU Social Science Review, 6(3), 202–212. Retrieved from https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jssr/article/view/245663

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Vol. 6 No. 3 (2017): Vol.6 No.3 July-September 2017

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