Household Crowding and Family Relations in Bangkok

The Seasonality of Tuberculosis, Sunlight, Vitamin D, and Household Crowding

BACKGROUND Unlike other respiratory infections, tuberculosis diagnoses increase in summer. We performed an ecological analysis of this paradoxical seasonality in a Peruvian shantytown over 4 years. METHODS Tuberculosis symptom-onset and diagnosis dates were recorded for 852 patients. Their tuberculosis-exposed cohabitants were tested for tuberculosis infection with the tuberculin skin test (n...

Household Behavior and Family Economics

1 ICT and Household - Firm Relations

This paper discusses how ICT and emerging electronic commerce in consumer products influence the relative efficiency in production of households and firms, resulting in changes in the division of tasks between these two types of agents. Increased information and competence of households, in combination with stiffer competition among firms, will also increase the power of households relative to ...

Changing Gender Relations in the Household

One of the most important institutions in the lives of poor people is the household. Poverty interventions directly or indirectly affect and are affected by the household and gender relations, and hence the importance of exploring intra-household gender dynamics. The household is a basic unit of society where individuals both cooperate and compete for resources. It is also a primary place where...

Factors Affecting Household Participation In Solid Waste Management Segregation And Recycling In Bangkok, Thailand

The number of population in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, is increasing every year. The capital produces about 9,900 tons of garbage daily or 1.53 kilograms per person which only 13% of waste is recycled per day. This presents a serious challenge and concern of municipal authority in solid waste management. This study examines Bangkok residents’ practices, knowledge of waste management, as ...