A11500581C219

Factors Influencing the Happiness of Migrant Labour Households in the Northeast, Thailand
Dusadee Ayuwat¹, Wanichcha Narongchai², Adirek Rengmanawong³, Nattawat Auraiampai^4
1Dusadee Ayuwat, Department of Social Sciences, Division of Sociology and Anthropology, Labour and International Migration Service Center, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Thailand.
²Wanichcha Narongchai, Department of Social Sciences, Division of Sociology and Anthropology, Labour and International Migration Service Center, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Thailand.
³Adirek Rengmanawong, Khon Kaen Provincial Public Health Office.
⁴Nattawat Auraiampai, Department of Social Sciences, Division of Sociology and Anthropology, Labour and International Migration Service Center, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Thailand.
Manuscript received on 18 June 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 11 July 2019 | Manuscript Published on 17 July 2019 | PP: 875-883 | Volume-8 Issue-1C2 May 2019 | Retrieval Number: A11500581C219/2019©BEIESP
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Abstract: This article examines factors influencing the happiness of migrant workers households in the Northeast of Thailand. The quantitative research method was implemented in the study, and unit analysis was household. Data collection conducted in July, 2017 by interviewing 334 households with international migrating members in Chaiyaphum Province, where presented the second highest number of international migrating laborers. Data analysis was based on descriptive statistics and Multiple Regression technique. The results found that the use of household livelihood strategies, relationships between the migrating workers and his/her family, utilization of capital, the amount of investment from remittance sent home by the laborers, and income of households per year had influenced on the happiness of migrant workers’ households with statistical significance level at 0.01. In addition, the skipped generation households and incomes from remittance had influenced on the happiness of households with statistical significance level at 0.05.
Keywords: Happiness; Migrant Labour Households; Migrant Household.
Scope of the Article: Social Sciences