Cross-cultural Marriage of Women in the Northeast of Thailand: Case Study in Chaiyaphum province.

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the sort of foreign labor mobility in Chaiyaphum province, 2) to study the antecedents of labor mobility in Chaiyaphum province. Qualitative research data were collected by observation without participation and participation observation. Depth interviews of couples who marriages across cultures as the selection criteria is a Thai woman who lives with foreigner for at least five years, married or unmarried, and live in Chaiyaphum province. Focus group spouses who voluntarily. Data analysis was interpretation and summary of the conversation.The research results were as follows.

1. Factors were affected Thai women who married to foreigners was to avoid hardships, and the love experience that guy frustrated by the lack of family responsibilities. The expectations of the local people in the community that encourages children to see the advantages of having a foreign husband can change the living conditions. That cause is popular today.

2. Impact on Society; they want to have a family with a spouse, not divorce, to accept the cultural differences, family responsibilities, believe in true love, honor their elders by kinship, and husband/wife have equal rights.

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