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Showing papers by "Katherine Faust published in 2012"

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Capturing context: Integrating spatial and social network analyses☆

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jimi adams, Katherine Faust, Gina S. Lovasi
01 Jan 2012-Social Networks

100 citations

Journal Article•DOI•
Social and Spatial Networks: Kinship Distance and Dwelling Unit Proximity in Rural Thailand.

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Ashton M. Verdery1, Barbara Entwisle1, Katherine Faust2, Ronald R. Rindfuss1•
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill1, University of California, Irvine2
01 Jan 2012-Social Networks
TL;DR: A unique dataset from Nang Rong, Thailand which contains dwelling unit locations (GPS) and saturated kinship networks of all individuals living in 51 agricultural villages is used and shows that in general, extended kin live closer to one another than do unrelated individuals.

59 citations

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Migrant remittances and the web of family obligations: ongoing support among spatially extended kin in North-east Thailand, 1984-94.

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Ronald R. Rindfuss1, Martin Piotrowski2, Barbara Entwisle1, Jeffrey Edmeades3, Katherine Faust4 •
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill1, University of Oklahoma2, International Center for Research on Women3, University of California, Irvine4
07 Feb 2012-Population Studies-a Journal of Demography
TL;DR: It is shown that intra-family exchanges are influenced by marital status, the presence of children, having parents in the origin household, and having siblings depart from it, which is consistent with reports from migrants themselves.
Abstract: Exchanges of money, goods, and assistance among family/kin members are influenced by the intertwined lives of individuals and their family/kin. As people pass through the young adulthood years, acquiring obligations as spouses and parents, and migrating in search of economic opportunities, tensions can arise over existing obligations. Using rich longitudinal data from Northeast Thailand, we examined the role of family networks (origin and destination) on migrants' exchanges with family/kin. Our approach overcame many shortcomings of earlier studies, allowing us to 'see' the family social network arrayed in a broader network. We show that intra-family exchanges are influenced by marital status, the presence of children, having parents in the origin household, and having siblings depart from it. The results are stable across sensitivity tests that systematically include or exclude various familial links. In addition, reports provided by origin households on migrant remittances are consistent with reports from migrants themselves.

30 citations