Influences of Rural - Rural Migration and Socioeconomic Well Being on Infectious Disease Mortality in Nang Rong, Thailand

This study examines effect of rural-rural migration in the Northeastern Thailand where next to the Cambodia border which have a highly density of rural-rural migration. The purpose of move is seeking for land to grow cassava sugarcane corn etc. The research looks at effect of individual and household well being that affect probabilities to have infectious diseases such as malaria dengue fever diarrhea and HIV/AIDS. Data are from longitudinal survey of Nang Rong Project between 1984 and 2000. Number of sample is 28,298 individual, and 134 cases die because of infectious disease. Cause of death measured by verbal autopsy. Cox’s proportional hazard models are employed. Results show that, controlling for origin communities development factors such as accessing to sub-district health center, number of health personal in the communities, those who used to have rural-rural migration more than two months are more likely to die because of infectious disease. Males are more likely to die more than females. The younger age people are more likely to get contact to infectious disease than the older ages. Those who are under low level of socioeconomic well being which are measured from household assets and number of cattle household have are more likely to die because of the disease.