PROFILE

Bussarawan (Puk) Teerawichitchainan is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Co-Director of the Centre for Family and Population Research. She received a Ph.D. from the University of Washington. She was a past fellowship recipient of Fulbright, the Social Science Research Council, RAND, and the Population Council. Her research interests lie at the intersection of family demography, social gerontology, population health, and social stratification. Her current research examines the roles of family, policy, and social structure in explaining the well-being of older persons in the Asia Pacific region, particularly Southeast Asia. Her research has been funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund Tier 2.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Social Demography, Sociology of Family, the Life Course and Aging, Population Health, Social Stratification, Southeast Asia

RECENT SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Teerawichitchainan, B. (2020). Older persons in Thailand: An update from a recent survey. Asian Population Studies. DOI: 10.1080/17441730.2020.1794311  
• Teerawichitchainan, B. & Knodel, J. (2020) Family and old-age well-being in developing Southeast Asia: Gendered perspectives of Myanmar, Vietnam, and Thailand. In S. Huang & K. Ruwanpura (Eds.), Handbook on gender in Asia (pp. 65-87). Edward Elgar Publishing. 
• Teerawichitchainan, B., Prachuabmoh, V., & Knodel, J. (2019). Productive aging: Comparative analysis between Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Social Science & Medicine, 221, 161-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.09.053 
• Korinek, K., Teerawichitchainan, B., Zimmer, Z., Brindle, E., Nguyen, TKC., Nguyen, HM., & Tran, KT. (2019). Design and measurement in a study of war exposure, health, and aging: Protocol for the Vietnam Health and Aging Study. BMC Public Health, 19, 1351. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7680-6 
• Knodel, J. & Teerawichitchainan, B. (2019). Grandparenting in developing Southeast Asia: Comparative perspectives from Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. In V. Timonen (Ed.), Grandparenting practices around the world (pp.65-87). Bristol: Policy Press.
• Teerawichitchainan, B., Pothisiri, W., Knodel, J. & Prachuabmoh, V. (2019). Thailand’s Older Persons and Their Well-being: An Update Based on the 2017 Survey of Older Persons in Thailand. Chiangmai, Thailand: HelpAge International East Asia and Pacific Regional Office. http://ageingasia.org/thailand-older-persons-wellbeing-2019/