Thread: Hi all! I'm a Thai student doing a research on retirement of Westerners in Thailand

Hi all members of Teakdoor.com,

My name is Kanokwan Tangchitnusorn, I'm a Ph.D student of the College of Population Studies (CPS), Chulalongkorn University, and currently I am doing a Ph.D. dissertation about the international retirement migration (IRM) of Westerners in Thailand.

I registered to this forum because I would like to ask whether any of you be interested to participate in my study, which is an online questionnaire.

Hopefully, the research results will become part of policy recommendations, which aim to constitute mutual benefits for both retired expats and Thai society as a whole. In addition, please be informed that Information related directly to you will be kept confidential. Results of the study will be reported as total picture. Any information which could be able to identify you will not appear in the report ka.

Thanks a lot for reading this post.
KANOKWAN TANGCHITNUSORN, Ms.
Ph.D candidate at College of Population Studies (CPS), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

This is a good place to start, a wealth of experience by members on here.

Dear Admin,
the pop-up msg said I can't post a link until making 5 posts Anyway, please just check out the link goo.gl/forms/Tl1USK1Inw which is the online questionnaire. I would like to ask whether this is allowed to be distributed in Teakdoor.com, please just let me know.

Regards,
Kanokwan

Self-administered questionnaire for Western retirees in Thailand

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12Fu...ewform?c=0&w=1

Been up and running for a while seems the study started, Wed Nov 04, 2015 11:55 pm on another forum.

Yes, so can I just post here until reaching 5 posts

Originally Posted by S Landreth

Self-administered questionnaire for Western retirees in Thailand

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12Fu...ewform?c=0&w=1

No need. The link is above.

I'll give it a go.

are there twin threads with different fathers ?

Had a look at it.
The gent is gonna love this.

what about eighty four different kids from 27 different mothers?

Luigi is looking for are you a butterfly section.

Thanks in advance ka, by the way I just posted in on the Living In Thailand section. Teakdoor has a lot of subforums, it's hard to pick only one

Originally Posted by Dapper

what about eighty four different kids from 27 different mothers?

You can choose "More than 3" or "Other" option to indicate such impressive number

Long list of questions, what will the results be used for?

Expelling the unwanted and unwashed

Welcome to the Buffalo Board, Kanokwan...Wish you luck in your studies...

Oh please Seekingasylam answer this

I'll try.

Welcome aboard and good luck.
By the way your command of written English is very impressive in this Newbies section.
Have you studied outside of Thailand previously ?

good luck with your phd Kanokwan, i will fill the questionnaire.

chok dee khrap

Survey seems to lack areas to apply concerns about the government policies and politics in general. Those were my reasons for leaving after 9 years there. Thailand is a military dictatorship with a very uncertain future and that hardly makes it an attractive retirement destination for most.

Originally Posted by PhDstudent

Yes.....

I'm not taking the survey. I lived in LOS for six years while working, but never considered retiring there. And it was far more attractive an option when I retired in 2000 than it is now.

Horrible traffic (although not alone in Asia by any means), a language which is very difficult to learn to speak reasonably well without putting in a lot of hard work over a long period of time, a population which generally speaks little to no English, or any other language other than their own, thus limiting your verbal interaction with them to monosyllabic grunts from both sides.

Horrible visa laws. A populace which really doesn't appear to want foreigners in their country. High costs across the board. A military dictatorship runs the place. Totally trashed tourist sites, to which foreigners are charged double to enter.

And Thai food - unquestionably good, but quite tedious as daily fare.

Forget all but two groups. Single male retirees looking for the obvious. Foreigners with a Thai spouse.

I can't imagine anyone else being interested.