The Access to Antenatal and Postpartum Care Services of Migrant Workers in the Greater Mekong Subregion: The Role of Acculturative Stress and Social Support
Table 1
Sample characteristics.
Characteristics
Myanmar
Cambodia
Total
Number of sample
642
345
987
Demographic factors of respondents
Female
66.2%
77.4%
70.1%
Age (years)
15–19
1.2%
1.4%
1.3%
20–24
9.3%
13.0%
10.6%
25–49
88.6%
84.1%
87.0%
>49
0.8%
1.4%
1.0%
Marital status
Married, spouse present
88.9%
91.0%
89.7%
Married, living separated
6.9%
6.7%
6.8%
Divorced or widowed
4.2%
2.3%
3.5%
Socioeconomic factors of respondents
Education
No schooling
5.9%
25.5%
12.8%
Some primary
33.5%
27.5%
31.4%
Primary
44.9%
29.6%
39.5%
More than primary
15.7%
17.4%
16.3%
Occupation
Deep-sea or coastal fisherman
7.0%
17.4%
10.6%
Fisheries-related worker
19.9%
54.2%
31.9%
Factory worker
41.4%
3.5%
28.2%
Commerce
4.0%
17.1%
8.6%
Construction worker
10.4%
0.9%
7.1%
Day laborer or domestic worker
9.5%
3.8%
7.5%
Agricultural worker
7.6%
3.2%
6.1%
Estimated daily wage (n = 987)
Less than the minimum wage (lower than USD 9.3)
31.9%
74.2%
46.7%
Minimum wage
60.4%
18.8%
45.9%
More than the minimum wage
7.6%
7.0%
7.4%
Acculturative stress
Duration of residence
Less than 1 year
4.5%
6.1%
5.1%
1 to less than 5 years
44.6%
56.8%
48.8%
5 to less than 10 years
36.6%
24.9%
32.5%
10 years or more
14.3%
12.2%
13.6%
Have a Thai work permit (n = 987)
79.8%
6.9%
54.7%
Capacity to speak Thai (n = 987)
None
44.7%
41.4%
43.6%
Weak
29.1%
37.1%
31.9%
Moderate
17.8%
14.2%
16.5%
Fluent
8.4%
7.2%
8.0%
Social support on health care access
Receive support from family
73.4%
44.1%
63.1%
Receive support from friends
15.6%
5.8%
12.2%
Receive support from employers
7.0%
10.7%
8.3%
Receive support from health staff
10.7%
17.4%
13.1%
MCH Access
Obtained or sought ANC for the last pregnancy
85.2%
73.2%
79.9%
Obtained or sought PPC after the last delivery
51.7%
79.9%
64.0%
Able to take their child to either health center or government hospital, if they become sick
