John E. Knodel

Research Professor Emeritus, Population Studies Center;

Professor Emeritus, Sociology

Ph.D., Princeton University

Dr. Knodel has conducted research in the areas of social demography in developing countries (specializing in Southeast Asia and particularly Thailand) and European historical demography. His current research focuses on Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam and involves studies of the status of and support systems for the elderly, the impact of the AIDS epidemic on older persons, and family change.

Recent Publications

Books

Knodel, John E., Jiraporn Kespichayawattana, Suvinee Wiwatwanich, and Chanpen Saengtienchai. Migration and Intergenerational Solidarity: Evidence from Rural Thailand. Bangkok: UNFPA. 2007.

Knodel, John E. Demographic Behavior in the Past: A Study of Fourteen German Village Populations in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Cambridge University Press. 2002.

Saengtienchai, Chanpen, and John E. Knodel. Parents Providing Care to Adult Sons and Daughters with HIV/AIDS in Thailand. UNAIDS, Geneva. 2001.

Journal Articles

Williams, Nathalie, John E. Knodel, Sovan Kiry Kim, Sina Puch, and Chanpen Saengtienchai. "Overlooked Potential: Older-age Parents in the Era of ART." AIDS Care, . Forthcoming.

Knodel, John E. "Poverty and the Impact of AIDS on Older Persons: Evidence from Cambodia and Thailand." Economic Development and Cultural Change, 56(2):441-475. 2008.

Zimmer, Zachary S., Kim Korinek, John E. Knodel, and Napaporn Chayovan. "Migrant Interactions with Elderly Parents in Rural Cambodia and Thailand." Journal of Marriage and Family, . 2008.

Knodel, John E., Zachary S. Zimmer, Kiry Sovan Kim, and Sina Puch. "The Effect on Elderly Parents in Cambodia of Losing an Adult Child to AIDS." Population and Development Review, 33(3):479-500. 2007.

Knodel, John E., and Zachary S. Zimmer. "Older Persons AIDS Knowledge and Willingness to Provide Care in an Impoverished Nation: Evidence from Cambodia." Asia Pacific Population Journal, 22(1):11-28. 2007.

Knodel, John E., Van Tuan Huy, Vu Manh Loi, and Sharon Ghuman. "Vietnamese Aging and Marital Sexual Behavior in Comparative Perspective." Asian Population Studies, 3(1): 57-78. 2007.

VanLandingham, Mark, and John E. Knodel. "Sex and the Single (Older) Guy: Sexual Lives of Older Unmarried Thai Men During the AIDS Era." Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 22 (4): 375-388. 2007.

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