As Thailand has experienced a rapid increase in its elderly population, a new study published in World Development has found that “social gender norms”—shared beliefs about how “altruistic” women or men should be in society—are overburdening women in the country with elderly care.
Social gender norms deepen elderly care burdens for Thai women
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