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May 22, 2009, 2:50 GMT

Brits tops for north-eastern Thai women seeking foreign husbands

Bangkok - A recent survey of marriage preferences among women in Thailand's impoverished north-east region found that more than three-fifths want to marry foreigners with British husbands topping the wish list, media reports said Friday. Of 488 single women living in Thailand's 19 north-eastern provinces surveyed from March to April, 61 per cent said they deemed foreign men attractive matches because they are rich, and 53 per cent said they thought foreign men respected women more than their Thai counterparts, the Nation Daily Express reported. When asked their marital preferences among foreigners, 32 per cent of the respondents cited British husbands as their top choice, 21 per cent opted for US nationals and 8 per cent for Germans. The north-east, also called Isaan, has witnessed a proliferation of mixed marriages between Thai women and Western men in recent years, driven primarily by the Thais' desire for financial security and a better lifestyle, past social surveys have found. Isaan, where half of Thailand's population resides, is deemed the poorest region in the country in terms of per-capita income.

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