Paradoxical payoffs: Migrant women, informal sector work, and HIV/AIDS in South Africa

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Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-82

  Singh, Gayatri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MIGRATION; POVERTY; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; POVERTY; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN HEALTH; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 34848909604     PISSN: 10482911     EISSN: 15413772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/7166-6qv1-1503-9464     Document Type: Article

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