Negotiated identities: Male migration and left-behind wives in India

Journal of Population Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 337-355

  Desai, Sonalde ^a   Banerji, Manjistha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Consequences of migration; Family structure; Gender; IHDS; India; Internal migration; Intra household decisions; Migration; Womens autonomy; Womens labour force participation; Womens mobility

Indexed keywords

FAMILY STRUCTURE; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INTERNAL MIGRATION; LABOR PARTICIPATION; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 62649083770     PISSN: 14432447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03033894     Document Type: Article

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