Motivations for and satisfaction with migration: An analysis of migrants to New Delhi, Dhaka, and Islamabad

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 814-838

  Ruback, R Barry ^a   Pandey, Janak ^b   Begum, Hamida Akhtar ^c   Tariq, Naeem ^d   Kamal, Anila ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^d QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Culture; Environmental stressors; Fate; Migration; Religion

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; RELIGION;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; DELHI; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; ISLAMABAD [PAKISTAN]; NEW DELHI; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 7744224103     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916504264948     Document Type: Article

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