Husbands' labour migration and wives' autonomy, Mozambique 2000-2006

Population Studies

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 293-306

  Yabiku, Scott T ^a   Agadjanian, Victor ^a   Sevoyan, Arusyak ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Labour migration; Migration; Sub saharan Africa; Women's autonomy

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY STRUCTURE; FERTILITY; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION;

MOZAMBIQUE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 77958495132     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2010.510200     Document Type: Article

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