Breadwinners and homemakers: Migration and changing conjugal expectations in rural Bangladesh

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-40

  Rao, Nitya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; RURAL AREA; WOMENS STATUS;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84857300287     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2011.629648     Document Type: Article

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