Making a Living in Rural Vietnam from (Im)mobile Livelihoods: A Case of Women's Migration

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-102

  Thao, Vu Thi ^a  

^a Nordic Institute of Asian Studies   (Denmark)

Author keywords

(im)mobility; Gendered life course; Household livelihoods; Vietnam; Women's migration

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MOBILITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RURAL SOCIETY; VILLAGE; WOMENS STATUS;

RED RIVER DELTA; VIET NAM;

EID: 84870060355     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.1706     Document Type: Article

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