Family strategies and dilemmas for low-income rural-urban labour migrants

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2010
Country:
Vietnam
Document Type:
Briefing
Theme:
Social Change
Authors:
Locke, C., Nguyen, Thi Thanh Tam., Nguyen, Thi Ngan Hoa.

Abstract

This policy brief summarises the findings of a qualitative study into the family relations of labour migrants across their peak child-bearing years. It evidences how wives/mothers and husbands/fathers manage their relations with spouse and children when they have to ‘go away’ for work. These strategies and dilemmas have implications for the impact of migration on the wellbeing both now and over the longer term for Vietnam.

Citation

University of East Anglia, Policy Brief, 2 pp.

Family strategies and dilemmas for low-income rural-urban labour migrants

Published 1 January 2010
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