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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826430203321

Titolo

The dynamics of migration, health, and livelihoods [[electronic resource] ] : indepth network perspectives / / edited by Mark Collinson ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2009

ISBN

1-003-06353-5

1-351-14702-1

1-282-38541-0

9786612385414

0-7546-9726-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CollinsonMark

Disciplina

304.809172/4

304.8-dc22

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration

Developing countries Population

Developing countries Emigration and immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I Introduction; 1 Migration and Demographic Surveillance: An Overview of Opportunities and Challenges; 2 Health and Demographic Surveillance Migration Methodology and Data; 3 Dynamics of Space and Time; 4 Age-Sex Profiles of Migration: Who is a Migrant?; Part II Migration and Livelihoods; 5 Migration and Agricultural Production in Kanchanaburi, Thailand; 6 Migration and Socio-Economic Change in Rural South Africa, 2000-2007

7 Parents' Migration and Children's Education in Matlab, Bangladesh Part III Migration and Health; 8 Assessing the Effect of Mother's Migration on Childhood Mortality; 9 Child Migration and Mortality in Rural Nyanza; 10 Migration and Adult Mortality in Rural Southern Mozambique; 11 Migration and Under Five Morbidity in Bavi, Vietnam; Part IV Epilogue; 12 The Relevance of the Volume; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Using INDEPTH's multi-site network to provide new demographic insights into population variables, this book focuses on migration and how it impacts on health and livelihoods in impoverished communities of the developing world. INDEPTH offers a longitudinal perspective in a series of case studies from locations in sub-Saharan Africa, South and South East Asia.