POPLINE Document Number: 314841
Author(s):
Toyota M
Yeoh BS
Nguyen L
Source citation:
Population, Space and Place, 2007 May-Jun;13(3):157-161.
Abstract:
A middle-aged man moves from the hinterland of China to the east coast to find work as a construction worker; a young woman from rural Indonesia takes up a factory job in Jakarta; a Vietnamese woman joins her fellow villagers in Hanoi to work as a scavenger . . . Migration scholars, policy-makers and the public media may see in these phenomena the migrant, the journey and the arrival. But for the migrants, these activities also signal departure, separation and leaving family members, loved ones and familiar places behind. Indeed, 'leaving behind' often entails emotional and psychological struggles as well as complex rearrangements of the material aspects of daily life of a magnitude as significant as 'moving to' and 'settling in' places of destination. An individual's 'migration' presents a major rupture of the inner workings and everyday life of an entire household. While it is well recognised that rural--urban labour mobility continues to rise in terms of both magnitude and geographical scope across Pacific Asia -- more people are migrating from more places to more destinations -- the 'left behind' (by definition, a much larger group than the migrants themselves) are often forgotten. (excerpt)
Keywords:
AsiaIndex page
Critique
Interdisciplinary Studies
Migrants
Households
Parents
Migration, Internal
Origin
Remittances
Poverty
Family Relationships
Perception
Emotions
Parental Involvement
Gender Issues
Developing Countries
Migration
Population Dynamics
Demographic Factors
Population
Family and Household
Sociocultural Factors
Family Characteristics
Microeconomic Factors
Economic Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Psychological Factors
Behavior
Child Rearing