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| Citation | Chitose, Yoshimi. “Female Migration and the Regional Context in Peninsular Malaysia.” Regional Development Studies 4 (1998): 101-117. | ||
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| Year | 1998 | ||
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| Material Type | Journal Article | ||
| Features | 61 notes; 3 additional references; 3 tables; 2 formulas | ||
| Pages | p. 101-117 | ||
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ETHNICITY 14.03.01 MALAYSIA 01.04.04 MIGRATION 14.07.01 REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT 03.02.03 WOMEN 14.02.03 | ||
| Abstract | Although overshadowed by an almost exclusive focus on men as a subject of migration, recent work reveals that women constitute about half of the migrants in some developing countries. The aim of this article is to analyse the relationship between female migration and the economic and social aspects of the geographical context in Peninsular Malaysia between 1953 and 1988. A multilevel framework which includes individual, family, and three different geographical units, is adopted in the analysis. Economic and social aspects of the geographical context include types of local areas, the degree of ethnic concentration and distribution at the district level, and the development context at the regional level. A discrete-time survival analysis is selected as an estimation method in order to take the temporal dimension into account. The results indicate that: (a) the likelihood of migration is higher for women residing in localities associated with traditional economic activities; (b) the likelihood of migration is lower for women residing in co-ethnic settlements; and (c) the likelihood of migration is higher for women in regions with economic growth centres where dynamic socioeconomic changes are taking place. Although traditional economic factors play a major role in determining female migration in Peninsular Malaysia, the influence of social factors in not negligible. --Journal abstract | ||
| Control No. | RDS 04e | ||