A Geographical Analysis of Rural Male Out-Migration: A Case Study of Bhagalpur District

Sarvottam, Kumar

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-1668-9_14

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“…scheduled caste and tribes, other backward castes, and forward castes (reference). The level of education is an essential parameter of socio-economic development closely associated with rural male out-migration (Yang 1992;Agarwal 1998;Gupta and Prajapati 1998;Kumar et al 1998;Sidhu and Rangi 1998). Considering the…”

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“…small, medium, and large (reference). The landholding is the primary economic factor of male out-migration in rural areas (Connell et al 1976;Roy 1991;Kumar et al 1998;Kumar 2004;Parganiha et al 2009). Hence the migrant households were classified into landless, marginal, and small landholding households (reference).…”

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“…Hence the migrant households were classified into landless, marginal, and small landholding households (reference). Temporary or seasonal male out-migration is very often related to work availability at the destination (Yang and Guo 1999;Kumar 2004;Keshri and Bhagat 2010). Non-worker, marginal, and main workers (reference) have been taken into consideration in occupational classification of the migrants.…”

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“…The decision to migrate out is often related to the marital status of the male migrant. Kumar (2004) found that the distance of out-migration from the source region is related to the marital status of the migrant. Dhesi and Gumbar (1982) found in their study that a relatively larger proportion of the unmarried and young people migrate more.…”

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“…Available literature on migration reveal that a greater proportion of the migrants are young belonging to age group between 16 and 25 years (Dhesi and Gumbar 1982); 20 and 30 years (Clark 1986); 18 and 35 years (Singh 1997). Young males are most likely to migrate out (Chand et al 1998;Kumar et al 1998). Impact of marital status in migration shows inconclusive results.…”

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Determinants of temporary migration of rural small, marginal and landless households in West Bengal, India

Debnath

Nayak

2021

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Using data collected at the village level, the present paper examines the socio-economic determinants of temporary labour migration in West Bengal, a state located in Eastern India. West Bengal is thickly populated with a high man-land ratio and characterised by high level of rural unemployment, underemployment, or disguised employment constituting an ideal condition for out-migration. The information, including several demographic and socio-economic factors, has been collected from the field with the help of household schedules prepared for the purpose. Out of a total of 756 households residing in the sample villages, 185 male migrant households were randomly selected. The field survey was carried out during March-October, 2019. The study revealed that the propensity to migrate was far greater among the younger males compared to the middle and the old aged. It was also found that more males from the socio-economically deprived landless classes such as the scheduled caste and the scheduled tribe households migrated out in larger proportion. Frequent occurrence of drought, however, acted as a trigger to the landholding households too to resort to temporary migration as a coping strategy. Higher wage rate and regular work availability at destinations constituted the pull factors attracting males to migrate even from the non-drought affected villages.

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