Visiting Marriages and Remote Parenting: Changing Strategies of Rural–Urban Migrants to Hanoi, Vietnam

Locke, Catherine; Hoa, Nguyen Thi Ngan; Tam, Nguyen Thi Thanh

doi:10.1080/00220388.2011.629650

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“…However a consideration of migrant masculinities reveals the complex ways in which distanciation affects marriage (see Locke et al, 2012;Rao, 2012). Rather than categorising marriages with absent migrant men as 'female headed households' with attendant assumptions of poverty, these studies contribute to a more penetrating analysis of the different ways in which men may be 'missing' from domestic groups, and the consequences for women's well-being (O'Laughlin, 1998), and for changing masculinities.…”

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“…Locke et al (2012) trace the struggle to establish conjugality, against lineage, in socialist Vietnam and the current pressures on it in a context of international migration and the fragmentation of families, and Jackson (2012) for Zimbabwe, refers to the intrahousehold struggles over migrant remittances, where the successful claims of wives over parents as recipients, builds conjugality at the expense of lineage. Finally, Rao (2012) argues for the intensification of conjugality in the face of male out-migration to insecure and unpleasant locations, and the increasing emphasis in male subjectivities on meeting cultural ideals of supporting dependent spouses, and on the emotional rewards of marriage in fragmented socialities.…”

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Introduction: Marriage, Gender Relations and Social Change

Jackson

2012

The Journal of Development Studies

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This symposium of articles argue that marriage does not have a fixed relationship to gender inequality, nor does it simply reflect gender relations external to households, but is better seen as an institution which mediates social change and gender inequality. The collection of articles here show this symposium through empirical case studies of marriage, gender and wellbeing in contexts of social change. Together they problematise the connections between intra and extra household gender relations, analyse changing masculinities and marriage, consider how women's agency is deployed in reshaping marriage, and indicate a richer approach to understanding intrahousehold relations within particular contexts and temporal frames, and with fuller conceptions of breakdown positions and conjugal interdependencies.

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Introduction: Marriage, Gender Relations and Social Change

Jackson

2012

The Journal of Development Studies

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“…Another contributing phenomenon lies in the development of migration in both absolute and relative terms (GSO, 2011c). It has resulted in increasing remote parenting (Le, Lan, Bonfoh, & Schelling, 2012;Locke, Nguyen, & Nguyen, 2012), mostly performed by men (Paris, Truong, Fay Rola-Rubzen, & Luis, 2009). This practice has long been linked to male labor migration and men's role in the past conflicts (Locke, Nguyen, & Nguyen, 2008).…”

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“…The consequences of lone motherhood on children's life conditions in Vietnam have been studied mainly in terms of health, family relations, and well-being in remote parenting families (Graham & Jordan, 2011;Locke et al, 2012). Little is known about its potential impact on children's education.…”

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Lone Motherhood and its Educational Outcomes for Children in Vietnam

Loenzien

2016

Marriage & Family Review

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Micro-data from the 2009 Vietnam census indicate that lone mothers represent 11.0% of all women aged 15 to 49 living with at least one of their children ( 17 years old). Results from logistic regression models show that school enrollment and attainment levels are lower for children of lone mothers than for children living with two parents. This negative effect is observed for children of never married, divorced or separated, and widowed lone mothers as well as for children of women currently married to a migrant not residing in the household provided they are not head of household. This disadvantage may be explained by reduced availability of human, material, and financial resources; restricted agency of the mother; and long-term socioeconomic and demographic processes shaping family relations and migration.

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“…A. Hoang & Yeoh, 2011;UN Vietnam, 2010;UNFPA & GSO, 2006). Other research also points out some negative consequences of migration for family relationships, such as a higher ratio of separation and divorce among female migrants who leave their families behind (Catherine Locke, 2012). The social cost of female migration has received attention in addition to the traditional focus on economic costs and benefits of migration.…”

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Understanding the lived experiences and identities of young rural to urban migrant workers in Vietnam

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Internal migration is the migration from one location to another within a country. Migration from a rural to an urban area is typically part of the urbanisation process. It is considered a livelihood strategy and poverty reduction solution for many people in medium-and low-income countries such as China, Indonesia, and Vietnam to name a few. In Vietnam, rural to urban migration has increased steadily over the past few decades. Greater numbers of young people in particular have migrated out of villages to find jobs in towns and cities. There are growing concerns about the social life and working conditions of such young migrant workers, and how these experiences shape their emerging identities during early adulthood. However, there is little in-depth empirical understanding about the lived experiences of young internal migrants.This thesis contributes to our understanding of the lived social and work experiences of young Vietnamese people who migrate from the countryside to the city for work. These experiences are important in themselves as well as an important contextualisation of how young Vietnamese migrants form and reconstruct their identities in the new urban context. Given the purpose of the study is to provide an in-depth understanding of the experiences and identities of young migrants, this research employed a qualitative research approach using three data collection techniques namely, participant interviews, adapted photovoice and field observation. Photovoice is an innovative research method developed by Wang and Burries (1997), which involves the participants taking photos and then discussing them with the researcher. The study was conducted in the city of Hanoi, Vietnam, with twenty young migrant workers, aged 18 to 24 years, who had migrated to Hanoi for work one-to-four years earlier. Thematic analysis of the data was undertaken applying three concepts of habitus, field, and capital from Bourdieu's theory of practice to analyse the data to enable an understanding of the themes of work and living experiences, and the identities of the participants.The young people in this study left their villages for the city with a hope for better jobs, better incomes, and to build better lives and better futures; however, their lives also involved hardships and difficulties. Due to a lack of skills, qualifications, and work experience, most participants were employed in unskilled employment sectors that offered low pay and harsh conditions, and involved a lack of opportunity for career development and advancement. Social capital, in the form of social networks, was very important in connecting young people to their jobs, accommodation, and other opportunities in the city. In addition, their economic resources, together with social resources, played a prominent role in shaping the experiences and social and material i outcomes of their migration. Work constituted an important part of life for all participants, as it not only gave them money to cover their living expenses, but, more importantly, it enabled...

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Visiting Marriages and Remote Parenting: Changing Strategies of Rural–Urban Migrants to Hanoi, Vietnam

Cited by 45 publications

References 33 publications

Introduction: Marriage, Gender Relations and Social Change

Introduction: Marriage, Gender Relations and Social Change

Lone Motherhood and its Educational Outcomes for Children in Vietnam

Understanding the lived experiences and identities of young rural to urban migrant workers in Vietnam

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