Socio-Cultural Dispositions and Wellbeing of the Women Left Behind: A Case of Migrant Households in Nepal

Autor/inn/en	Gartaula, Hom Nath; Visser, Leontine; Niehof, Anke
Titel	Socio-Cultural Dispositions and Wellbeing of the Women Left Behind: A Case of Migrant Households in Nepal
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 108 (2012) 3, S.401-420 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-011-9883-9
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Developing Nations; Rural Areas; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis; Surveys; Biographies; Spouses; Females; Migrant Workers; Social Indicators; Economic Factors; Sociocultural Patterns; Socioeconomic Influences; Well Being; Nepal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Biography; Biografie; Biographie; Ehepartner; Weibliches Geschlecht; Wanderarbeiter; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Ökonomischer Faktor; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden
Abstract	The concept of wellbeing is gaining popularity in the study of quality of life and cultural significance of living. The paper aims to contribute to our understanding of objective and subjective wellbeing by exploring the perceptions of women left behind by out-migrating husbands on their quality of life in a transnational social field. The paper uses both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Its primary focus is on the life stories of the four women left behind by their migrant husbands, complementing by quantitative data obtained from a survey among 277 households. Taking an example from Nepal's eastern "terai," the paper shows that additional income from remittances has increased the objective wellbeing of the women left behind, but it may not have increased their subjective wellbeing. Hence, it is concluded that improved objective wellbeing of a woman does not necessarily translate into her (improved) subjective wellbeing. The subjective experiences are rather complex, multi-faceted and context specific depending on the family situation, socio-cultural disposition and prior economic situation of the actors involved. (Contains 2 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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