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| Title |
Gendered Perceptions of Migration Among Ghanaian Children in Transnational Care
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| Published in |
Child Indicators Research, July 2016
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| DOI | 10.1007/s12187-016-9407-x |
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| Authors |
Victor Cebotari, Valentina Mazzucato, Melissa Siegel |
| Abstract |
This study empirically measures the perceptions towards maternal and paternal migration of male and female children who stay behind in Ghana. It analyses survey data collected in 2010 among secondary school children aged 11-18 in four urban areas with high out-migration rates: the greater Accra region, Kumasi, Sunyani and Cape Coast (N = 1965). The results show significant gendered differences in how children perceive parental migration. Specifically, female children have more positive views towards maternal and paternal migration when parents are abroad and in a stable marital relationship, when the assessed parent is abroad but the other parent is the caregiver in Ghana, when there is a frequent change in the care arrangement, and when female children receive remittances. These findings were not replicated for male children. The analysis highlights the sensitivity of the results to the gender of the child and to the characteristics of children's transnational lives that are being analysed. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 3 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 46 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 46 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 9 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 8 | 17% |
| Unknown | 10 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 17 | 37% |
| Psychology | 3 | 7% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 3 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 7 | 15% |
| Unknown | 11 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 October 2016.
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#157
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