Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/575
Title: | Children’s migration as a household/family strategy: Coping with AIDS in Lesotho and Malawi |
Authors: | Ansell, N van Blerk, L |
Keywords: | Geography;Children;Migration;Household;AIDS;Southern Africa |
Issue Date: | 2004 |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Citation: | Journal of Southern African Studies 30(3): 673-690 |
Abstract: | This paper examines the diverse ways in which southern African households/families employ children’s migration as a strategy to enable them to cope with the impacts of HIV/AIDS. Based on qualitative research with both guardians and migrant children, it explores how decisions are made concerning where children should live. Such decisions are aimed at both meeting children’s needs and also using their capacities in meeting wider household needs. Hence strategies adopted are often compromises, based on the sense of obligation of individual relatives, household resources and needs, the perceived needs and capabilities of children, and children’s own preferences. |
URI: | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/575 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0305707042000254155 |
ISSN: | 1465-3893 0305-7070 |
Appears in Collections: | Human Geography Sociology Dept of Education Research Papers |
Files in This Item:
File | Description | Size | Format | |
---|---|---|---|---|
JSAS+-+Children's+migration+as+a+householdfamily+strategy.pdf | 464.66 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Items in BURA are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.