Gendered Perceptions of Migration Among Ghanaian Children in Transnational Care
Victor Cebotari (victor.cebotari@maastrichtuniversity.nl),
Valentina Mazzucato (v.mazzucato@maastrichtuniversity.nl) and
Melissa Siegel (melissa.siegel@maastrichtuniversity.nl)
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Victor Cebotari: Maastricht University
Valentina Mazzucato: Maastricht University
Melissa Siegel: Maastricht University
Child Indicators Research, 2017, vol. 10, issue 4, No 5, 993 pages
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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.
Keywords: Child agency; Migration; Children left-behind; Transnational families; Child gender; Africa; Ghana (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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