| Description |
1 online resource (xxxi, 196 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Migration and Demographic Surveillance : An Overview of Opportunities and Challenges / Michael J. White -- 2. Health and Demographic Surveillance Migration Methodology and Data : A Promise for Cross-Site Comparative Analyses / Kubaje Adazu -- 3. Dynamics of Space and Time : Community Context of Migration, Livelihoods and Health of the INDEPTH Sites / Sally E. Findley -- 4. Age-sex Profiles of Migration : Who is a Migrant? / Mark A. Collinson -- 5. Migration and Agricultural Production in Kanchanaburi, Thailand / Sureeporn Punpuing and Philip Guest -- 6. Migration and Socio-Economic Change in Rural South Africa, 2000-2007 / Mark A. Collinson [and others] -- 7. Parents' Migration and Children's Education in Matlab, Bangladesh / Nurul Alam and Peter Kim Streatfield -- 8. Assessing the Effect of Mother's Migration on Childhood Mortality in the Informal Settlements of Nairobi / Adama Konseiga [and others] -- 9. Child Migration and Mortality in Rural Nyanza Province : Evidence from the Kisumu Health and Demographic Surveillance System (KHDSS) in Western Kenya / Kubaje Adazu [and others] -- 10. Migration and Adult Mortality in Rural Southern Mozambique : Evidence from the Demographic Surveillance System on Manhiça district / Ariel Nhacolo [and others] -- 11. Migration and Under Five Morbidity in Bavi Vietnam / Ho Dang Phuc, Nguyen Xuan Thanh and Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc -- 12. Relevance of the Volume / Cheikh Mbacké. |
| Summary |
Using INDEPTH's multi-site network to provide new demographic insights into population variables, this book focuses on migration and how it impacts on health and livelihoods in impoverished communities of the developing world. INDEPTH offers a longitudinal perspective in a series of case studies from locations in sub-Saharan Africa, South and South East Asia. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Developing countries -- Population.
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Developing countries. |
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Population. |
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Developing countries -- Emigration and immigration.
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Emigration and immigration. |
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Emigration and Immigration. |
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Health Status. |
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Mortality. |
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Population Surveillance. |
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Socioeconomic Factors. |
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Africa. |
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Asia. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Collinson, Mark.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dynamics of migration, health and livelihoods. Farngham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009 9780754678755 (DLC) 2009030787 (OCoLC)429473797 |
| ISBN |
9780754697268 (electronic book) |
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0754697266 (electronic book) |
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1282385410 |
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9781282385412 |
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9780754678755 |
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075467875X |
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