Young women on the move: gender, migration patterns and the construction of rural space in Newfoundland, Canada
The call for a more inclusive approach to rural migration has been made in the recent literature on migration. This dissertation is a response to that literature and an attempt to establish an alternative migration meta-narrative for rural areas. Despite the recognition that migration decision-makin...
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ftmemorialuniv:oai:research.library.mun.ca:9378 2023-10-01T03:57:36+02:00 Young women on the move: gender, migration patterns and the construction of rural space in Newfoundland, Canada Walsh, Deatra 2009 application/pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/9378/ https://research.library.mun.ca/9378/1/Walsh_Deatra.pdf en eng Memorial University of Newfoundland https://research.library.mun.ca/9378/1/Walsh_Deatra.pdf Walsh, Deatra <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Walsh=3ADeatra=3A=3A.html> (2009) Young women on the move: gender, migration patterns and the construction of rural space in Newfoundland, Canada. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland. thesis_license Thesis NonPeerReviewed 2009 ftmemorialuniv 2023-09-03T06:47:22Z The call for a more inclusive approach to rural migration has been made in the recent literature on migration. This dissertation is a response to that literature and an attempt to establish an alternative migration meta-narrative for rural areas. Despite the recognition that migration decision-making involves both economic and non-economic considerations, migration theories continue to be framed in economic terms. This is particularly true for rural communities where large scale restructuring has occurred. Through an economic lens, the discourse on outmigration from rural areas suggests failure and rural decline. -- My dissertation combines a 15-year longitudinal statistical analysis of Canadian youth born between 1970 and 1974 with the findings of 45 interviews with young women aged 25 to 34 living in or from a rural area in central Newfoundland, Canada. My research probes migration trajectories, biographies and narratives through an individual, rather than community or economic, point of entry. The statistical analysis reveals that migration patterns for rural men and women are fairly similar. Bivariate trajectory analyses suggest, however, that the circumstances surrounding these patterns, and their outcomes, vary according to gender. -- Applying a structure-agency framework to the qualitative data and focusing on both social and economic relations, my work demonstrates the importance of women's stories and their agency in the decision to stay, leave, return or move into the study area. Of the 37 women interviewed in the rural study site, 27 returned to the area for reasons associated with social, cultural, spatial and economic relations. Relations were also at the core of migration decision-making among the women who left, stayed or moved into the area. They were, however, qualitatively different. These differences are discussed. -- The individual point of entry used in the research, and throughout the qualitative work in particular, highlights important aspects of migration decision-making and migration ... Thesis Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Research Repository Canada |
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The call for a more inclusive approach to rural migration has been made in the recent literature on migration. This dissertation is a response to that literature and an attempt to establish an alternative migration meta-narrative for rural areas. Despite the recognition that migration decision-making involves both economic and non-economic considerations, migration theories continue to be framed in economic terms. This is particularly true for rural communities where large scale restructuring has occurred. Through an economic lens, the discourse on outmigration from rural areas suggests failure and rural decline. -- My dissertation combines a 15-year longitudinal statistical analysis of Canadian youth born between 1970 and 1974 with the findings of 45 interviews with young women aged 25 to 34 living in or from a rural area in central Newfoundland, Canada. My research probes migration trajectories, biographies and narratives through an individual, rather than community or economic, point of entry. The statistical analysis reveals that migration patterns for rural men and women are fairly similar. Bivariate trajectory analyses suggest, however, that the circumstances surrounding these patterns, and their outcomes, vary according to gender. -- Applying a structure-agency framework to the qualitative data and focusing on both social and economic relations, my work demonstrates the importance of women's stories and their agency in the decision to stay, leave, return or move into the study area. Of the 37 women interviewed in the rural study site, 27 returned to the area for reasons associated with social, cultural, spatial and economic relations. Relations were also at the core of migration decision-making among the women who left, stayed or moved into the area. They were, however, qualitatively different. These differences are discussed. -- The individual point of entry used in the research, and throughout the qualitative work in particular, highlights important aspects of migration decision-making and migration ... |
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https://research.library.mun.ca/9378/1/Walsh_Deatra.pdf Walsh, Deatra <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Walsh=3ADeatra=3A=3A.html> (2009) Young women on the move: gender, migration patterns and the construction of rural space in Newfoundland, Canada. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland. |
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