Outmigration and gender balance in Greenland
t. Research on Alaska has established a pattern of disproportionate outmigration by young adult females from Native villages and towns. Consequently, smaller villages tend to have more young adult Native men than women; the reverse holds true in Alaskan cities. Such migration reflects gender differe...
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ftuninhampshire:oai:scholars.unh.edu:soc_facpub-1424 2023-05-15T16:26:57+02:00 Outmigration and gender balance in Greenland Hamilton, Lawrence C. Rasmussen, Rasmus Ole Flanders, Nicholas E. Seyfrit, Carole L. 1996-01-01T08:00:00Z https://scholars.unh.edu/soc_facpub/425 http://www.jstor.org/stable/40316397 unknown University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository https://scholars.unh.edu/soc_facpub/425 http://www.jstor.org/stable/40316397 © 1997 University of Wisconsin Press Sociology Scholarship Men Women Age groups Fishery economics Communities Villages Tuberculosis Towns Mortality Feminist anthropology Sociology text 1996 ftuninhampshire 2023-01-30T21:40:56Z t. Research on Alaska has established a pattern of disproportionate outmigration by young adult females from Native villages and towns. Consequently, smaller villages tend to have more young adult Native men than women; the reverse holds true in Alaskan cities. Such migration reflects gender differences in opportunities and also in perceptions regarding the relative attractions of life in small and larger communities. For this article, we replicate parts of the Alaskan research using demographic data on Greenland. A broadly similar pattern of female outmigration emerges, of equal or greater scale. We also find differences in the details, however, corresponding to unique aspects of Greenland's communities, policies, and recent hi Text Greenland Alaska University of New Hampshire: Scholars Repository Greenland |
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t. Research on Alaska has established a pattern of disproportionate outmigration by young adult females from Native villages and towns. Consequently, smaller villages tend to have more young adult Native men than women; the reverse holds true in Alaskan cities. Such migration reflects gender differences in opportunities and also in perceptions regarding the relative attractions of life in small and larger communities. For this article, we replicate parts of the Alaskan research using demographic data on Greenland. A broadly similar pattern of female outmigration emerges, of equal or greater scale. We also find differences in the details, however, corresponding to unique aspects of Greenland's communities, policies, and recent hi |
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Hamilton, Lawrence C. Rasmussen, Rasmus Ole Flanders, Nicholas E. Seyfrit, Carole L. |
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Hamilton, Lawrence C. Rasmussen, Rasmus Ole Flanders, Nicholas E. Seyfrit, Carole L. |
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Hamilton, Lawrence C. |
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Outmigration and gender balance in Greenland |
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Outmigration and gender balance in Greenland |
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Outmigration and gender balance in Greenland |
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Outmigration and gender balance in Greenland |
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Outmigration and gender balance in Greenland |
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outmigration and gender balance in greenland |
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University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository |
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1996 |
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https://scholars.unh.edu/soc_facpub/425 http://www.jstor.org/stable/40316397 |
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Greenland Alaska |
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Greenland Alaska |
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