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Title: | Female Migrants in the Urban Labour Market: Benin City, Nigeria |
Author: | Okojie, Christiana E.E. |
Year: | 1984 |
Periodical: | Canadian Journal of African Studies |
Volume: | 18 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | 547-562 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | urbanization women migrants Urbanization and Migration Women's Issues Labor and Employment |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/484767 |
Abstract: | In Benin City females out number males. The gap was largest in the 20-30 years age group with 174 females per 100 males, suggesting an influx of young female migrants. This paper explores the following questions: why do women migrate to Benin City? How do female migrants fare in the urban labour market? Are they indistinguishable from non-migrant women? It studies the pattern of labour absorption offemale migrants in the Benin City labour marketby examining three themes: 1) labour force participation, including participation and unemployment rates, and hours worked by migrantstatus; 2) sectoral and occupational distribution in the labour market; and 3) distribution of incomes by migrant status. Bibliogr., notes, tab. |