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The present chapter examines the spatial variations of migrant husbands of women aged 15–49. It is based on the district-level map of families where the husband is a migrant. It finds that household socioeconomic status, measured by NFHS-5 wealth deciles, is negatively associated with the husband’s migration. Non-nuclear households are more likely to have migrant husbands, while rural women tend to have more mobile husbands.
The analysis of district averages reveals a clustered map showing a higher prevalence of out-migrating husbands in northern and eastern states, with significant intrastate variations. The regions with the most out-migrating husbands are economically backward, while other poor regions, particularly in central India, lack established migration networks.
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Notes
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The original NFHS dataset and the spatial analysis methodology are described in detail in Chap. 1.
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Husbands with more than one wife are excluded from the analysis.
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Tumbe (2018) notably described the contemporary labor connection between Ganjam in Odisha and Surat in Gujarat, where many migrants from Ganjam work in the powerloom sector.
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Gaur, K., Keshri, K. (2023). Migration of Husbands of Indian Women. In: Guilmoto, C.Z. (eds) Atlas of Gender and Health Inequalities in India. Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47847-5_10
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