scholarly journals Regional disparities of growth and internal migrant workers in informal sectors in the age of COVID‐19

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diganta Das
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Regional Disparities ◽  
Internal Migrant ◽  
Internal Migrant Workers

scholarly journals Socioeconomic Disparity and Depression Among Internal Migrant Workers In Myanmar

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi MS ◽  
Wongsa L ◽  
Kittipong S
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
P Value ◽  
Socioeconomic Disparity ◽  
Internal Migrant ◽  
Internal Migrant Workers

Background: Over the past few decades, Myanmar has faced mass internal migration to seek job opportunities and pursue a better life. Migration gives rise to unambiguous stress and depression. This study aimed to assess the magnitude of depression and to identify the association between socioeconomic disparity and depression among migrant workers in Myanmar. Methods and Materials: Cross-sectional study was done among 1,201 migrants in Yangon Region. To assess the socioeconomic status, mental health status, accessibility of health care service and Quality of Life by developing self–administered questionnaire. The Generalized Linear Mixed Model was applied to determine the association between socioeconomic disparity and depression after adjusting for other covariates. Result: Their average age was 31.44 ±10.31 years. Gender distribution was not much different. About one third of respondents were factory workers and had low level of education. The magnitude of depression was 38.22% (95%CI= 35.50-41.00). Regarding the socioeconomic disparity, adequacy of income (AOR= 1.79, 95%CI: 1.35-2.37, p value<0.001) and floor surface area of the houses (AOR= 1.21, 95%CI: 1.00-1.47, p value><0.001) were strongly associated with depression. Moreover, other factors that were associated with depression were stress, quality of life and burden of medical service cost. Conclusion: Two-fifth of internal migrant workers suffered depression. The findings highlighted to develop intervention aimed to improve mental health status among migrants. In order to achieve the sustainable development goals, it is important to make investment on mental health of the migrant workers.> <0.001) were strongly associated with depression. Moreover, other factors that were associated with depression were stress, quality of life and burden of medical service cost. Conclusion: Two-fifth of internal migrant workers suffered depression. The findings highlighted to develop intervention aimed to improve mental health status among migrants. In order to achieve the sustainable development goals, it is important to make investment on mental health of the migrant workers.

Labour's Burden of the Epidemic COVID-19 and internal migrant workers: The case of India

2021 ◽  
pp. 143-157
Author(s):  
Ranabir Samaddar
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
The State ◽  
Informal Workers ◽  
Internal Migrant ◽  
Migrant Labour ◽  
Informal Labour ◽  
Internal Migrant Workers

The COVID-19 crisis in India produced severe disruptions in labour's life and pro-cess, while it offered the rulers an opportunity to push further the neoliberal re-forms. In this context, questions of economy became a matter of life for millions of petty producers, informal labour including migrant labour, peasants, and other sections of society. The metamorphosis of economic questions into biopolitical issues had been never as evident as it was in the time of the pandemic. In the all round atmosphere of neo-liberalism where the state had retreated from public ed-ucation and public health, the priority for migrant workers was found to be absent. In this background the question of justice emerged as the backbone of rights. In-deed, one may ask: Will a rights-based approach to defend the existing entitle-ments of workers be enough? Or is there now an overwhelming need to centrally situate the issue of informal workers, of whom a significant section belongs to mi-grant population?

scholarly journals Major Stressors and Coping Strategies of Internal Migrant Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Exploration

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akanksha Srivastava ◽  
Yogesh Kumar Arya ◽  
Shobhna Joshi ◽  
Tushar Singh ◽  
Harleen Kaur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Multiple Stressors ◽  
Physical Symptoms ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Internal Migrant ◽  
Psychological Stressors ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Qualitative Exploration ◽  
Internal Migrant Workers

COVID-19 forced lockdown in India, leading to the loss of job, crisis of food, and other financial catastrophes that led to the exodus migration of internal migrant workers, operating in the private sector, back to their homes. Unavailability of transport facilities led to an inflicted need to walk back to homes barefooted without lack of any other crucial resources on the way. The woeful state of internal migrant workers walking back, with all their stuff on their back, holding their children, was trending on social media worldwide. Their problem continued even after reaching home, including misbehavior of villagers, indifferent mannerism of family members toward them, inability to fulfill family responsibility, and financial crisis, which led to stress, fear, and trauma for these internal migrant workers. The present paper aimed to assess the idiosyncratic stressors of internal migrant workers throughout the pandemic era and their responses toward those problems, which helped them cope with it. In-depth semistructured telephonic interviews were conducted with 25 internal migrant workers who were working in different cities in India before lockdown. The analyses revealed that multiple stressors include financial crisis, unavailability of food, inability to continue education, inability to pay house rent, lack of support from neighbors and family, and other psychological stressors that affected them. However, they also tried multiple strategies to deal with the problems, including a cognitive appraisal of the problem and making oneself psychologically competent to deal with the situation. Social support of family and friends played a vital role in enhancing hardiness and increasing the level of happiness at scarce times. At the same time, some of them could not deal with stressors and opted for psychiatric help to manage the physical symptoms of stress.

scholarly journals Depression and associated factors in internal migrant workers in China

2011 ◽  
Vol 134 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 198-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peiyuan Qiu ◽  
Eric Caine ◽  
Yang Yang ◽  
Quan Chen ◽  
Jin Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Internal Migrant ◽  
Internal Migrant Workers
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