An Analysis of the Position of Return Migrant Women in the InformalFarm and Non-Farm Labour Markets in Rural Enugu

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OKORO, OGECHUKWU
Departement of : AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, University of Nigeria,Nsukka
DOI: https://doi.org/10.57054/codesria.pub.1148

Keywords:

Return migration, rural women, farms, labour market, marital status, motivation, labour force, Nigeria

Synopsis

The study investigated the position of return migrant women in the
informai farm and ncrn-farm labour markets in rural Enugu state of
Nigeria. lt described the extent of return migration and its affect on the
.choice of labour; investigated the determinant of access to each sector,
measurèd labour efficiency among respondents in each sector. The
. purposive sampling technique was adopted. 1.t involved sampling the
local government a·reas and communities within the local government
areas and finally, identifying the return migrant women. À sample frame
of return migrant women was compiled in the selected communities.
Selection was restricted to return migrant women of the marital status;
widow, polygamy, unmarried and divorce who return between the years
1987 and 1991. A total of sixty- two respondents were randomly
selected in ten local government areas of three agricultural zones of
Enugu state. Data wa~ collected using a set of structured questionnaires.

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January 1, 1998

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