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| Published: December 28, 2021
Why The Willingness to Return to The City? A Study from Uttarakhand on ‘The Reversal of Reverse Migration’
Clinical Psychologist, Manas Foundation. Google Scholar More about the auther
Senior Psychologist, Manas Foundation. Google Scholar More about the auther
Senior Psychologist and Head, Mental Health, Manas Foundation. Google Scholar More about the auther
Psychiatrist and Head, Research and Training, Manas Foundation. Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.159.20210904
DOI: 10.25215/0904.159
ABSTRACT
Migrant workers are returning to cities even after facing stigma and discrimination during their reverse migration after the pandemic lockdown last year. Our study aims to understand the ‘reversal of reverse migration’ and attempts to understand their willingness to return to the cities and explore the differences in their way of life in their native villages, and place of migration. Ten participants were selected who matched on a sociodemographic profile. Analysis of the data identified three broad themes: Opportunities and Security, Life as Migrant and Survival on Migration. These themes answered the central research question of this study and demonstrated that lack of income generating opportunities has been the motive behind the participants’ willingness to return to cities.
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© 2021, Rao N., Kumar N., Kumar M. & Banerjee A.
Received: October 05, 2021; Revision Received: December 14, 2021; Accepted: December 28, 2021
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.159.20210904
10.25215/0904.159
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Published in Volume 09, Issue 4, October- December, 2021