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Male Migration and its Impact on Emotional Well-Being of Women
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This study explored how male migration affects the emotions of women those who are living without their husbands. Qualitative interviews were conducted on 10 women, the subjects categorized into two groups based on age as those below 35 and those above 45 age. Participant's husbands migrated to Arab countries, U.K and U.S.A from the past 7-10 years. Narratives and case study method was used to reveal problems in relation to emotional sickness. After migration of husbands more loneliness and emotional breakdown can be seen among the age group of 35 years, on the other hand women above 45 years age groups have better emotional well-being, more security and positive attitude towards their future life. To understand relationship between migration and emotional well-being 6 case study and four interviews are conducted. An effort was made to compare between two age groups related to emotional well being.
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Emotional Welbeing, Migration, Women.
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