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Lines of Conflict of the Egyptian Society 1986-1988: Remigration, Segregation, Islam (Wives of Returned Migrant Workers)

GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA5023 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.5023
Abstract: The social role of wives of returned migrant workers. Topics: education level; employment and occupation; place of work; marriage before or after husband´s migration; number of years married; influence on husband´s decision to migrate; participation in decisions on household budget, the childrens´ education and the purchase of household goods before husband´s migration; responsibility for these decisions during husband´s absence; employment, occupation and place of work before husband´s migration; employment during husband´s absence; tasks and duties as well as problems during husband´s abse ... more

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 05.1987 - 07.1987
Geographic coverage: Egypt (EG), selected villages in Egypt
Universe: Wives of migrant workers already interviewed (ZA Study No. 5013) in the cities Shanwan and Kafr Shanwan (province Minufiya, Delta).
Number of Units: 206
Sampling Procedure: Census
Mode of Data Collection: Oral interview with standardized questionnaire
Data Collector: Social Research Center, American University in Cairo, Egypt
Analysis System(s): -
Number of Variables: 85
Notes: Of the 206 wives interviewed only 136 were already married before the husband's migration. The remaining 70 were excluded through a filter question because they could not provide information on the effect of the husband's migration from the situation of the wife. The interview was conducted in Arabic by Egyptian interviewers from the villages. ... more

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Stauth, Georg - Universität Bielefeld | Reichert, Christoph - Social Research Centre, American University in Cairo, Egypt | Weyland, Petra - Universität Bielefeld | Albrecht, Renate - Universität Bielefeld | El-Hamamsy, Laila - Social Research Centre, American University in Cairo, Egypt | Mehanna, Sohair - Social Research Centre, American Universit ... more
Publication year: 1990
DOI: 10.4232/1.5023
Study number: ZA5023
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.5023
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Reference publications

Publications: Stauth, Georg: Remigration and Social Change. Sociology of Development Research Centre, Bielefeld University, Working Paper 84, 1986. | Stauth, Georg: Konfliktlinien der ägyptischen Gesellschaft 1986-1988: Remigration, Segration, Islamismus - Eine Forschungsperspektive. Working Paper 80a, 1986. | Stauth, Georg: Town and Countryside in Eg ... more
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