Coping and adaptation mechanisms employed by sub-Saharan African migrant women in South Africa
Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Coping and adaptation mechanisms employed by sub-Saharan African migrant women in South Africa | |
| Creator | Ncube, Alice Bahta, Yonas Jordaan, Andries | |
| Description | This article assesses the socio-economic coping and adaptation mechanisms employed by sub-Saharan African migrant women in South Africa using a survey and multi-attribute contingent ratings. The socio-economic and adaptation mechanisms were identified using a sustainable livelihood framework, which included political and cultural capital. This study focused on the rarely investigated South-South migration flows. The results found that the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of migrant women played a significant role in the coping and adaptation mechanisms they employed. Human capital ranked the highest, followed by physical, cultural, social, economic and political capitals. This implies that the livelihood capital has an implication: the migrant women need to have education and health services to survive in day-to-day activities of their life as human capital. They need also to sustain economically at least to cover house rent, food, communicate with family and assist the family as economic and physical capitals. Furthermore, they need to adapt, respect and live with the culture of the host nation in harmony and conducive environment as social, cultural and political capitals. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2019-06-13 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/jamba.v11i1.645 | |
| Source | Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies; Vol 11, No 1 (2019); 13 pages 1996-1421 2072-845X | |
| Language | eng | |
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