title: Individual aspiration or family survival: rural-urban female migration in Malaysia.
abstract: "This paper analyzes the determinants of female migration to export processing zones (EPZs) in Malaysia. A comparison of the individual and household migration models reveals interesting and important contrasting results. First, the role played by the expected net income gains is opposite in the two models: negative in the individual model, positive in the household model. Second, family migration experience is significant in the individual model but not in the household model.  Third, attitudes matter to the household decision on a daughter's migration but not in the individual model. These contrasting results suggest that explaining the daughter's migration decision may require more than separation of the individual motives and familial needs."
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kusago
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D001290:Attitude; D001519:Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005195:Family Relations; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D007182:Income; D008296:Malaysia; D009042:Motivation; D009679:Nuclear Family; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011584:Psychology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Asia; Attitude; Behavior; Daughters; Decision Making; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Relationships; Income; Malaysia; Migration; Migration, Internal--women; Motivation; Needs; Population; Population Dynamics; Psychological Factors; Rural-urban Migration--determinants; Socioeconomic Factors; Southeastern Asia