Foreword ix Preface xi 1. INTRODUCTION 1 Impact of Migration on Sending/Receiving Areas; Women in International Migrations. 2. ISSUES AND METHODOLOGY 11 Key Research Questions; Hypotheses; Methods of Data Collection; The Structure of this Book. 3. CONCEPTS AND REVIEW 19 Introduction; Migration; Types of Migration; Theories of Migration; Female Migration in India: Some Case Studies; Conclusion. 4. FEMALE MIGRATION IN INDIA: AN OVERVIEW 67 Incidence of Migration: Census Data; Inter-State Variability in Female Migration (1991 Census); Migration and Age; Occupational Pattern of Migrants; Occupational Pattern of Female Migrants: A Census Perspective. 5. FEMALE MIGRATION: AN INTER-DISTRICT ANALYSIS 103 History; Economic Status of Women in Tamil Nad u; Female Migration in Tamil Nadu -By Place of Last Residence; Female Migrants in Tamil Nadu: By Age and Educational Level; Employment Status of Female Migrants in Tamil Nadu; Occupational Segregation; Factors Underlying Inter-district Variations in Female Migration. 6. MIGRATION AS A LIVELIHOOD STRATEGY 156 Profile of Chennai City; Profile of Coimbatore District; Profile of Coimbatore City; Profile of Tirupur Town; Nature of Migration; Causes or Reasons for Migration; Push and Pull Factors of Migration; Drought and Migration; Migration Decisions; Conclusion. 7. MIGRANT WOMEN AND THE URBAN LABOUR MARKET: GAINS AND LOSSES Demographic Characteristics; Annual Income of Female Migrants in Coimbatore City Slums; Annual Income of Female Migrants of Coimbatore and Tirupur Slums - Construction Workers Category; Occupational Pattern of the Respondent's Father/Husband; Real Earnings of Female Migrants in the Informal Sector; Real Earnings of the Migrant and Non-migrant Women in the Informal Sector: A Comparison; Earnings of Male and Female Migrants in the Urban Labour Market: A Comparison; Poverty and Urban Migrant Households; Poverty and Per Capita Consumption Expenditure; Purpose of Borrowing; Sources of Borrowing; Balance Sheet of Gains and Losses of Migration. 8. COSTS AND RETURNS OF FEMALE LABOUR MIGRATION Returns to Migration; Costs of Migration; Economic Costs of Migration; Search and Information Cost of Job; Economic Returns to Migration; Economic Returns of Migration - Family Migrants; Economic Returns of Migration-Indi-vidual/Family Migrants: A Comparison; Economic Costs and Returns of Migration: A Comparison; Non-economic Gains (Benefits) and Non-economic Costs of Migration; Problems Faced by Female Migrants at Worksites; Coping Strategies of Poor Migrant Women. 9. STATUS OF CHILDREN IN MIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS Status of Children; Suggestions. 10. MIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS AND QUALITY OF LIFE Salient Features of Slum Data - India (2001 Census); Slum- Meaning and Definition; Slum Demography in Tamil Nadu; Literacy Rate among Slum Population; Role of Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board; Programmes Implemented by the TNSCB; Beneficiaries of the Housing Scheme of TNSCB - Among Sample Respondents. 11. CASE STUDIES Case I: (Theni) -(Tirupur); Case II: (Vellore) -> (Chennai); Case III: (Andhra Pradesh) - (Tirupur) ->o (Coimbatore); Case IV: (Salem) - (Chennai); Case V: (Ramnad) -> (Coimbatore); Case VI: (Andhra Pradesh) -> (Coimbatore); Case VII: pharmapuri) -> (Chennai); Case VIII: (Tirunelveli) - (Madurai) -> (Chennai); Case IX: (Pondicherry) - (Chennai); Case X: (Dindigul) -> (Tirupur); Case Study IX: Chithoor (Andhra Pradesh) -> (Chennai); Conclusion. 12. CONCLUSIONS Macro Scenario-India: Striking Results; Highlights of Female Migration in Tamil Nadu; Empirical Results; Suggestions. Bibliography Index