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| Research Title |
Migration Patterns and Capital Accumulation of Female Migrants from Rural to Urban Areas |
| Date of Distribution |
5 December 2017 |
| Conference |
| Title of the Conference |
6th Global Conference on Business and Social Sciences |
| Organiser |
Global Academy of Training and Research (GATR) |
| Conference Place |
Ambassodor Hotel |
| Province/State |
Bangkok, Thailand |
| Conference Date |
4 December 2017 |
| To |
5 December 2017 |
| Proceeding Paper |
| Volume |
1 |
| Issue |
1 |
| Page |
119 |
| Editors/edition/publisher |
Kashan Pirzda, Gabriel A. Moens, Danture Wikramasinghe,Kamran Ahmed,Bjoren Willy Anmo, Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid |
| Abstract |
Many women migrate from the rural Northeast of Thailand to urban areas to accumulate capital. Urban areas provide more opportunities for capital accumulation, resulting in improved life security, opportunities for turning capital into profit, and redistribution of wealth (Harvey, 2006). The level of industrialization and urbanization of an area are determinants of occupational mobility among migrants, especially in major cities (Ayuwat, 1997). Occupational mobility can bring about improvements in migrants’ social status, because more prestigious occupations increase a person’s overall prestige (Chantavanich, 1991). The author believes that capital accumulation among migrant women from the Northeast in their urban migration destinations results from multiple types of capital and multiple ways of accumulating it. This, in turn, enables occupational mobility. The objective of this article is to examine the types of capital and the methods of accumulating it among women who had moved from the rural Northeast to urban areas of Thailand. This article is based on the author’s Ph.D. dissertation entitled “Capital Accumulation of Female Migrants and Occupational Mobility”. The study used qualitative methodology, emphasizing the interpretation of social phenomena through case studies (Yin, 1994; Creswell, 1998). In-depth interviews were conducted with 32 participants in Chonburi Province, comprising 1) 26 female migrants from the rural Northeast and 2) 6 key informants who were otherwise involved with migrant women’s work and capital accumulation. Snowball technique was used to find participants. Interviews were conducted either at participants’ workplaces or their homes, enabling the researcher to also observe their way of life. The interview data were content analyzed. The analysis presented in this article focuses on the following four key issues. 1) The study site context: The study site was a highly urban area with diverse types of jobs for female workers including clerical support, service and sales, factories, and positions requiring no specific skills. 2)The characteristics of female migrants from the rural Northeast: The participants were between 21 and 44 years old and had lived in Chonburi Province from one to ten years, working in factories, service jobs or the tourism industry, as general office clerks, as hairdressers, in Thai massage parlors, as food vendors etc. 3) Migration patterns: Some participants had moved directly from their home province to Chonburi; others had first moved to other areas (e.g., Bangkok, Northern or Southern Thailand) and then to Chonburi. 4) Capital accumulation: The participants were able to accumulate capital in diverse ways in the study site, giving importance to economic, social and human capital. They were able to accumulate economic capital by sacrificing their consumption needs, saving, and investing. They were also able to accumulate social capital by building and maintaining social networks. Accumulation of human capital happened by learning on the job, taking courses in an educational institute, attending short course training for improving their occupational skills, and learning by themselves.. However, the results of the study suggest that female migrants should be encouraged to obtain access to higher education in parallel with occupational skill training because having occupational skills alone will not result in occupational mobility. |
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