MIGRATION STRATEGIES
Once a migration decision has been made (Figure 23.2), several possible strategies are available to the migrant. We can identify four principal forms of rural-urban migration in the Third World. I ACU LA In much of Asia, Africa and oceania t pre- ponderance of men over women in rural-urban migration reflects a widespread tendency for mal migrants to leave wife and children in the rural are This practice is aided by extended family supp with the assistance of male kin in farm tasks and the protection they afford often being essential if the wife is to manage the farm and hold her own in a male-dominated society. Circular n of their indivi .whether gle or se ate families, has several economic advantages Emplo ents and public authorities fac less mand Migrants also accrue benefits that make dem accept family separation. Living costs in