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Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China. Morrison Institute for Population and Resource Studies, Stanford University,
Stanford, CA, USA
Categories
10. Special population groups (Youth, Persons with Disability, etc.)
Abstract
In rural China there is an abnormally high male-biased sex ratio. The result is a large number of involuntary
bachelors. This study examines how migration and social networks relate to bachelors’ sexual risk behaviors. Data
are from a cross-sectional questionnaire survey in which 740 male participants who had rural household
registration, had never married, and were aged 28 or older were interviewed in 2017. Logistic regression reveals
that both migration and social networks place the bachelors at an especially high risk of HIV transmission by
increasing the chance that they engage in commercial sex, whereas only social networks are significantly associated
with sexual partnership concurrency. Additionally, social networks mediate the association between migration and
commercial sex. This suggests that social networks play an important role in migrant bachelors’ risk of HIV
transmission and that further intervention should address their social networks.
1105 THE TRYST OF IDENTITY AND OUT-MIGRATION FROM ASSAM, INDIA
Roli Misra, Nidhi Tewari, Ravi Kumar
University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India
Categories
12. Ethnicity/Race, Religion and Language
Abstract
The saga of migration and development, has been a hotspot for academic enquiries, differences and deliberations.
In India, a prominent north-east state, Assam, has a long history of migration, identity issue, agitation, immigration
influx which led to updation of National Register of Citizens followed by the controversial Citizenship Amendment
Act of 2019. It is in this backdrop this study attempts to understand the concept of identity conjointly with migration.
The uniqueness of this study lies in understanding the reasons of long distance out-migration from one single
district in Assam, Barpeta to far flung capital city of Uttar Pradesh Lucknow. This is a pioneer study to explore this
connect blended with the issue of identity in which only a particular section of Bengali speaking Muslims are
migrating. The findings are based on the field survey undertaken in these two cities supported by secondary
literature. Explanatory variables considered for migration are income before and after migration, land ownership,
poverty, defined in terms of Multidimensional Poverty Index and voting as a coping mechanism to prove
citizenship.The paper concludes with focussing on the issues which needs to be addressed and the possible
solutions for the migrants both at the destination and at the source.
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