INTERNAL MIGRATION IN SRI LANKA AND ITS SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Kearney, Robert N
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; About the Book and Authors; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; 1 PATTERNS OF INTERNAL MIGRATION IN SRI LANKA; Interdistrict Population Movement; Measures of Interdistrict Migration; Sex Ratios as Clues to Migration; Regional Differentials; Growth Rates, Densities, and Sex Ratios; Rural-Urban Migration; Ethnic Patterns; Conclusion; 2 UNBALANCED SEX RATIOS; Sex Ratio Variations by Age Group; Juveniles; 10-19 Year-Olds; 20-29 Year-Olds; Older Adults; Summary of the Sex Ratio Data; Data on Migrants in the Population; Sociocultural Correlates Spouse SeparationConclusion; 3 RISING SUICIDE RATES; The Increase in Suicides; District Variations; Sex Differentials; Age Groups; Suicide in Selected Districts; Migration, Social Disruption, and Suicide; Conclusion; 4 ETHNIC CONFRONTATION; The Ethnic Communities of Sri Lanka; Migration and the ""Tamil Homeland; Ethnic Change in the North and East; Lifetime Migrants; Urbanization; Sri Lanka Tamil Population Movement; Ethnicity and the Proposed Eelam; Conclusion; 5 FUTURE RESEARCH AND POLICY IMPLICATONS; Prospective Research Directions; Public Policy Considerations; In Conclusion; BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : ROUTLEDGE
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume.)
• Subjects: 304.8095493; Migration, Internal -- Sri Lanka; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General; Sri Lanka -- Social conditions; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429043550; 0429043554; 9780429692567; 0429692560; 9780429732584; 0429732589; 9780429712579
• Related ISBNs: 042971257X; 036701369X; 9780367013691
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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