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Sociology

Demographic Effects of Gender-Specific Migration on Sending Communities

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In the Philippines, where women dominate labor migration, some sending municipalities report a noticeable surplus of women and a decline in local marriage rates, illustrating how gender-specific migration alters the demographic fabric of origin communities.

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A village where nearly all young men leave—and only women and the elderly remain—changes not just its look, but its future population. How does that imbalance ripple through births, marriages, and aging?