SociologyGeographyMedicine

[Migration and the rural family].

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The social significance of peasant migration to urban areas, with a focus on its relation to the hierarchy of the family, is analyzed in this study on fieldwork done in the state of Sergipe, in northeastern Brazil.

Abstract

The author bases this study on fieldwork done in the state of Sergipe, in northeastern Brazil. In it, he analyzes the social significance of peasant migration to urban areas, with a focus on its relation to the hierarchy of the family. (SUMMARY IN ENG)

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WOORTMANN, K. [Migration and the rural family]. Revista Brasileira de Estudos de Populacao, 1990, 7 1: 35–53.