Health and well-being of male international migrants and non-migrants in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Temporary labor migration is an increasingly important mode of migration that generates substantial remittance flows, but raises important concerns for migrant well-being. The migration and health literature has seen a growing call for longitudinal, binational surveys that compare migrants to relevant non-migrant counterfactual groups in the sending country, in order to answer the basic question "Is migration good for health?" This study compares the health of male international migrants, internal migrants, and non-migrants using a unique representative panel survey of the Matlab subdistrict of Bangladesh.

Methods and findings

A cohort of 5,072 respondents born 1958-1992 were interviewed in 1996-1997, and reinterviewed in 2012-2014. Extensive migrant follow-up yie

SUBMITTER: Kuhn R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7108692 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature