Upward Social Mobility through Migration: An Ethnographic Study of Trends in Pakistan

Authors

  • Faiz Rasool PhD Scholar, Department of Anthropology, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Dr. Muhammad Ilyas Bhatti Head of Department, Department of Tourism & Hospitality, Foundation University, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Dr. Muhammad Rahmatullah Farooqi Child Health and Nutrition Supervisor, Health Department Punjab, Chiniot, Punjab, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35484/ahss.2023(4-III)33

Keywords:

Investment, Migration, Remittances, Social Mobility

Abstract

Current study highlighted the use of remittances for a higher stable social group which influence the natives, and also initiated by transnational migrant households. Migration is the key to a stable survival strategy which benefited the left-behind families. The data was extracted from PhD research work carried out from 2018 to 2021, in district Mandi Bahauddin. Criterion and stratified purposive sampling techniques were used for the selection of respondents, 29 household heads were interviewed for the current study. In-depth interviews were thematically analysed. Study highlighted remittances were bearing the expense of day-to-day activities, and also used for accumulation of more economic resources, which is highly significant in social upward mobility. Migrant families enjoyed a high social status which represented through a local group باہرلے that is amalgamation of caste and class based traits. Migration is the significant reason of social stability among respondents in selected area.

Vol. 4 No. 3 (2023): July to September

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2023-09-30

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Rasool, F., Bhatti, M. I., & Farooqi, M. R. (2023). Upward Social Mobility through Migration: An Ethnographic Study of Trends in Pakistan. Annals of Human and Social Sciences, 4(3), 362–374. https://doi.org/10.35484/ahss.2023(4-III)33

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Vol. 4 No. 3 (2023): July to September

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