Exploring the quality of the destination among the mentality of marginalized immigrant women in Yazd city, a contextual study

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Fatemeh Jafari Naeimi ¹
• Maliheh Alimondegari ²
• Ali Ruhani, ³

¹ M.A in Demography, Department of Social sciences, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

² Associate Professor in Demography, Department of Social sciences, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran (Corresponding Author)

³ Associate Professor in Sociology, Department of Social sciences, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

10.30495/jzvj.2024.32374.4065

Abstract

Introduction: Change has always been the basic principle of human life. The heart of modern society is change and communication. The development process has facilitated the change in origins and destinations. Migration is one of the main consequences of this situation. In the meantime, in recent years, women have increasingly entered the migration cycle, and migrations have taken a female direction. Classical theories drew a linear relationship from repulsion to attraction, but it seems that the evaluation of the destination and life from the perspective of an immigrant woman has its own complexities. In fact, the aim of the current research was to investigate this process.

Methods: Using the method of systematic grounded theory, 21 women who immigrated to Yazd city from different provinces of the country were selected purposefully and theoretically. The data collection tool was semi-structured interview and data analysis was done using open, central and selective coding method.

Results: Based on research findings; 384 concepts, 77 sub-categories, 14 main categories and finally the central category of attractiveness of the destination were extracted.

Conclusion: In general, the results showed that living in small and developing cities is more favorable for immigrant women. They find more favorability in these cities in terms of jobs, maintaining security, etc. A process that fades to a great extent in big cities and loses its usefulness. But this assessment is never permanent and the immigrant woman constantly rethinks about the realities of her life.

Keywords

• Immigrant Women
• Immigration Destination
• Cost and Benefit
• Desirability
• Yazd City

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