Sajeda Amin, Ian Diamond, Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Margaret Newby
This article examines data from a study on garment-factory workers in Bangladesh to explore the implications of work for the early socialization of young women. For the first time, large numbers of young Bangladeshi women are being given an alternative to lives in which they move directly from child...
Gabriella L. Morley, Stephen Taylor, Siân E. Jossi, Marisol Pérez-Toledo et al.
A confirmed diagnosis of acute coronavirus disease (COVID-19) depends on the detection of RNA from the causative pathogen, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In contrast, although serologic testing is less useful for diagnosing the acute stages of infection, it can aid in ...
Sajeda Amin, Ian Diamond, Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Margaret Newby
The rapidly expanding sector of garment manufacturing for export is unusual for Bangladesh in that it employs young, unmarried women in large numbers. This paper examines data from a study on garment workers in Bangladesh to explore the implications of work for the early socialization of young women...
Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Margaret Newby, Sajeda Amin
Abstract This paper examines the effects of migration and entry into garment work on marriage for young women in Bangladesh. The data comes from a study of female garment workers and their non‐working peers conducted in 1996–97 in Bangladesh. In a country where women traditionally do not work in for...
Margaret Newby, Sajeda Amin, Ian Diamond, Ruchira Tabassum Naved
This article examines issues surrounding survey methodology and the research process from the experience of a study of female garment workers in Bangladesh carried out during 1996-1997 by the Population Council and the University of Southampton. The process of sampling the population of interest and...