Labour Migration, Women Involvement in Paid Employment and Informal Care-Giving For the Aged Women in TIV Land
Akase Ter, Moses, P.hD
Department of Mass Communication
Nasarawa State University, Keffi
E-mail: akasetermoses00@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
This study; Labour migration, Women Involvement in Paid Employment and Informal Care – Giving for the Aged women in TIV land set out to study the predicament of the aged population in the area in terms of health, economic, cultural and food assistance after the supposed care-givers (daughters, daughters – in- laws etc) have migrated to towns and urban centers for employment. Survey method was adopted. Findings show that women who are 80 years and above constitute the fastest growing age-group in the area and indeed the sub-Saharan Africa. These women may become increasingly ill, disabled, and frail and may need care and assistance with activities of daily living, financial and subsistence etc. The study concludes that continuous migration of the care – givers to cities for paid employment, jeopardizes the living conditions of these aged populations in the absence of a social policy by governments in Nigeria. The paper recommends that government should make rural areas more attractive by establishing industries where the younger family members could work; should empower the families economically to provide continuous care for the aged and indeed evolve a social policy to take care of these growing and indigent populations.
