期刊名称：Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal
电子版ISSN：2664-8148
出版年度：2018
卷号：2
期号：1
DOI：10.47264/idea.lassij/2.1.4
语种：English
出版社：IDEA PUBLISHERS
摘要：The improvement in access to resources ensures high social status in these traditional societies. This study investigates labour migration and their parents’ access to basic needs of life. It upgraded the social status of parents and left behind families. The study sample included of three selected villages of union council Doag Dara, district Dir Upper, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. A sample size of 278 respondents was selected by using the stratified random sampling technique. Chi-squire test was used to find the significance of association between access to basic needs and social status of the emigrant’s parents. Social status of the respondents was significantly associated with access to different variables investigated in the research. Revitalizing the positive traits of family institution to enhance taking care and comfort of elderly people and reducing their workload, especially in activities that involve physical exertion, were the major recommendations.
