摘要：There is an urgent need to study various problems faced by the wives in a situation where husband migrate out of village to seek employment and consequently leave behind their wives to manage the household alone. The current investigation was carried out in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, an abode of migratory families, to ascertain the problems faced by the respondent wives left behind as a result of migration of their husbands. The findings revealed that the wives of the migrants faced number of problems due to the absence of their husbands in the various aspects which included personal, psychological managerial, social and child related issues. Significant negative correlation was found between the problems faced by the respondents and their educational level as well as family income.
关键词：Migration; impediments; social ; problem; family income
