It is widely acknowledged that migration impacts men and women differently. Most prior research has looked at these effects on the migrants themselves, while those who remain in their places of origin have received less scholarly attention. This article investigates how male labor migration from the Dehradun district of India affects the wives who stay behind. It adopts a social resilience perspective by focusing on the opportunities and vulnerabilities that women face once their husbands migrate. Our findings identify four factors that shape these women’s resilience as well as four domains of resilience. While women with strong support networks and higher social statuses tend to experience a greater sense of resilience when their husbands migrate, their personal circumstances nevertheless interact in nuanced and sometimes surprising ways. We argue that stay-behind wives are neither particularly vulnerable nor emancipated but can occupy myriad positions along this spectrum.

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印度德拉敦地区男性外流背景下妇女的社会复原力

人们普遍认为，移民对男性和女性的影响不同。大多数先前的研究都着眼于这些对移民本身的影响，而那些留在原籍地的人受到的学术关注较少。本文调查了来自印度德拉敦地区的男性劳动力移民对留守妻子的影响。它采用社会复原力的视角，重点关注妇女在丈夫移徙后面临的机会和脆弱性。我们的研究结果确定了塑造这些女性复原力的四个因素以及复原力的四个领域。虽然拥有强大支持网络和较高社会地位的女性在丈夫移徙时往往会体验到更强的适应能力，但她们的个人情况仍然以微妙且有时令人惊讶的方式相互作用。我们认为，留守妻子既不是特别脆弱，也不是特别解放，但可以在这个范围内占据无数的位置。