TY  - JOUR
TI  - Formal and Informal Social Support Systems for Migrant Domestic Workers
AU  - Baig, Raees Begum
AU  - Chang, Ching-Wen
PY  - 2020
PB  - SAGE Publications
LA  - eng
AB  - Informal social support from family and friends has often been highlighted as the key form of support for migrants under different forms of transnational movement, particularly for female migrants. Drawing on the findings from qualitative and quantitative studies on Filipino and Indonesian migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong, this article applies the intersectionality framework to explore how migrant domestic workers approach different forms of support systems based on their multiple identities of gender, ethnicity, and religion. A clear distinction on help-seeking behavior is drawn between approaching formal and informal support systems with migrant domestic workers directly approaching formal support when the problem is employment related but turning to informal support when having emotional needs. Such distinction is found to be related to migrant domestic workers' perceptions toward gender role and religious practices under transnational movements.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764220910251
DO  - 10.1177/0002764220910251
T2  - American behavioral scientist: ABS
VL  - 64
IS  - 6
SN  - 1552-3381
SN  - 0002-7642
SP  - 784-801
UR  - https://www.pollux-fid.de/r/cr-10.1177/0002764220910251
H1  - Pollux (Fachinformationsdienst Politikwissenschaft)
ER  -