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  • Title: Outsourcing care: how Peruvian migrants meet transnational family obligations.
    Author: Leinaweaver JB.
    Journal: Lat Am Perspect; 2010; 37(5):67-87. PubMed ID: 20824951.
    Abstract:
    Migration from Peru has increased dramatically over the past decade, but the social and relational repercussions of these transnational movements have not yet been fully explored. Examination of the way migrants manage their responsibilities to dependent kin in Peru reveals that child fostering makes it possible for adults to migrate in search of better work opportunities by ensuring care for their children and company for their older relatives. For Peruvians engaging in labor migration, child fostering tempers some of the challenges of continuing to participate in established social networks from a distance.
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