THE IMPACT OF HUSBAND’S OUT-MIGRATION ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING OF LEFT BEHIND WIVES IN DIR (LOWER), KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN

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Mohsin Ullah, Dr. Sadia Saeed, Dr. Sarfraz Khan

Abstract

The current research seeks to understand the Impact of husband’s out-migration on the psychological
wellbeing of left behind wives in Dir (Lower), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Total 169 left behind
wiveswere sampled as respondents with the help of a snowball sampling technique from three villages
of Dir (Lower), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Univariate and bivariate statistics were used to draw
inferences. Bivariate analysis was particularly runwith an aimto present the cross-tabulation of
selected variableswith the help of chi-square test. The outcome showed that more than half of the
respondents’ age was ranging between 30-39 years, they were residing in joint household s, and they
were illiterate apart from few with mastersas highest qualification. In addition, the respondents had
maximum 5-6 kids under the age of 18 years.Moreover, this research has analyzed that a significatory
association (P<0.05) between wiveswho either had suffered severe stress in the absence of husband, or
have shown aggressiveness,anxious behavior low protection, and stress of workload, lacking partner
affection and visiting psychiatrists for treatment with social status of migrants’ wives. The research
concluded that left behind wives suffer psychological disorders in the absence of their husbands. Most
of these left behind wives had complete freedom in their socializing and the spending of the
remittances sent by their husbands. In the light of this research, few suggestions can be recommended
to mitigate the psychological problems of the left behind wives. These recommendations can be like
frequent visits by husband at home or taking their wives along with them, expending job sector to
adjust such men and to reduce the outflow of human resource to foreign countries.

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