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Table 2 Migration-related factors among spouses and non-spouse caregivers of left-behind families

From: Common mental disorders among adult members of ‘left-behind’ international migrant worker families in Sri Lanka

Characteristic

IMW spouse (n,%)

IMW non-spouse caregiver(n,%)

N = 277

N = 188

Type of IMW employment

  

Labourer/domestic maid

164 (59.2)

106 (56.4)

Services

69 (24.9)

12 (6.4)

Technical

15 (5.4)

2 (1.1)

Professional/other

28 (10.1)

11 (5.8)

IMW return frequency

  

Every year

53 (19.1)

10 (5.3)

Every 2-5 years

75 (27.1)

44 (23.4)

Never returned/missing

144 (52.0)

77 (40.9)

In-bound remittance

  

Every month

155 (55.9)

53 (28.2)

Every 2-6 months/more

97 (35.0)

54 (28.7)

  1. IMW-International Migrant Worker.