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Young South Africans move for work and opportunity. What happens to their health when they do?

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par Carren Ginsburg, Senior Researcher in Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
Chantel Pheiffer, Assistant Professor in Urban Public Health, UMass Boston
Mark A. Collinson, Reader in Population and Public Health, MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
Michael White, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Brown University

Moving between rural homes, towns and cities is a normal part of life for many South Africans. Young adults often move in search of work or education, sometimes settling elsewhere for long periods and sometimes moving repeatedly between rural homes and urban destinations. These patterns of temporary and circular migration are particularly prevalent in South Africa. They have deep roots in the country’s labour system and apartheid…

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