The structure of labor markets and the nature of the participation in them of various social groups such as migrants has increasingly become an area of concern for planners in social welfare and migration policy as well as for those concerned with the broader theoretical questions of the nature and changes in the patterns of class relations and stratification. This article presents a detailed qualitative analysis of individual patterns of workforce participation. In particular, it focuses on the work experiences of a group of Turkish women and their husbands in Sydney, Australia. -Authors

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unemployment Australia economics population social policy demography social change developing country Population Dynamics Developing Countries Asia Turkey (republic) Developed Countries Western Asia policy Asia, Western Mediterranean Countries socioeconomic status language Oceania social status sociology health care manpower Health Manpower Socioeconomic Factors Pacific islands Migrants--women socioeconomics Article employment status migration international migration Turkey developed country Demographic Factors Emigration and Immigration Economic Factors Transients and Migrants social class Human Resources public policy Macroeconomic Factors employment Labor Force Migration Policy Population Policy Occupational Status