A Comparative Study on Educational Attainment of Migrant and Non-Migrant Households in Rural Areas of Tangail District in Bangladesh

Subject Areas : Rural and Agricultural Sociology

Fahana Tiza ¹ , Kazi Farid ² , Lavlu Mozumdar ³

1 - Lecturer, Department of Rural Sociology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
2 - Dept. of Rural Sociology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
3 - Department of Rural Sociology Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Received: 2021-04-12 Accepted : 2021-06-26 Published : 2021-06-30

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