Discussion
Assertion (A) : An outstanding feature of rural-to-rural stream of migration in India is the preponderance of female migrants.
Reason (R) : This is primarily due to patri-local residence after marriage (marriage migration).
Which of the following is correct ?
Answer: A
Both statements are true and the Reason explains the Assertion.
In Indian census data the rural-to-rural stream is the largest migration stream, and it is dominated by women: female migrants far outnumber male migrants in it.
The reason is the custom of patrilocal (virilocal) residence. A woman moves to her husband's household on marriage, usually in another village, and the census records her as a migrant whose reason for moving is marriage. Marriage is the leading reason for female migration in every census, so the Reason accounts directly for the preponderance of women, which rules out the options saying it does not explain the Assertion or that either is false.
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