The Other Side of the Mirror: An Analytic Journalistic Approach to the Subjective Well-Being of Filipino Women Migrant Workers in Japan

What is it about?

Women from Southeast Asia represent a large proportion of the immigration to Japan. The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with subjective well-being among Filipino women migrant workers in Tokyo, Japan. Communication, support network, faith, and sense of identity were found to be the main factors contributing to subjective well-being among these women. The feminization of migration will continue and therefore better understanding about the factors associated to subjective well-being is needed in order to ease the impact of migration on home and host countries.

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