Title:	Caregiving in Contexts of Poverty and Migration in Three Ecosocial Settings in Costa Rica
Authors:	Duran-Delgado, Esteban
ORCID of the author:	https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3542-8643
Thesis advisor:	Keller, Heidi
Thesis referee:	Rosabal-Coto, Mariano
Abstract:	This dissertation addresses the question of how contextual conditions and caregiving networks interact in contexts of poverty and migration in three ecosocial settings in Costa Rica. Based on the tenets of the ecocultural model of development and informed by the bioecological model of development, a research design involving 17 local cultural informants and 48 local and migrant mothers with children aged 12 to 24 months old is applied to account for contextual dynamics and their interplay with caregiving arrangements. Due to the exploratory nature of the study, an interview-based, culturally sensitive approach is adopted. The findings are organized along three broad dimensions: how care is distributed, how caregiving networks interact with the immediate environment, and how caregiving networks interact with institutions. The analysis provides evidence on how the combined coordination of the identified contextual dimensions (institutional frameworks, existing livelihood solutions, perceived social cohesion, social expectations regarding the distribution of care and income-generating tasks, and settlement patterns that affect the availability of caregivers) varies across the selected contexts and subsamples to configure specific caregiving arrangements. These findings enrich the explanatory scope of the ecocultural development model and introduce relevant categories for assessing contextual conditions and their influence on family life. The study advocates for the further development of contextually informed interventions that recognize and respond to the local conditions of target communities, particularly in non-Western contexts and among populations experiencing poverty and migration. Recommendations are made to continue this line of research based on the proposed theoretical contributions.
URL:	https://doi.org/10.48693/591 https://osnadocs.ub.uni-osnabrueck.de/handle/ds-2024101511674
Subject Keywords:	Caregiving; Culture; Poverty; Migration; Child Development; Costa Rica
Issue Date:	15-Oct-2024
License name:	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Germany
License url:	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/de/
Type of publication:	Dissertation oder Habilitation [doctoralThesis]
Appears in Collections:	FB08 - E-Dissertationen

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