OUTMIGRATION AND GENDER BALANCE IN GREENLAND

Research on Alaska has established a pattern of disproportionate outmi gration by young adult females from Native villages and towns. Consequ ently, smaller villages tend to have more young adult Native men than women; the reverse holds true in Alaskan cities. Such migration reflec ts gender differences in opportunities and also in perceptions regardi ng the relative attractions of life in small and larger communities. F or this article, we replicate parts of the Alaskan research using demo graphic data on Greenland. A broadly similar pattern of female outmigr ation emerges, of equal or greater scale. We also find differences in the details, however, corresponding to unique aspects of Greenland's c ommunities, policies, and recent history.